[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 55086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22346]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental 
Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/
ATSDR)

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

    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., November 6, 2008. 8:30 
a.m.-12:00 p.m., November 7, 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.
    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; the 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; updates on NCEH/ATSDR work on Formaldehyde and FEMA 
Trailers; discussion of the findings on the BSC Program Peer Review 
of NCEH/ATSDR's internal clearance and external peer review 
processes and policies; a presentation of the response to the 
Preparedness and Emergency Response Peer Review Report from the 
Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response; updates on 
public health issues: selenium poisoning associated with an over-
the-counter dietary supplement; exercising the response capability 
of CDC and the Laboratory Response Network to test 10,000 clinical 
samples for nerve agent exposure; and vapor intrusion activities at 
hazardous waste sites.
    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 October 31, 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: September 16, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-22346 Filed 9-23-08; 8:45 am]
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