[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 64600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25838]


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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., November 18, 2014
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., November 19, 2014

    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 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 
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 budget 
process; soil vapor intrusion; tobacco biomarkers/E-cigarettes; 
children's environmental health; West Virginia water contamination; 
NCEH/ATSDR program responses to BSC guidance and action items; 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; and discussion of future 
BSC agenda topics and action items.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Supplemental Information: The public comment period is scheduled on 
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 from 3:15 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., and on 
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 from 11:00 a.m. until 11:15 a.m.
    Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F-61, 
Chamblee, Georgia 30345; Telephone 770/488-0575 or 770/488-0577, Fax: 
770/488-3377; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93e0fef2fff0fcfed3f0f7f0bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="41322c202d222e2c012225226f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>. The deadline for notification of 
attendance is November 11, 2014.
    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 Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-25838 Filed 10-29-14; 8:45 am]
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