[Federal Register: April 11, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 70)]
 [Notices]
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 [DOCID:fr11ap01-56]

 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

 Community/Tribal Subcommittee and the Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Meetings

 In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the following subcommittee and committee meetings.

 Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee.
 Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m., May 1, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
 p.m., May 2, 2001.
 Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center Hotel, 2000 Century
 Boulevard, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
 Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The
 meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
 Purpose: This subcommittee brings to the Board advice, citizen
 input, and recommendations on community and tribal programs,
 practices, and policies of the Agency.
 Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on
 Action Items and Recommendations from previous meeting, review of
 Tracking System, and, selection of new tribal members to CTS;
 presentation by IHS; overview of DHEP community health education;
 presentation of NEJAC activities; update on Alaskan Native
 Subsistence and Dietary Contaminants Program; presentation of
 Disease Registry activities of ATSDR; review of Task Group progress
 report; discussion on health concerns of depleted uranium; and, a
 review of Federal Facilities Summary Documentation.

 Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
 Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., May 3, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-12:15
 p.m., May 4, 2001.
 Place: Atlanta Marriott Century Center Hotel, 2000 Century
 Boulevard, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30345.
 Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The
 meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
 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 science in ATSDR-
 supported research, emerging problems that require scientific
 investigations, accuracy and

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 currency of the science in ATSDR reports, and program areas to
 emphasize or de-emphasize. In addition, the Board recommends
 research programs and conference support for which the Agency awards
 grants to universities, colleges, research institutions, hospitals,
 and other public and private organizations.

 Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include a review of
 Action Items; ATSDR updates; review of Alaska Native Subsistence and
 Dietary Contaminants Program; update of health care provider
 education activities, accomplishments, and, strategy; update on
 ATSDR's Strategic Planning Process; review of the National Report on
 Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals; discussion on exposure
 investigations and biomarkers; update on new developments in
 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities; summary of Community/
 Tribal Subcommittee meeting, issues, and Recommendations; discussion
 of the Shared Vision of Environmental Health joint meeting of ATSDR
 and NCEH Boards, and, an update on PEW Commission activities and
 ATSDR involvement.

 Written comments are welcomed 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: Robert Spengler, Sc.D.,
 Executive Secretary, BSC, ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE,
 Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-0708.

 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.

 Dated: April 3, 2001.
 Carolyn J. Russell,
 Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
 Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. 01-8882 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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