[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 14221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2653]


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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, 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), CDC and NCEH/ATSDR announce the 
following committee meeting:
    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), NCEH/ATSDR.
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m. -4:45 p.m., May 4, 2006. 8 a.m.-12:15 p.m., 
May 5, 2006.
    Place: 1825 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) and by delegation, the Director, CDC, and Administrator, 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 BSC, 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 agency's 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: Items will include but are not limited to 
a discussion of Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 budget implications; an 
update on the peer review of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Health 
Branch and the Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine; a 
discussion of the Program Peer Review Subcommittee process; updates on 
the Community and Tribal Subcommittee, the Health Department 
Subcommittee and the Delisting Workgroup; a discussion on the 
implications of the Office of Management and Budget Data Quality 
Guidelines and proposed bulletin on risk assessments; a discussion on 
the environmental health aspects of pandemic flu planning, the 
environmental health implications; discussion on future goals, 
directions, and new priorities; and an introduction of the Goals' 
Managers.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Malcom, Committee Management 
Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E-28, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303; telephone (404) 498-0003, fax (404) 498-0622; E-mail: 
[email protected]. The deadline for notification of attendance is April 
24, 2006.
    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: March 14, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 06-2653 Filed 3-20-06; 8:45 am]
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