[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


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

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. 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 p.m., November 13, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., November 14, 2001.
    Place: Sheraton Colony Square Hotel, 188 14th Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia, 30361.
    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 ATSDR 
activities; discussion on individual rights and informed consent; 
presentation on Academia Agency Community Network; review of ATSDR's 
improved Public Health Assessment process in impacted communities; 
presentation on ATSDR's Emergency Response Team; update on the Task 
Forces progress report and recommendations; report on the CTS 
Evaluation Process; and review of Action Items and Recommendations 
from previous meeting.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 15, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-
12 p.m., November 16, 2001.
    Place: Sheraton Colony Square Hotel, 188 14th Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia, 30361.
    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 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; updates on Research Agenda and formation of Health 
Department Subcommittee; ATSDR updates; review of ATSDR activities 
at Toms River, New Jersey; overview and community involvement 
activities; Public Health Assessment, exposure, assessments, health 
studies, and other activities; overview of the combined vision; 
update on joint activities; Agency perspective on ``vision;'' report 
of Community and Tribal Subcommittee; report on emergency 
preparedness and response; and Fallon, Nevada asthma activities.
    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 404/498-0003.

    Dated: October 11, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-26080 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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