[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 40743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16181]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
(ACCLPP)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the CDC, National Center for
Environmental Health (NCEH) announces the following meeting of the
aforementioned committee:
Times and Dates: 2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m., July 25, 2013
Place: Teleconference.
Status: The meeting is open to the public, limited only by the
conference lines available; the toll free dial-in number is 1-888-
554-6025 with a passcode of 2785801.
Purpose: The Committee provides advice and guidance to the
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the Director,
CDC, regarding new scientific knowledge and technological
developments and their practical implications for childhood lead
poisoning prevention efforts. The committee also reviews and reports
regularly on childhood lead poisoning prevention practices and
recommends improvements in national childhood lead poisoning
prevention efforts.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include the
following: Program Update; Presentation of ACCLPP Laboratory Report
on ``Guidelines for Measuring Lead in Blood Using Point of Care
Instruments'' and Discussion, ACCLPP Comments, Discussion and Vote
on Laboratory Workgroup Report. (In 2009 the Laboratory Workgroup
was established and charged by ACCLPP with conducting a review of
five laboratory issues. The second of these five issues was to
address the need for recommended standards of practice for those
using point of care blood lead testing. The report to be presented
to the ACCLPP at this meeting is the result of that review.)
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment period is
scheduled on July 25, 2013 from 4:15 p.m. until 4:30 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 770/488-0577, Fax: 770/488-
3377; 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 Prevention
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-16181 Filed 7-5-13; 8:45 am]
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