[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23979-23980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09702]


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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), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:
    Times and Dates: 9:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m., May 22, 2014; 8:30 a.m.-12:30 
p.m., May 23, 2014.
    Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 60 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

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(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 for Discussion: The agenda items for the BSC Meeting will 
include NCEH/ATSDR Office of the Director updates; CDC Winnable 
Battles: Food Safety; consideration of a subcommittee to the BSC for 
childhood lead poisoning prevention; vote on recommendation regarding a 
subcommittee to the BSC for childhood lead poisoning prevention; 
radiation preparedness planning; NCEH/ATSDR Strategic Planning and 
Priorities; NCEH/ATSDR Priority: Water Safety; updates from the 
National Institute for Environmental Health Services, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Energy 
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; NCEH/ATSDR Response to 
Prior BSC Guidance; discussion of future BSC agenda topics and action 
items.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment period is scheduled on 
Thursday, May 22, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. until 3:15 p.m., and on Friday, 
May 23, 2014 from 10:45 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
    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 or 770/488-0755, Fax: 
770/488-3377; Email: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of 
attendance is May 16, 2014.
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Gary J. Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-09702 Filed 4-28-14; 8:45 am]
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