[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 63623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26501]
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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
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., November 3, 2011.
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., November 4, 2011.
Place: CDC, 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, 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 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 for the BSC Meeting on
November 3-4, 2011, will include NCEH/ATSDR Office of the Director
updates: ATSDR and NCEH Reorganization; update on Asthma, Lead and
Healthy Homes Program; presentation on public health prioritization at
ATSDR; update on the Nutritional Biomarker Report: transfat analysis;
update on ATSDR Science Symposium; update on Camp LeJeune; update on
Environmental Health Tracking; presentation on hydraulic fracking;
global health updates: indoor air pollution and health and lead in
Nigeria.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment period is scheduled on
Thursday, November 3, 2011 from 4:15 p.m. until 4:25 p.m., and Friday,
November 4, 2011, from 12:15 p.m. until 12:25 p.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; Fax: (770) 488-
3377; E-mail: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of
attendance is October 27, 2011.
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.
Dated: October 6, 2011.
Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 2011-26501 Filed 10-12-11; 8:45 am]
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