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Download as PDF 61358 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 24, 2009 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of the Director (OD)/Office of the Chief of Public Health Practice (OCPHP)/Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD) WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2004, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) OD/OCPHP/ OMHD announces the following meeting and Tribal Consultation Session: Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting and the 4th Biannual Tribal Consultation Session. Times and Dates: TCAC Meeting on January 26–27, 2010 from 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m. and the 4th Biannual CDC Tribal Consultation Session on January 28, 2010 from 8–6 p.m. Place: CDC Headquarters, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Building 19, Room 3B; Atlanta, GA 30329. Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 125 people. Purpose: CDC established their Tribal Consultation Policy in October of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance across the agency to work effectively with American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, communities, and organizations to enhance AI/AN access to CDC programs. In October of 2005, an Agency Advisory Committee (CDC/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee—TCAC) was established to provide a complementary venue wherein tribal representatives and CDC staff will exchange information about public health issues in Indian Country, identifying urgent public health issues in Indian country, and discuss collaborative approaches to these issues. Within the CDC Consultation Policy, it is stated that CDC will conduct government-to-government consultation with elected tribal officials or their designated representatives and also confer with tribal and Alaska Native organizations and AI/AN urban and rural communities before taking actions and/or making decisions that affect them. Consultation is an enhanced form of communication that emphasizes trust, respect, and shared responsibility. It is an open and free exchange of information and opinion among parties that leads to mutual understanding and comprehension. CD believes that consultation is integral to a deliberative process that results in effective collaboration and informed decision making with the ultimate goal of reaching consensus on issues. Although formal responsibility for the agency’s overall government-togovernment consultation activities rests within the Office of the Director (OD), other VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:15 Nov 23, 2009 Jkt 220001 OD Offices and National Center leadership shall actively participate in TCAC meetings and HHS-sponsored regional and national tribal consultation sessions as frequently as possible. Matters To Be Discussed: The TCAC will convene their advisory committee meeting with discussions and presentations from various CDC senior leadership on activities and areas identified by TCAC members and other tribal leaders as priority public health issues. The Biannual Tribal Consultation Session will engage CDC Senior leadership from the Office of the Director and various CDC Offices and National Centers including the Financial Management Office (FMO), National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances (NCEH/ ATSDR), Coordinating Office for Terrorism and Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER), Office of Enterprise Communications (OEC), and the proposed Office of State and Local Support. Opportunities will be provided during the Consultation Session for tribal testimony. Tribal Leaders are encouraged to submit written testimony by COB on January 15, 2010 to CAPT Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud, Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS E–67 Atlanta, GA 30329, telephone 404–498–2343, e-mail: pws8@cdc.gov, fax 404–498–2355. Depending on the time available it may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter. Please reference the web links of https:// www.cdc.gov/omhd/TCAC/AAC.html and https://www.cdc.gov/omhd/TCP/ Consultations/BiannualConsultations.htm to review information about the TCAC and CDC’s Tribal Consultation Policy. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Capt. Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud, Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E–67, Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone (404)498–2343, fax (404)498– 2355, e-mail: pws8@cdc.gov. 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dated: November 13, 2009. Elaine L. Baker, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Office of the Director (OD)/Office of the Chief of Public Health 
Practice (OCPHP)/Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities 
(OMHD)

    In accordance with Presidential Executive Order No. 13175, November 
6, 2000, and the Presidential Memorandum of September 23, 2004, 
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, the 
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) OD/OCPHP/OMHD announces the following 
meeting and Tribal Consultation Session:

    Name: Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Meeting and 
the 4th Biannual Tribal Consultation Session.
    Times and Dates: TCAC Meeting on January 26-27, 2010 from 8 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. and the 4th Biannual CDC Tribal Consultation Session 
on January 28, 2010 from 8-6 p.m.
    Place: CDC Headquarters, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Building 19, 
Room 3B; Atlanta, GA 30329.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 125 people.
    Purpose: CDC established their Tribal Consultation Policy in 
October of 2005 with the primary purpose of providing guidance 
across the agency to work effectively with American Indian/Alaska 
Native (AI/AN) tribes, communities, and organizations to enhance AI/
AN access to CDC programs. In October of 2005, an Agency Advisory 
Committee (CDC/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee--TCAC) 
was established to provide a complementary venue wherein tribal 
representatives and CDC staff will exchange information about public 
health issues in Indian Country, identifying urgent public health 
issues in Indian country, and discuss collaborative approaches to 
these issues. Within the CDC Consultation Policy, it is stated that 
CDC will conduct government-to-government consultation with elected 
tribal officials or their designated representatives and also confer 
with tribal and Alaska Native organizations and AI/AN urban and 
rural communities before taking actions and/or making decisions that 
affect them. Consultation is an enhanced form of communication that 
emphasizes trust, respect, and shared responsibility. It is an open 
and free exchange of information and opinion among parties that 
leads to mutual understanding and comprehension. CD believes that 
consultation is integral to a deliberative process that results in 
effective collaboration and informed decision making with the 
ultimate goal of reaching consensus on issues. Although formal 
responsibility for the agency's overall government-to-government 
consultation activities rests within the Office of the Director 
(OD), other OD Offices and National Center leadership shall actively 
participate in TCAC meetings and HHS-sponsored regional and national 
tribal consultation sessions as frequently as possible.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The TCAC will convene their advisory 
committee meeting with discussions and presentations from various 
CDC senior leadership on activities and areas identified by TCAC 
members and other tribal leaders as priority public health issues. 
The Biannual Tribal Consultation Session will engage CDC Senior 
leadership from the Office of the Director and various CDC Offices 
and National Centers including the Financial Management Office 
(FMO), National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances (NCEH/ATSDR), Coordinating Office for Terrorism and 
Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER), Office of Enterprise 
Communications (OEC), and the proposed Office of State and Local 
Support. Opportunities will be provided during the Consultation 
Session for tribal testimony. Tribal Leaders are encouraged to 
submit written testimony by COB on January 15, 2010 to CAPT Pelagie 
(Mike) Snesrud, Senior Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, 
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., MS E-67 Atlanta, GA 30329, telephone 404-498-2343, e-mail: 
pws8@cdc.gov, fax 404-498-2355. Depending on the time available it 
may be necessary to limit the time of each presenter.
    Please reference the web links of https://www.cdc.gov/omhd/TCAC/AAC.html and https://www.cdc.gov/omhd/TCP/Consultations/BiannualConsultations.htm to review information about the TCAC and 
CDC's Tribal Consultation Policy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Capt. Pelagie (Mike) Snesrud, Senior 
Tribal Liaison for Policy and Evaluation, Office of Minority Health and 
Health Disparities, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-67, Atlanta, GA 
30333, telephone (404)498-2343, fax (404)498-2355, e-mail: 
pws8@cdc.gov.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: November 13, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
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