[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16308]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health: Meeting

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

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH).
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., July 23, 1997.
    Place: The Washington Court, Montpelier Room, 525 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001-1527.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The BSC, NIOSH is charged with providing advice to the 
Director, NIOSH on NIOSH research programs. Specifically, the Board 
shall provide guidance on the Institute's research activities 
related to developing and evaluating hypotheses, systematically 
documenting findings, and disseminating results.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a report from the 
Director of NIOSH; Final Report on the NIOSH Musculoskeletal 
Disorders Research Program; International Standardization; Navy 
Sarcoidosis Study; Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD) 
Activity Update; and future activities of the Board.
    NIOSH/National Cancer Institute will present a protocol that has 
been revised based on comments received from the BSC and the public 
on the previous draft protocol for a study entitled ``A Cohort 
Mortality Study with a Nested Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer and 
Diesel Exhaust Among Non-Metal Miners' (``diesel study''). Copies of 
the revised protocol may be obtained from Michael Attfield, Ph.D., 
NIOSH Project Director, NIOSH, Division of Respiratory Disease 
Studies, Mail Stop 234, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West 
Virginia 26505-2888. Telephone 304/285-5751, e-mail [email protected].
    Individuals will be permitted to make brief (10-minute) oral 
statements subject to the availability of time. Persons who wish to 
make oral statements should make a written request to the contact 
person listed below.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dr. Bryan D. Hardin, 
Executive Secretary, NIOSH, Room 715-H, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 
200 Constitution Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20201. Telephone 202/
205-8556, fax 202/260-4464, e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: June 17, 1997.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-16308 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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