[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8877]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol 
Effect: Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (P.L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following Federal advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect (NTFFASFAE).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 25, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-3 
p.m., April 26, 2001.
    Place: Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, 165 Courtland Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303, telephone 404/659-6500, fax 404/524-1259.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary is authorized by the Public Health 
Service Act, Section 399G, (42 U.S.C. Section 280f, as added by 
Public Law 105-392) to establish a National Task Force on Fetal 
Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect to: (1) foster 
coordination among all governmental agencies, academic bodies and 
community groups that conduct or support Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 
(FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE) research, programs and 
surveillance; and (2) to otherwise meet the general needs of 
populations actually or potentially impacted by FAS and FAE.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items for the meeting will 
include: development of a task force mission statement; reports from 
the work groups; an update on the conference, ``Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act 25'', updates from CDC and other Federal 
agencies regarding new activities in FAS and FAE, discussion of 
future topics, and scheduling the next meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Contact Person for More Information: R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN, 
Executive Secretary, NTFFASFAE, National Center for Environmental 
Health, CDC, 4700 Buford Highway, NE, (F-49), Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 770/488-7372, fax 770/488-7361.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both the CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: April 3, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-8877 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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