80 FR 25693 - Board of Scientific Counselors, (BSC) National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 86 (May 5, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25693-25694]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10414]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., EDT, June 3, 2015; 8:30 
a.m.-11:45 a.m., EDT, June 4, 2015.
    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; CDC/ATSDR 
Activities on Household Air Pollution and Cleaner Cookstoves; NCEH/
ATSDR Program Responses to BSC Guidance and Action Items; At the 
Intersection of Public Health and Health Care: CDC's National Asthma 
Control Program; Environmental Health Services: Vessel Sanitation 
Program, Model Aquatic Health Code; Geospatial Research, Analysis, 
and Services Program; NCEH/ATSDR Emergency Management Activities; 
Environmental Health Tracking Program; Advances in

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Laboratory Methods--Molecular Newborn Screening Tests; and 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.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Supplemental Information: The public comment period is scheduled 
on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 from 2:45 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., and on 
Thursday, June 4, 2015 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: [email protected]. The deadline for 
notification of attendance is May 27, 2015.
    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.

Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-10414 Filed 5-4-15; 8:45 am]
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