[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 63061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29953]


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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 (Pub. 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., December 10, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-
3 p.m., December 11, 2001.
    Place: Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 
Washington, DC 20024-2197, telephone 202/484-1000, fax 202/646-4456.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 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: The Task Force will convene to discuss 
updates presented by CDC and other Federal agencies regarding new 
activities in FAS and FAE. Additional agenda items include: a joint 
session with the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol 
Syndrome, HHS; working group updates; discussion of future topics, 
and scheduling the next meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of the meeting.
    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: November 28, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-29953 Filed 12-3-01; 8:45 am]
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