Meetings: Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee,

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[Federal Register: December 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 244)]

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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.-5:45 p.m., January 15, 2002,

8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., January 16, 2002.

Place: Hilton Crystal City Hotel, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22202, telephone 703/418-6800.

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

The meeting room accommodates approximately 90 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: Updates on

Primary Prevention issues, Medicaid Targeted Screening issues, Case

Management issues, MMWR Publication Process, Presentations on

Milwaukee's Community-Based Environmental Intervention Strategies,

National Survey of Lead and Allergens in Housing, and Discussion of

Charge for Workgroup Reviewing Evidence of Adverse Effects of Lead.

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: Becky Wright, Program

Analyst, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Division of Environmental

Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-

25, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-1449, fax 404/498-

1444.

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: December 10, 2001.

John Burckhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention.

[FR Doc. 01-31221 Filed 12-18-01; 8:45 am]

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