[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 63872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27374]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Community/Tribal Subcommittee and the Board of Scientific 
Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Meetings.

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the following subcommittee and 
committee meetings.

    Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee (CTS).
    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 28, 2000
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., November 29, 2000

    Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, 210 Peachtree Street, 
NW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee brings to the Board advice, citizen 
input, and recommendations on community and tribal programs, 
practices, and policies of the Agency.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on 
Action Items and Recommendations from previous meeting; CTS update 
on Cultural Sensitivity Training; discussion on implementation of 
task forces; discussion of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process 
at Department of Defense and Department of Energy sites; update on 
the Office of Urban Affairs health intervention and health care 
activities at sites; and, an update on Research Agenda Building 
activities.
    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-5:05 p.m., November 30, 2000.
8:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m., December 1, 2000.

    Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, 210 Peachtree Street, 
NW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR, advises the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the 
Administrator, ATSDR, on ATSDR programs to ensure scientific 
quality, timeliness, utility, and dissemination of results. 
Specifically, the Board advises on the adequacy of science in ATSDR-
supported research, emerging problems that require scientific 
investigations, accuracy and currency of the science in ATSDR 
reports, and program areas to emphasize or de-emphasize. In 
addition, the Board recommends research programs and conference 
support for which the Agency awards grants to universities, 
colleges, research institutions, hospitals, and other public and 
private organizations.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include ATSDR 
updates; review of the ATSDR Research Agenda, and a review of the 
public comments and implementation plans; discussion on exposure 
investigations and biomarkers; discussion on current events 
impacting ATSDR; an overview of Community and Tribal Subcommittee 
meeting issues and recommendations; discussion of activities related 
to Libby, Montana, growth of environmental pediatric units, and 
Minority Health Program; and, an overview on ATSDR new directions. 
Written comments are welcomed and should be received by the contact 
person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Robert Spengler, Sc.D., 
Executive Secretary, BSC, ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-0708.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 17, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-27374 Filed 10-24-00; 8:45 am]
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