[Federal Register: March 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 47)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

 
Community/Tribal Subcommittee to 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 subcommittee meeting.

    Name: Community/Tribal Subcommittee (CTS).
    Times and Dates: 12:30 a.m.-5 p.m., March 25, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., March 26, 1999.
    Place: Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree Street, NW, 
Atlanta, GA 30303, telephone 404/659-1400.
    Status: Open to the public, limited by the space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: 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 relates to ATSDR's community and tribal 
programs. ATSDR will present issues and concerns on which it wishes 
community/tribal input. Policies and activities will be identified 
and recommendations for the Agency will be developed. The 
subcommittee will discuss CTS procedures; ways and means of 
outreaching to communities affected by hazardous substances in the 
environment; issues in the implementation of medical monitoring; 
possibilities for providing funding to communities to obtain their 
own health study expertise; the specific problems with Federal 
facilities and community access to health services. A report will be 
prepared and presented to the Board of Scientific Counselors.
    Contact Person for More Information: Stephen Von Allmen, 
Principal ATSDR Contact, ATSDR, M/S E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone 404/639-0708.
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: March 5, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-6017 Filed 3-10-99; 8:45 am]
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