[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18778-18779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8882]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Community/Tribal Subcommittee and the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Meetings

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (P.L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the following subcommittee and 
committee meetings.

    Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m., May 1, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 
p.m., May 2, 2001.
    Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center Hotel, 2000 Century 
Boulevard, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee brings to the Board advice, citizen 
input, and recommendations on community and tribal programs, 
practices, and policies of the Agency.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on 
Action Items and Recommendations from previous meeting, review of 
Tracking System, and, selection of new tribal members to CTS; 
presentation by IHS; overview of DHEP community health education; 
presentation of NEJAC activities; update on Alaskan Native 
Subsistence and Dietary Contaminants Program; presentation of 
Disease Registry activities of ATSDR; review of Task Group progress 
report; discussion on health concerns of depleted uranium; and, a 
review of Federal Facilities Summary Documentation.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., May 3, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 
p.m., May 4, 2001.
    Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center Hotel, 2000 Century 
Boulevard, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR, advises the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the 
Administrator, ATSDR, on ATSDR programs to ensure scientific 
quality, timeliness, utility, and dissemination of results. 
Specifically, the Board advises on the adequacy of science in ATSDR-
supported research, emerging problems that require scientific 
investigations, accuracy and

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currency of the science in ATSDR reports, and program areas to 
emphasize or de-emphasize. In addition, the Board recommends 
research programs and conference support for which the Agency awards 
grants to universities, colleges, research institutions, hospitals, 
and other public and private organizations.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of 
Action Items; ATSDR updates; review of Alaska Native Subsistence and 
Dietary Contaminants Program; update of health care provider 
education activities, accomplishments, and, strategy; update on 
ATSDR's Strategic Planning Process; review of the National Report on 
Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals; discussion on exposure 
investigations and biomarkers; update on new developments in 
Environmental Justice and Health Disparities; summary of Community/
Tribal Subcommittee meeting, issues, and Recommendations; discussion 
of the Shared Vision of Environmental Health joint meeting of ATSDR 
and NCEH Boards, and, an update on PEW Commission activities and 
ATSDR involvement.
    Written comments are welcomed and should be received by the 
contact person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Robert Spengler, Sc.D., 
Executive Secretary, BSC, ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-0708.
    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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 3, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-8882 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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