81 FR 36548 - Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/ATSDR)

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 109 (June 7, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36548-36549]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13437]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental 
Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, 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.-4:30 p.m., EDT, June 28, 2016; 8:30 
a.m.-11:30 a.m., EDT, June 29, 2016.
    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

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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 wellbeing; 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; update on Climate 
and Health; NCEH/ATSDR Program Responses to BSC Guidance and Action 
Items; NCEH/ATSDR Support for the Public Health Emergency in Flint; 
Rethinking the Strategy for the NCEH Lead Surveillance Program; CDC's 
Blood Reference Value for Lead; NCEH/ATSDR's Strategy for PFCs in the 
Environment; NCEH/ATSDR's Safe Drinking Water Program: Developing a 
Public Health Strategy; updates from the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental 
Protection Agency.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Supplemental Information: The public comment period is scheduled on 
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 from 3:15 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., and on 
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 from 10:30 a.m. until 10:45 a.m.
    Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee 
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F-45, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341; Telephone 770/488-0575 or 770/488-0577, Fax: 
770/488-3377; Email: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of 
attendance is June 21, 2016.
    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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-13437 Filed 6-6-16; 8:45 am]
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