[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 37102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12689]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

    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 (BSC), NIOSH.
    Time and Date: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., July 21, 2005.
    Place: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 
45226.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people. Visiting 
members of the public must present valid identification (U.S. 
Federal ID, State Driver's License, or other State-sanctioned ID) 
for entry to Taft Laboratories and must be escorted by facility 
staff at all times while inside the facility.
    Purpose: The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; 
the Assistant Secretary for Health; and by delegation the Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are authorized under 
Sections 301 and 308 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 shall provide 
guidance to the Director, NIOSH, 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; progress reports by BSC working groups on the 
National Occupational Research Agenda and the health hazard 
evaluation program, NIOSH emergency/terrorism preparedness, a tour 
of the Taft Laboratories, 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 22, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-12689 Filed 6-27-05; 8:45 am]
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