[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 42 (Monday, March 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11419-11420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4085]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting for the 
aforementioned committee:

    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 18, 2008. 8:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m., March 19, 2008.
    Place: CDC Global Communication Center, Roybal Facility, 1600 
Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: (770) 488-3300.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people. Please Note: 
Due to current security measures, a valid government issued 
identification card with photo is required for admittance into the 
Roybal facility. Non-U.S. citizens wishing to attend should contact 
Claudine Johnson, Telephone: (770) 488-3629. Individuals should ask 
for the meeting by name: CDC Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead 
Poisoning Prevention when they arrive at the Roybal Visitors Center.
    Purpose: The Committee provides advice and guidance to the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the Director, 
CDC, regarding new scientific knowledge and technological 
developments and their practical implications for childhood lead 
poisoning prevention efforts. The committee also reviews and reports 
regularly on childhood lead poisoning prevention practices and 
recommends improvements in national childhood lead poisoning 
prevention efforts.
    Matters To Be Discussed: A discussion on the potential 
approaches to strengthen existing strategies to achieve the Healthy 
People 2010 goal of eliminating Elevated Blood Lead Levels as a 
public health problem in the U.S. by 2010; Update the school 
performance and concurrent Blood Lead Levels (BLLs); Discuss the 
study designs related to adverse effects from BLLs < 10 [mu]g/dl; 
and discuss the development of a prevention-based research agenda.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. There 
will be an opportunity for oral comments during the meeting. 
Depending on the time available

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and the number of requests, it may be necessary to limit the time of 
each presenter.
    Contact Person for More Information: Claudine Johnson, Clerk, 
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Environmental 
Emergency Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, 
CDC, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE., Mailstop F-60, Atlanta, GA 30341, 
Telephone: (770) 488-3629, Fax (770) 488-3635.
    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 Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 27, 2008.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-4085 Filed 2-29-08; 8:45 am]
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