[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60762-60763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24671]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), National Center for 
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 
(NCEH/ATSDR)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), CDC and NCEH/ATSDR announces the 
following committee meeting:

Times and Dates: 
8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m., October 21, 2010.
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m., October 22, 2010.

Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 75 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 well being; 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

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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 to be Discussed: The agenda items for the BSC Meeting on 
October 21-22, 2010 will include presentations from the Division of 
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects to the BSC on Air Pollution 
and Respiratory Health, Environmental Health Tracking, and Climate 
Control; a discussion of ATSDR Funded State Reports; an update on 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Registry; Director Updates on 
ATSDR; Director Updates on NCEH and Program Response to BSC Program 
Peer Review of the Division of Laboratory Sciences.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public comment period is scheduled from 
3:45 p.m. until 4 p.m. October 21, 2010.

Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop 
F-61, Chamblee, Georgia 30345; telephone 770/488-0575, fax 770/488-
3377; E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#681b0509040b0705280b0c0b460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="41322c202d222e2c012225226f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>. The deadline for notification of 
attendance is October 15, 2010.
    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 NCEH/ATSDR.

    Dated: September 27, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-24671 Filed 9-30-10; 8:45 am]
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