[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22562-22563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11127]


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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 and NCEH/ATSDR announce the 
following meeting of the aforementioned committee:

    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., May 28, 2009. 8:30 a.m.-12:15 
p.m., May 29, 2009.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford 
Highway, Atlanta, 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, 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: The agenda items will include updates 
by the Director of

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NCEH/ATSDR on activities and events subsequent to the BSC's 
November, 2008 meeting; responses by the programs to previous BSC 
Program Peer Reviews (ATSDR Site Specific Activities; NCEH/ATSDR 
Preparedness and Emergency Response Programs; NCEH/ATSDR Internal 
Clearance and External Peer Review Policies and Procedures; overview 
of the 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference; 
opportunities to expand the BSC involvement with the NCEH/ATSDR 
National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures; 
approach and planning for future BSC Program Peer Reviews; and an 
overview of the NCEH Division of Emergency and Environmental Health 
Services.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    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 22, 2009.
    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 NCEH/ATSDR.

    Dated: May 7, 2009.
Andre Tyler,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E9-11127 Filed 5-12-09; 8:45 am]
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