[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 86 (Friday, May 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24292-24293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9668]


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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: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., May 29, 2008; 8:30 a.m.-12 
p.m., May 30, 2008.
    Place: Marriott Century Center Hotel, 2000 Century Boulevard, 
Chamblee, Georgia 30341.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.

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    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 formaldehyde and FEMA Trailers; report on 
ATSDR's Great Lakes areas of concern; discussion on the draft Report 
by the BSC's Peer Review Workgroup for the NCEH/ATSDR Preparedness 
and Emergency Response Program; discussion on the proposed BSC 
Program Peer Review of NCEH/ATSDR's internal clearance and external 
peer review process; update on NCEH/ATSDR Climate Change 
Initiatives; update on industry challenges to NCEH/ATSDR programs; 
and updates on public health issues.
    Agenda items are tentative and subject to change.
    Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F-
61, Chamblee, Georgia 30345; telephone 770/488-0575, fax 770/488-
3377; E-mail: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of 
attendance is May 21, 2008.
    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: April 28, 2008.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-9668 Filed 5-1-08; 8:45 am]
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