[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34674-34675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15782]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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

TIMES AND DATES: 
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., EDT, September 13, 2017
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., EDT, September 14, 2017

PLACE:  CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Building 102, Conference Room 2202, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.

STATUS:  In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention announces the meeting of the BSC, NCEH/ATSDR. This meeting 
is open to the public. The meeting room accommodates approximately 60 
people. The public is also welcome to listen to the meeting by joining 
the teleconference at the USA toll-free, dial-in number, 1-888-790-2009 
Passcode: 7865774. The deadline for notification of attendance is 
August 30, 2017. The public comment period is scheduled on Wednesday, 
September 13, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. until 2:15 p.m.; from 2:40 p.m. until 
2:55 p.m.; and from 3:25 p.m. until 3:40 p.m., and on Thursday, 
September 14, 2017 from 10:10 a.m. until 10:25 a.m. EDT (15 minutes). 
Individuals wishing to make a comment during Public Comment period, 
please email your name, organization, and phone number by Monday, 
September 4, 2017 to Dr. William Cibulas at [email protected].

Matters To Be Considered: 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 wellbeing; 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. The agenda items 
for the BSC Meeting will include NCEH/ATSDR Director Updates; Noise-
Induced Hearing Loss; NCEH/ATSDR Program Responses to BSC Guidance and 
Action Items; Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Updates; Flint 
Registry; Revision of blood lead level reference value (status); 
Discussion of Legislative Requirements of new Lead Exposure Poisoning 
Federal Advisory Committee; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Program 
Update; Environmental Health Tracking Program update; updates from the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the US Department of 
Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Shirley Little, NCEH/ATSDR, CDC, 
4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F-45, Atlanta, Georgia 30341; Telephone 
770/488-0577, Email: [email protected].
    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

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Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-15782 Filed 7-24-17; 11:15 am]
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