[Federal Register: October 1, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 190)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the National Center for Environmental 
Health (NCEH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the following committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention.
    Times and Dates:
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 14, 2003
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., October 15, 2003.
    Place: Embassy Suites--Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park, 267 
Marietta Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30313. Telephone 404/223 2300.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: The Committee shall provide advice and guidance to the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the Director, 
CDC, regarding new scientific knowledge and technological 
developments and their practical implications for childhood lead 
poisoning prevention efforts. The Committee shall also review and 
report regularly on childhood lead poisoning prevention practices 
and recommend improvements in national childhood lead poisoning 
prevention efforts.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include: Update on Primary 
Prevention issues, Review of Evidence for Effects at Blood Lead 
Levels <10 [mu]g/dL, Building Blocks Project, the National Academy 
of Sciences Study, Lead Exposure at Superfund Sites, and the Update 
on International Lead issues.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Opportunities will be provided during the meeting for oral 
comments. Depending on the time available and the number of 
requests, it may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
    For Further Information Contact: Crystal M. Gresham, Program 
Analyst, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Emergency and 
Environmental Health Services, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Hwy, NE, M/S 
F-30, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, telephone 770/488-7490, fax 770/488-
3635.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of meeting.
    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

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both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: September 25, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-24840 Filed 9-30-03; 8:45 am]

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