[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61977-61978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21431]


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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 Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health/
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR): Meeting.
    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and NCEH/ATSDR announce the following committee meeting:

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for 
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 17, 2005. 8 a.m.-
12:30 p.m., November 18, 2005.
    Place: CDC facility, 1825 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia 
30345.
    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

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Administrator of NCEH/ATSDR, 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 will include but are 
not limited to an update on the futures initiatives of the 
Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention; 
an update on the NCEH/ATSDR Director's priorities; the Environmental 
Health Services Branch peer review report; the program response to 
the report; an overview of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health 
Branch; overview of the Division of Toxicology; update on new 
laboratory methods for detecting botulism toxin; and updates from 
the Community and Tribal Subcommittee, the Health Department 
Subcommittee, and the Delisting Workgroup.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, M/S 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 10, 2005.
    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 NCEH/ATSDR.


    Dated: October 21, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-21431 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]
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