[Federal Register: March 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 50)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention: 
Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the National Center for Environmental 
Health (NCEH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the following committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 12, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-12 
p.m., April 13, 1999.
    Place: Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place, 1775 Pleasant Hill Hill 
Road, Duluth, Georgia 30136, telephone 770/925-2340.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Committee shall provide advice and guidance to the 
Secretary; the Assistant Secretary for Health; and the Director, 
CDC, regarding new scientific knowledge and technological 
developments and their practical implications for childhood lead 
poisoning prevention efforts. The Committee shall also review and 
report regularly on childhood lead poisoning prevention practices 
and recommend improvements in national childhood lead poisoning 
prevention efforts.
    Matters to Be Discussed: Agenda items include: Childhood Lead 
Poisoning Prevention activities update, HCFA's Medicaid lead 
screening policy, Screening and Case Management Working Group 
updates, HUD lead program update, global dimensions of the lead 
problem, USAID update, and emerging issues involving foreign-born 
children.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Opportunities will be provided during the meeting for oral 
comments. Depending on the time available and the number of 
requests, it may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
    Contact Person for More Information: Barbara Nelson, Program 
Analyst, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway,  NE,   
M/S F-42, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7272, fax 
770/488-7335.
    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.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-6310 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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