LEPAC Meeting October 16-17, 2023

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Learn more about the Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC) meeting on October 16-17, 2023.

Agenda

Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC) Meeting October 16-17, 2023

Location: CDC Roybal Campus Building 24, Room 1103

Day 1

(8:00 am – 8:30 am arrive at CDC Roybal Visitor Center)

8:30 am

Members and guests are escorted to meeting room

8:45 am

Official meeting sign in (in person and online)

9:00 am

Welcome, introductions, announcements and vote on annual report: Paul Allwood, Designated Federal Official, NCEH; Matthew Ammon, Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control; Perri Ruckart, NCEH

9:45 am

Review charge/purpose: Matthew Ammon, Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

10:00 am

CDC updates

  • Blood lead testing instrumentation: Paul Allwood, NCEH
  • Blood lead surveillance update/Data Modernization Initiative: Audrey Pennington, NCEH; Qaiyim Harris, NCEH
  • Lead free communities initiative: Quanza Brooks-Griffin, NCEH
  • State policy action related to the blood lead reference value (BLRV): Alexis Allen, NCEH
  • Remarks from NCEH/ATSDR Director: Aaron Bernstein, Director, NCEH/ASTDR

10:45 am

HUD: Alignment of inspection protocol for assisted housing for the last 20 years: Tara J. Radosevich, Assessment Manager, Real Estate Assessment Center, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Updates from the Preventing Lead Exposure in Adults (PLEA) workgroup: Anshu Mohllajee, Chair, Research Scientist Supervisor I, California Department of Public Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Public comment

1:45 pm

EPA dust-lead hazard standards and dust-lead clearance levels update: Claire Brisse, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

2:00 pm

Discussions on lead service line replacement: Steve Via, Director, Federal Relations, American Water Works Association; Kira Smith, Lead and Copper Team Leader, OGWDW, EPA; Matthew Ammon, Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Continue discussions on lead service line replacement

3:45 pm

Closing comments: Matthew Ammon, Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

4:00 pm

Adjourn

Day 2

(8:00 am – 8:30 am arrive at CDC Roybal Visitor Center)

8:30 am

Members and guests are escorted to meeting room

8:45 am

Official meeting sign in (in person and online)

9:00 am

Welcome and announcements: Matthew Ammon, Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

9:15 am

Making federal grants work for communities: CDC and other federal agencies

9:45 am

Strategies to increase testing in children enrolled in Medicaid: Mary Beth Hance, Senior Policy Advisor, Children and Adult Health Program Group, Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services; Trina Williams, NCEH

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Updates from LEPAC members

12:00 pm

Wrap up and discuss topics for next meeting: Matthew Ammon, Chair, LEPAC and Director, HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

12:15 pm

Adjourn

I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the minutes of the October 16-17, 2023 meeting of the Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC) are accurate and complete.

Matthew Ammon, Chair, Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee

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