[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23137-23138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10636]


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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 (Pub. L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the following subcommittee and 
committee meetings.

    Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee (CTS).
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., May 21, 2003.
    Place: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1881 Curtis Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202.
    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 a panel discussion 
on the National Policy on Military Munitions Document; Special 
Consultants Summary Report on Work Session Outcomes; CTS Task 
Force--Working Sessions; updates on the Community and Tribal 
Subcommittee Evaluation Process; an update on current ATSDR 
activities; and a review of Action Items and Recommendations.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., May 22, 2003. 8:30 a.m.-12:10 
p.m., May 23, 2003.
    Place: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1881 Curtis Street, Denver, 
Colorado, 80202.
    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 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 will include an update on ATSDR; 
update on bioterrorism activities and funding; discussion on the 
VBI-70 Site activities; discussion on Indoor Air and VOC Sites; 
discussion on the consolidation of ATSDR and the National Center for 
Environmental Health; update on the Agenda for Public Health 
Environmental Research, the CTS Evaluation, and the Board's Charter 
renewal; update on Peer Review and the Board's involvement; reports 
on the CTS, the Health Department Subcommittee, and the Social-
Behavioral Science Workgroup; discussion of issues on perchlorates, 
community environmental indicators, and Rapid Response Registry; and 
a review of Action Items and Recommendations.
    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, Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR, M/S E-
28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/
498-0003.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.


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    Dated: April 24, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-10636 Filed 4-29-03; 8:45 am]
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