[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56223-56224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21168]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Program Peer Review Subcommittee of the Board of Scientific 
Counselors (BSC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); 
Teleconference

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), NCEH/ATSDR announces the following 
subcommittee meeting:
    Name: Program Peer Review Subcommittee (PPRS).
    Time and Date: 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m., October 5, 2004.
    Place: The teleconference will originate at the National Center for 
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
in Atlanta, Georgia. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details 
on accessing the teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only by 
availability of telephone ports.
    Purpose: Under the charge of the Board of Scientific counselors 
(BSC), NCEH/ATSDR the Program Peer Review Subcommittee establishes and 
monitors working groups of technical experts that perform program peer 
reviews of National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The Subcommittee, working with 
the NCEH/ATSDR, Office of Sciences (OS), will establish schedule and 
process for program peer reviews, nominate working group members, 
reviews summary reports and recommendations, and report back to the 
BSC. The OS will establish agency policy for program peer review and 
directly support each working group by collating program documents, and 
organizing the working groups review and site visit. Each NCEH/ATSDR 
program eligible for review will be reviewed every 5 years according to 
CDC/ATSDR policy.

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    Matters To Be Discussed: The teleconference agenda will include 
discussions to develop screening methodology to prioritize program 
reviews using background information; to establish methodology to 
perform the NCEH/ATSDR program reviews; to establish workgroups to 
perform the program reviews; and to establish a schedule for program 
review.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This conference call is scheduled to begin 
at 12:30 p.m. eastern standard time. To participate in the 
teleconference, please dial (877) 315-6535 and enter conference code 
383520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Malcom, Committee Management 
Specialist, Office of Science, NCEH/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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: September 15, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention .
[FR Doc. 04-21168 Filed 9-16-04; 1:42 pm]
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