[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48422-48423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16257]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Meetings

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
following public meeting and request for information:
    Name: NIOSH Occupational Energy Research Program Information 
Sharing Meeting.
    Date and Time: October 27, 2005; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.

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    Status: Meeting is open to the public, limited only by the space 
available.
    Background: NIOSH has been conducting an occupational epidemiologic 
research program addressing potential long term health effects of 
working in the Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex under 
a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with DOE. Establishment 
of this research program began following recommendations of a 
Secretarial Panel for the Evaluation of Epidemiologic Research 
Activities (SPEERA) for the U.S. Department of Energy in 1990. Input 
from various stakeholders has been sought since the program's inception 
including organized labor, current and former workers, DOE site 
management and contractors, DOE headquarters, academic research 
partners, the occupational safety and health community, various 
governmental agencies, and the general public. A document entitled: 
Agenda for HHS Public Health Activities (For Fiscal Years 2005-2010) at 
U.S. Department of Energy Sites is accessible at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/hhsdoe_2005-2010-2.pdf and includes information on 
completed, ongoing, and proposed occupational epidemiologic research 
activities under the DOE-DHHS MOU.
    Purpose: This meeting will provide an overview of recently 
completed work conducted under the MOU, outline ongoing research 
activities, summarize findings and follow-up from a NIOSH public 
meeting held July 2004 addressing chronic lymphocytic leukemia 
radiogenic research, and discuss plans for future research. Attendees 
will have opportunities for questions and oral commentary on this NIOSH 
research program. Stakeholder feedback and the opportunity to update 
stakeholders on this research program are two primary objectives of the 
meeting. Written comments will be accepted at the meeting and may also 
be sent to the address for the NIOSH Health-Related Energy Research 
Branch below.
    The agenda for this meeting is currently being developed. 
Stakeholders interested in attending may request additional information 
from the contact person identified below. Written comments may also be 
submitted to the address below until November 1, 2005.
    Contact Person for More Information: Ms. Patty Gudlewski may be 
contacted at 513-841-4419 or by e-mail at [email protected].
    Addresses: Written requests for meeting information may be sent to 
Ms. P. Gudlewski; NIOSH-HERB; Mailstop R-44; 4676 Columbia Parkway; 
Cincinnati, OH 45226. Written comments should be sent to the attention 
of Dr. Steven Ahrenholz at the same NIOSH mailing address or may be e-
mailed to him at [email protected].
    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 10, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16257 Filed 8-16-05; 8:45 am]
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