[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 160 (Monday, August 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48213-48214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19044]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)

    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), National Center for Environmental Health announces 
the following committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention 
(ACCLPP).
    Times and Dates: October 29, 2008, 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m., October 
30, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: The Westin San Diego, 400 West Broadway, San Diego, 
California 92101 Telephone: 619-338-3613, fax: 619-239-4527.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 125 people.
    Purpose: The committee provides advice and guidance to the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the CDC Director 
regarding new scientific knowledge and technologic developments and 
their practical implications for childhood lead poisoning prevention 
efforts. The committee also reviews and reports regularly on 
childhood

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lead poisoning prevention practices and recommends improvements in 
national childhood lead poisoning prevention efforts.
    Matter To Be Discussed: Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate; however, the current agenda includes:
     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 United States by 2010;
     Update on school performance and concurrent blood lead 
levels (BLLs);
     Discussion on study designs related to adverse effects 
from BLLs <10 [mu]g/dL;
     Discussion on the development of a prevention-based 
research agenda.
    Opportunities will be provided during the meeting for oral 
comments. Depending on the time available and the number of 
requests, it may be necessary to limit the time for each presenter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claudine Johnson, Program Operations 
Assistant, telephone: 770-488-3629 or Barry Brooks, Administrative Team 
Leader, telephone: 770-488-3641, Division of Environmental Emergency 
Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mailstop F-60, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341 telephone: 770-488-3300, 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: August 7, 2008.
Daniel Riedford,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-19044 Filed 8-15-08; 8:45 am]
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