[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 63547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24389]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for 
Environmental Health/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 Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) and the National Center for Environmental Health/
Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry (ATSDR) announce the 
following committee meeting:

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), National Center for 
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances andDisease Registry 
(NCEH/ATSDR).
    Time and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 18, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m., November 19, 2004.
    Place: CDC Headquarters facility, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 
30333.
    Status: Open to the public for observation, limited only by the 
space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 
people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, and by delegation, the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administrator of 
the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, are authorized under section 301 
(42 U.S.C. 241) and section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, to (1) conduct, encourage, cooperate with, 
and assist other appropriate public authorities, scientific 
institutions, and scientists in the conduct of research, 
investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to 
the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of 
physical and mental diseases and other impairments; (2) assist 
States and their political subdivisions in the prevention of 
infectious diseases and other preventable conditions and in the 
promotion of health and well-being; and (3) train State and local 
personnel in health work. The Board of Scientific Counselors, NCEH/
ATSDR provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS; the 
Director, CDC and Administrator, ATSDR; and the Director, NCEH/
ATSDR, regarding program goals, objectives, strategies, and 
priorities in fulfillment of the agencies' mission to protect and 
promote people's health. The Board provides advice and guidance that 
will assist NCEH/ATSDR in ensuring scientific quality, timeliness, 
utility, and dissemination of results. The Board also provides 
guidance to help NCEH/ATSDR work more efficiently and effectively 
with its various constituents and to fulfill its mission in 
protecting America's health.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda items for the meeting on 
November 18-19, 2004, will include but are not limited to an update 
on future initiatives; update on NCEH/ATSDR consolidation and 
accomplishments; reports on the Program Peer Review and the 
Community and Tribal subcommittees and the Health Department 
Workgroup; update on NCEH/ATSDR strategic priorities; report on 
social/behavioral sciences at NCEH/ATSDR; a review of the ATSDR 
Draft Dioxin Soil Policy Guidelines; and a presentation on the 
Emergency Preparedness and Response activities at NCEH/ATSDR.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    For Further Information Contact: Individuals interested in 
attending the meeting, please contact Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E-
28, Atlanta, GA 30303; telephone 404/498-0003, fax 404/498-0059; e-
mail: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of attendance 
is November 12, 2004.
    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 National Center for Environmental 
Health/Agency for ToxicSubstances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-24389 Filed 11-1-04; 8:45 am]
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