[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 47 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 12220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4806]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry

    The 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.-2 p.m., April 4, 2005.
    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 NCEH and ATSDR. The Subcommittee, working 
with the NCEH/ATSDR, Office of Sciences (OS), will establish the 
schedule and process for program peer reviews, nominate working 
group members, review summary reports and recommendations, and 
report back to the Board. 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.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The teleconference agenda will include 
a review of action items from the previous meeting, discussion and 
updates on the program peer review process, and the draft outline of 
a generic self-assessment process.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change as priorities 
changes.
    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: Drue Barrett, Ph.D., Executive 
Secretary, PRRS, 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 CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: March 4, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-4806 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]
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