[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19543]


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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), CDC and NCEH/ATSDR announce the 
following meetings of the aforementioned committee.
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m., December 6, 2006.
    Location: Hilton Atlanta Hotel, 255 Courtland Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.

Supplementary Information: The BSC will convene a plenary session at 
the 2006 National Environmental Public Health Conference. The session 
topic is ``Planning for the Present and Future''. The meeting will be 
held in a town hall forum. Registration may be required.
    Time and Date: 1:30 p.m.--4:15 p.m., December 6, 2006.
    Location: Hilton Atlanta Hotel, 255 Courtland Street, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Supplementary Information: Beginning of full Board Meeting. See 
matters to be discussed below.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., December 7, 2006.
    Location: 1825 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 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 
discussion on the BSC's observations of the National Environmental 
Public Health Conference; Updates by the NCEH/ATSDR Office of the 
Director on appropriations; Fiscal Year 2006 accomplishments, 
challenges, and significant issues; updates on the Coordinating Center 
and its goals; presentation of the Program Peer Review Subcommittee 
report and discussion; presentation of the Health Department 
Subcommittee report and discussion; presentation of the Community and 
Tribal Subcommittee report and discussion; updates of the NCEH/ATSDR 
programs; updates on global health activities; review action items and 
confirm date for next meeting.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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 at 
all three meetings is November 30, 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: November 14, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
 [FR Doc. E6-19543 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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