[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-142]


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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: Conference Call 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 
conference call meeting.
    Name: National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal 
Alcohol Effect (NTFFASFAE).
    Time and Date: 1 p.m.-4 p.m., January 23, 2003.
    Place: The conference call will originate at the National Center on 
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), in Atlanta, 
Georgia. Please see Supplementary Information for details on accessing 
the conference call.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the availability of 
telephone ports.
    Purpose: The Secretary is authorized by the Public Health Service 
Act, Section 399G, (42 U.S.C. Section 280f, as added by Pub. L. 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 by conference 
call to: (1) Discuss and deliberate a request to endorse 
recommendations on FAS prevention by the Teratology Society; (2) 
further discuss activities proposed by the Center for Science in the 
Public Interest on issues regarding the labeling of alcohol beverages 
by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; and (3) discuss 
progress on a letter to the Surgeon General's Office requesting that he 
reissue the Federal Advisory against drinking during pregnancy. Agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This conference call is scheduled to begin 
at 1 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. To participate in the conference 
call, please dial 1-800-713-1971 and enter conference code 908417. You 
will then be automatically connected to the call.
    Contact Person for More Information: R. Louise Floyd, DSN, RN, 
Designated Federal Official, National Center on Birth Defects and 
Developmental Disabilities, 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: December 30, 2002.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 03-142 Filed 1-3-03; 8:45 am]
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