[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 61220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26983]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of 
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: Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., November 13, 2003.
    8 a.m.-5 p.m., November 14, 2003.
    Place: Hilton Hotel, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, 
California 94102, telephone 415/771-1400, fax 415/202-7033.
    Status: Open 8 a.m.-8:30 a.m., November 13, 2003.
    Closed 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 13, 2003.
    Closed 8 a.m.-5 p.m., November 14, 2003.
    Purpose: The Safety and Occupational Health Study Section will 
review, discuss, and evaluate grant application(s) received in 
response to the Institute's standard grants review and funding 
cycles pertaining to research issues in occupational safety and 
health, and allied areas. It is the intent of NIOSH to support 
broad-based research endeavors in keeping with the Institute's 
program goals. This 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, which 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 these program 
goals.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will convene in open 
session from 8-8:30 a.m. on November 13, 2003, to address matters 
related to the conduct of Study Section business. The remainder of 
the meeting will proceed in closed session. The purpose of the 
closed sessions is for the Study Section to consider safety and 
occupational health-related grant applications. These portions 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 Director, Management Analysis and 
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
pursuant to Public Law 92-463.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Price Connor, Ph.D., NIOSH 
Health Scientist, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E-20, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone 404/498-2511, fax 404/498-2569.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 21, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 03-26983 Filed 10-24-03; 8:45 am]
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