[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 50783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21510]


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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

    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 (NIOSH).
    Time and Date: 9:00 a.m.--2:45 p.m., September 11, 2003.
    Place: Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001, telephone (202) 628-2100, fax 
(202) 879-7938.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and 
by delegation the Director, CDC are authorized under sections 301 of 
the Public Health Service Act to conduct directly or by grants or 
contracts, research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to 
occupational safety and health and to mine health. The Board of 
Scientific Counselors, NIOSH shall provide advice to the Director, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on research 
and preventions 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. The Board shall evaluate the 
degree to which the activities of NIOSH: (1) Conform to appropriate 
scientific standards, (2) address current, relevant needs, and (3) 
produce intended results.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a report from the 
Director of NIOSH; evaluation options of the National Occupational 
Research Agenda (NORA); update on NIOSH Traumatic Injury Research; 
approaches to promoting a healthier U.S. Workforce; update on NIOSH 
Aerosols Research; and closing remarks.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Roger Rosa, Executive 
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 715H, 
Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 205-7856, fax (202) 260-4464.
    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 18, 2003.
Diane C. Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 03-21510 Filed 8-21-03; 8:45 am]
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