[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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