[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 63799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28160]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


The Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry

    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: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
    Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m., December 1, 2003; 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., December 2, 2003.
    Place: Hilton Atlanta Hotel, 255 Courtland Street, NE., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 100 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: The agenda items for the meeting will 
include, but are not limited to, an update and discussion on the 
consolidation of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); 
review of previous discussions for consolidating the Board of 
Scientific Counselors (BSC) for ATSDR and the Advisory Committee to 
the Director (ACD) for NCEH; a discussion on peer review background 
and process; introduction of the next two sessions on peer review; 
an overview of the National Exposure Registry; discussion of future 
role of BSC/ACD intramural program reviews, eligible programs for 
review, and program reviews in 2004; an overview of existing BSC and 
ACD subcommittees and working groups; review of the Community and 
Tribal Subcommittee Evaluation Report, Recommendations, and 
committee membership; discussion of the Social-Behavioral Science 
Workgroup's new strategic initiative; and a review of the Health 
Department Subcommittee on workforce development.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    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.
    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 ATSDR.

    Dated: November 4, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-28160 Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]
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