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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Institutes of Health


 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice 
of Meeting


    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the National Children's Study of Environmental Effects on Health 
Advisory Committee.
    The meetings which are being co-sponsored by the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be 
open to the public, with attendance limited to space available. 
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting. To 
register for the meetings, visit the conference Web site at: http://www.circlesolutions.com/ncs
, send an e-mail to ncs@circlesolutions.com, 
or call 703-902-1339. The National Children's Study Advisory Committee 
Meeting is open to anyone who indicates an interest and includes 
representatives of all stakeholders, both inside and outside of 
government, advocacy groups, industry, academic institutions, state and 
local governments, and community groups.


    Name of Committee: National Children's Study of Environmental 
Effects of Health Advisory Committee.
    Date: December 17-18, 2002.
    Time: 1 p.m. to 5 pm.
Registration: December 15, 2002, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; December 16, 
2002, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., December 17, 2002, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; 
December 18, 2002, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: To review activities since the last meeting held in 
September 2002. Primary objectives are to discuss and review 
sampling strategies, recruitment prior to conception, life-course 
timeline proposed by the Health Services and Social Environment 
Working Groups, prioritization of pilot studies, ethics issues 
issues in thematic areas and community outreach and communication 
issues in thematic areas.
    Place: Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 700 Aliceanna 
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
    Contact Person: Peter M. Scheidt, M.D., Medical Officer, 
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, 
National Institute of Child Health, and Human Development, NIH, 6100 
Executive Boulevard, Room 5C01, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 451-6421. 
NCS@mail.nih.gov.


    (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.209, 
Contraception and Infertility Loan Repayment Program; 93.864, 
Population Research; 93.865, Research for Mothers and Children; 
93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, National 
Institutes of Health, HHS)


    Dated: November 21, 2002.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-30235 Filed 11-27-02; 8:45 am]

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