[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 29772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12025]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS) 
Meeting

    In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of November 5, 2009, and 
September 23, 2004, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal 
Governments, CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(ATSDR), announces the following meeting and Tribal Consultation 
Session:

    Name: Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting and 11th Biannual 
Tribal Consultation Session
    Times and Dates:

    8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., C.D.T., August 12, 2014 (TAC Meeting)
    8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., C.D.T., August 13, 2014 (11th Biannual 
Tribal Consultation Session)
    8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., C.D.T., August 14, 2014 (TAC Meeting, 
continued)
    Place: The TAC Meeting and Tribal Consultation Session will be 
held at the Grand Traverse Resort, 100 Grand Traverse Village 
Boulevard, Michigan AB Meeting Room, Acme, Michigan 49610.
    Status: The meetings are being hosted by CDC/ATSDR and are open 
to the public. Attendees must pre-register before July 11, 2014, at 
the following Web link: http://www.cdc.gov/tribal/meetings.html.
    Purpose: During 2011-2013, CDC revised its existing Tribal 
Consultation Policy (issued in 2005) with the primary purpose of 
providing guidance across the agency to work effectively with 
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, communities, and 
organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC resources and programs. 
Within the CDC Consultation Policy, it is stated that CDC will 
conduct government-to-government consultation with elected tribal 
officials or their authorized representatives before taking actions 
and/or making decisions that affect them. Consultation is an 
enhanced form of communication that emphasizes trust, respect, and 
shared responsibility. It is an open and free exchange of 
information and opinion among parties that leads to mutual 
understanding and comprehension. CDC believes that consultation is 
integral to a deliberative process that results in effective 
collaboration and informed decision making with the ultimate goal of 
reaching consensus on issues. Although formal responsibility for the 
agency's overall government-to-government consultation activities 
rests within the CDC Office of the Director, leaders in other CDC 
Centers, Institute, and Offices shall actively participate in TAC 
meetings and HHS-sponsored regional and national tribal consultation 
sessions as frequently as possible.
    Matters for Discussion: The TAC and CDC leaders will discuss the 
following public health issue topics identified by tribal leaders: 
Traditional foods, environmental health, and other disease-specific 
topics; however, discussion is not limited to these topics. The TAC 
Meeting will also include site visits to area tribes.
    During the 11th Biannual Tribal Consultation Session, tribes and 
CDC leaders will engage in consultation on Native specimens and the 
National Tribal Environmental Health Think Tank, and tribes will 
have an opportunity to present formal testimony on tribal health 
issues.
    Tribal leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony by 
11:59 p.m., EDT, on July 16, 2014, to April R. Taylor, Public Health 
Analyst, Tribal Support Unit, or CAPT Craig Wilkins, Acting Director 
for the Tribal Support Unit, CDC/OSTLTS, by mail to 4770 Buford 
Highway NE., MS E-70, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, or by email to 
[email protected].
    Depending on the time available, it may be necessary to limit 
the presentation time of each presenter.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Information about the TAC, CDC's Tribal Consultation Policy, and 
previous meetings may be referenced on the following Web link: 
http://www.cdc.gov/tribal.
    Contact Person for More Information: April R. Taylor, Public 
Health Analyst, CDC/OSTLTS, by mail to 4770 Buford Highway NE., MS 
E-70, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, or by email to [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.

Gary J. Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-12025 Filed 5-22-14; 8:45 am]
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