[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9067]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry: Meeting
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 committee meeting.
Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, ATSDR).
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 28, 1997; 9 a.m.-3
p.m., April 29, 1997.
Place: The Chattanooga Choo-Choo Holiday Inn, 400 Market Street,
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402.
Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space.
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 the science in
ATSDR-supported research, emerging problems that require scientific
investigation, accuracy and currency of the science in ATSDR
reports, and program areas to emphasize and/or to de-emphasize. In
addition, the Board recommends research programs and conference
support for which the Agency seeks to make grants to universities,
colleges, research institutions, hospitals, and other public and
private organizations.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a visit to a
hazardous waste site; an update on the ATSDR Child Health Initiative
Work Group recommendations; a discussion on the Brownfields
Initiative; the ATSDR response to the Community/Tribal Forum
recommendations; an overview on environmental medicine and health
promotion, partners in 3 health promotion, and medical monitoring
criteria for the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; and a discussion on
placing a site on inactive status.
Written comments are welcome 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: Charles Xintaras, Sc.D.,
Executive Secretary, BSC, ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-0708.
Dated: April 3, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-9067 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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