Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26749]


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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.-5:30 p.m., November 14, 1996. 8:30 
a.m.-2:15 p.m., November 15, 1996.
    Place: The ATSDR Training Room, Building 35, 35 Executive Park 
Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR, advises 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.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include an update on 
the ATSDR Community/Tribal Forum and will also focus on other issues 
of concern to ATSDR including: 1) the ATSDR Peer Review Policy and 
Procedures; 2) external perspectives from chemical manufacturers, 
grantees, universities, states, and communities; 3) the ATSDR Site-
Specific Evaluation Initiative; and 4) the ATSDR Child Health 
Initiative.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the 
contact person listed below prior to the meeting.
    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: October 11, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-26749 Filed 10-17-96; 8:45 am]
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