[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8345]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting

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

    Name: Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS) 
Second Task Group Session.
    Time and Date: 1 p.m.-3 p.m., April 15, 1998.
    Place: NIOSH Grants Office, Prete Building, Room B229, 040 
University Avenue, Morgantown, West Virginia, 26505, telephone 304/
285-6047.
    Status: Open: 1 p.m.-1:15 p.m., April 15, 1998; Closed: 1:15 
p.m.-3 p.m., April 15, 1998.
    Purpose: The SOHSS Task Group Second Session will review, 
discuss, and evaluate grant application(s) in response to the 
Institute's standard grants review and funding cycles pertaining to 
research issues in occupational safety and health and allied areas 
and announcement number 807 entitled, ``Mining Occupational Safety 
and Health Research Grants.''
    It is the intent of NIOSH to support broad-based research 
endeavors to keep within the Institute's program goals which will 
lead to improved understanding and appreciation for the magnitude of 
the aggregate health burden associated with occupational injuries 
and illnesses, as well as, to support more focused research projects 
that will lead to improvements in the delivery of occupational 
safety and health services and the prevention of work-related injury 
and illness. It is anticipated that research funded will promote the 
program goals.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include welcome and 
introductions of the SOHSS Task Group instructions, and review of 
applications. Beginning at 1:15 p.m., through 3 p.m., April 15, the 
Task Group will meet to consider safety and occupational health 
related grant applications. This portion of the meeting will be 
closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in 
section 552b(c)(4) and (6), title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of 
the Associate Director for Management and Operations, CDC, pursuant 
to Public Law 92-463.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Pervis C. Major, Ph.D., 
Scientific Review Administrator, Office of Extramural Coordination 
and Special Projects, Office of the Director, NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale 
Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, telephone 304/285-5979.

    Dated: March 25, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-8345 Filed 8-30-98; 8:45 am]
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