[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54217-54218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21252]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Potential Health Effects Involving Use of Perchloroethylene; 
Notice of Meeting

    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
following meeting:

    Name: Potential Health Effects Involving Use of 
Perchloroethylene (PCE) in Dry-cleaning and Other Industries: 
Scientific Presentations and Information-gathering Meeting.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 25, 2002.
    Place: Alice Hamilton Building, Conference Room C, NIOSH, CDC, 
5555 Ridge Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45213.
    Status: Forum will include scientists and representatives from 
various government agencies and independent groups, and is open to 
the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room 
accommodates 80 people. Due to limited space, notification of intent 
to attend the meeting must be made with Judy Curless no later than 
September 13, 2002. Ms. Curless can be reached by telephone at 513/
533-8314 or by e-mail [email protected]. Requests to attend will be 
accommodated on a first come basis.
    Purpose: To discuss current research with PCE and identify 
partners for exchange of information and data on occupational 
exposure to PCE and potential health effects. A panel of invited 
participants will present data. Presentations and discussion will 
focus on health effects related to occupational exposures to PCE as 
well as data from studies of carcinogenicity and other effects in

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animals. The public is invited to attend and will have the 
opportunity to provide comments.
    Contact Person for General Information: Judy Curless, Education 
and Information Division, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-
32, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-8314, fax 513/533-
8230, e-mail [email protected].
    Contact Person for Technical Information: Thomas Lentz, 
Education and Information Division, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia 
Parkway, MS C-32, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-8260, 
fax 513/533-8230, e-mail [email protected].
    Written research, data, or supporting materials to be considered 
in support of the information gathering effort should be submitted 
to the NIOSH Docket Office, ATTN: Diane Miller, Robert A. Taft 
Laboratories, M/S C-34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 
45226, telephone 513/533-8450, fax 513/533-8285. Comments may also 
be submitted by e-mail to: [email protected]. E-mail attachments 
should be formatted as WordPerfect 6/7/8/9, or Microsoft Word. 
Comments should be submitted to NIOSH no later than November 15, 
2002, and should reference docket number NIOSH-007 in the subject 
heading.
    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: August 15, 2002.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-21252 Filed 8-20-02; 8:45 am]
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