[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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