[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 66537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27562]
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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., EST, December 1, 2015.
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., EST, December 2, 2015.
Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 60 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 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.
Matters for Discussion: The agenda items for the BSC Meeting
will include NCEH/ATSDR Office of the Director Updates; NCEH/ATSDR
Program Responses to BSC Guidance and Action Items; Update on the
NCEH/ATSDR Strategic Plan; Approach to Addressing Perfluorinated
Chemicals (PFCs) at Hazardous Waste Sites; The Role of Environmental
Health Services in Legionnaires Disease; Parking Prices and Active
Commuting: an Ecological Analysis of U.S. Cities and updates from
the National Institute for Environmental Health Services, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of
Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Supplemental Information: The public comment period is scheduled
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 4:15 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., and
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 from 10:30 a.m. until 10:45 a.m.
Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F-
45, Chamblee, Georgia 30345; Telephone 770/488-0575 or 770/488-0577,
Fax: 770/488-3377; Email: [email protected]. The deadline for
notification of attendance is November 24, 2015. 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.
Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-27562 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
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