2010-24671. 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 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 [phone], fax [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail]. 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.