[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6310]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention:
Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the following committee meeting.
Name: Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention.
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 12, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-12
p.m., April 13, 1999.
Place: Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place, 1775 Pleasant Hill Hill
Road, Duluth, Georgia 30136, telephone 770/925-2340.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
Purpose: The Committee shall provide advice and guidance to the
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the Director,
CDC, regarding new scientific knowledge and technological
developments and their practical implications for childhood lead
poisoning prevention efforts. The Committee shall also review and
report regularly on childhood lead poisoning prevention practices
and recommend improvements in national childhood lead poisoning
prevention efforts.
Matters to Be Discussed: Agenda items include: Childhood Lead
Poisoning Prevention activities update, HCFA's Medicaid lead
screening policy, Screening and Case Management Working Group
updates, HUD lead program update, global dimensions of the lead
problem, USAID update, and emerging issues involving foreign-born
children.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Opportunities will be provided during the meeting for oral
comments. Depending on the time available and the number of
requests, it may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
Contact Person for More Information: Barbara Nelson, Program
Analyst, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Environmental
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE,
M/S F-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7272, fax
770/488-7335.
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.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-6310 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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