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

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Community/Tribal Subcommittee (C/TS) of the 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 meeting.

Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee

Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.-5 p.m., September 1, 1999. 9:00 a.m.-

12 p.m., September 2, 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: The Community/Tribal Subcommittee will convene its

quarterly meeting. This subcommittee will bring to the Board of

Scientific Counselors advice and citizen input, as well as

recommendations on community and tribal programs, practices, and

policies of the Agency. The subcommittee will report directly to the

Board of Scientific Counselors.

Matters to be Discussed: Issues and concerns of the Community/

Tribal Subcommittee as it relates to ATSDR's community and tribal

programs. The meeting's primary agenda item will be a discussion of

how the agency conducts activities at federal facility sites. The

agency will present the process for conducting health assessments at

federal facilities: protocol and procedures for working with the

Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. A discussion

will be held to obtain community and tribal input. Recommendations

will then be developed and forwarded to the ATSDR, BSC for action.

Written comments are welcome and should be received by the contact

person prior to the opening of the meeting.

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. 99-21111 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]

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