National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

The Program Peer Review Subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR): Teleconference.

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCEH/ATSDR announces the following subcommittee meeting:

Name:

Program Peer Review Subcommittee (PPRS).

Times and Dates:

12:30 p.m.-2 p.m., January 23, 2006.

Place:

The teleconference will originate at the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in Atlanta, Georgia. Please see

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for details on accessing the teleconference.

Status:

Open to the public, teleconference access limited only by availability of telephone ports.

Purpose:

Under the charge of the BSC, NCEH/ATSDR the PPRS will provide the BSC, NCEH/ATSDR with advice and recommendations on NCEH/ATSDR program peer review. They will serve the function of organizing, facilitating, and providing a long-term perspective to the conduct of NCEH/ATSDR program peer review.

Matters to be Discussed:

Discussion of the peer review of the Air Pollution and Respiratory Branch; discussion of the planning for the Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine peer review; and a discussion of the peer review process.

Agenda Items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This conference call is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. EST. To participate please dial (877) 315-6535 and enter conference code 383520. Public comment period is scheduled for 1:45-1:55 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra Malcom, Committee Management Specialist, Office of Science, NCEH/ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-0003.

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 CDC and the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: December 23, 2005.

Elaine Baker,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 05-24639 Filed 12-29-05; 8:45 am]

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