[Federal Register: April 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 67)]
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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 (Pub. 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: 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m., April 28, 1998. 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., April 29, 1998.
    Place: ATSDR, 35 Executive Park Drive, Training Room, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30329, telephone 404/639-0708.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee will bring 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 identifying issues 
and concerns of the Subcommittee related to ATSDR community and 
tribal programs, policies, and activities. Recommendations will be 
developed and a report will be presented to the Board.

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 30, 1998. 8:30 a.m.-
3:45 p.m., May 1, 1998.
    Place: ATSDR, 35 Executive Park Drive, Training Room, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30329, telephone 404/639-0708.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 60 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 
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 report from 
the Community/Tribal Subcommittee on issues and concerns related to 
hazardous waste sites; a report on the TCE speech and hearing study; 
a report by the external evaluation panel on the ATSDR Program of 
Research for Historically Black Colleges and Universities; workgroup 
reports on the Great Lakes Health Effects Research Program and 
Uncertainty in Health Guidance Values; a report of findings and 
public health implications of the Agency's Hazardous Substances 
Emergency Events Surveillance; and updates on the Environmental 
Cancer Registry and the Mississippi Delta Project Needs Assessment 
Profiles.
    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 1, 1998.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office.
[FR Doc. 98-9179 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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