[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 164 (Wednesday, August 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52355-52356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21120]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Draft National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical 
Exposures Work Group Reports; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR), Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical 
Exposures is a collaborative initiative through which many 
organizations and individuals are helping develop an action agenda for 
strengthening the nation's approach to protecting the public's health 
from harmful chemical exposures. This notice announces the availability 
of draft National Conversation work group reports for public review and 
comment. CDC/ATSDR has partnered with RESOLVE, a non-profit independent 
consensus-building organization, to manage aspects of the National 
Conversation project. RESOLVE is convening the National Conversation 
Leadership Council and facilitating the work group process.

DATES: Draft work group reports will be available on or about September 
7, 2010. In order to be considered, comments must be received within 14 
days of the reports being posted. The public comment period is 
anticipated to close September 20, 2010. Comments received after the 
close of the comment period will be considered to the fullest extent 
possible.

ADDRESSES: Draft work group reports will be available on RESOLVE's Web 
site at http://www.resolv.org/nationalconversation. Those interested in 
submitting comments are encouraged to submit them through that Web 
site. Comments can also be submitted by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Please indicate in the e-mail subject line the 
name of the work group report that your comments address (e.g. 
``Comments on Monitoring Work Group Report''). Comments can be 
submitted by mail to National Conversation c/o RESOLVE, Inc. 1255 23rd 
Street, NW., Suite 875, Washington, DC 20037 or by fax attention to 
Jason Gershowitz at 202-338-1264.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct questions about the 
National Conversation project to CDC/ATSDR by e-mail at 
[email protected], phone at 770-488-0604, or mail at 
National Conversation, CDC/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE., MS F-61, 
Atlanta, GA 30341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Conversation project includes a 
Leadership Council, which will author the action agenda, and six work 
groups, formed to research and make recommendations on the following 
cross-cutting public health and chemical exposures issues:
     Monitoring
     Scientific Understanding
     Policies and Practices
     Chemical Emergencies
     Serving Communities
     Education and Communication
    Following the public comment period, National Conversation work 
groups will finalize their reports during the fall of 2010. The 
National Conversation Leadership Council will draw on work group 
reports and the results of public input received through Web dialogues, 
community conversations, and stakeholder forums

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in authoring the action agenda. The Leadership Council's draft action 
agenda is anticipated to be available for public review and comment in 
December 2010. Work group reports will be appended to the action 
agenda.
    For more information on National Conversation work groups, 
including their charges and meeting summaries, visit this Web site: 
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/nationalconversation/work_groups.html.
    For additional information on the National Conversation on Public 
Health and Chemical Exposures, visit this Web site: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/nationalconversation/.

    Dated: August 18, 2010.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-21120 Filed 8-24-10; 8:45 am]
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