[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 202 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 59293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20629]


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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 
(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:
    Times and Dates:
    8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m., November 15, 2007.
    8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m., November 16, 2007.
    Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Chamblee, Georgia 30341.
    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: An update on NCEH/ATSDR's Office of the 
Director, update on CDC Goals and Goal Action Plans, presentation on 
Formaldehyde and temporary housing units, presentation on NCEH and Top 
Off IV Exercise, update on ATSDR Response to BSC Program Peer Review: 
ATSDR Site-Specific Activities, presentation on Pandemic Flu and NCEH 
Laboratory Science, discussion on developing a national plan for 
chemical safety, and discussion on the BSC organizational and 
operational structure: subcommittees and/or workgroups.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    The deadline for notification of attendance is November 5, 2007.
    Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E-28, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Telephone (770) 488-4461, Fax (404) 498-0622, 
E-mail: [email protected].
    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 Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 11, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E7-20629 Filed 10-18-07; 8:45 am]
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