Public Meeting of the Community/Tribal Subcommittee (C/TS) of the Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: Roundtable Discussion

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Public Meeting of the Community/Tribal Subcommittee (C/TS) of the

Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry: Roundtable Discussion

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 roundtable discussion.

Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee Health Assessment Roundtable

Discussion.

Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m., August 30, 1999. 9 a.m.-3

p.m., August 31, 1999.

Place: Marriott Fisherman's Wharf, 1250 Columbus Avenue, San

Francisco, California 94133.

Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The

meeting room accommodates approximately 80 people (public comment

periods may be limited due to agenda time constraints and the number

of non subcommittee attendees).

Purpose: A Roundtable Discussion will provide the Community and

Tribal Subcommittee members and special consultants with an overview

of the mechanism the Agency uses to conduct health assessments and

how follow-up recommendations are determined. This subcommittee

discussion will result in recommendations that are presented to the

Board of Scientific Counselors for discussion to recommend to ATSDR

a course of action for health assessments. The Board will make

recommendations on the quality of science in ATSDR-supported

research, identify emerging problems which require scientific

investigation, discuss the accuracy and currency of the science in

ATSDR reports, and suggest program areas to emphasize and/or to de-

emphasize. In addition, the Board shall make recommendations

regarding research programs and conferences that ATSDR may support

through grants to make grants to universities, colleges, research

institutions, hospitals, and other public and private organizations.

Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include a discussion of

ATSDR's Health Assessment Process with the Community and Tribal

Subcommittee and Special Consultants.

Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Coulberson,

Designated Federal Official, C/TS, ATSDR, M/S E-56, 1600 Clifton

Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-6002, or toll-

free at 1-888-422-8737. Media interested in interviewing staff

should contact Mike Groutt, Public Affairs Specialist, at (404) 639-

0501, or toll-free at 1-888-422-8737.

The Director, Management and 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.

Dated: August 10, 1999.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 99-21109 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]

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