[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77399-77400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8100]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces the 
Following Meeting and Opening of the Public Comment Period

    Name: The Draft Document: NIOSH Current Intelligence
    Bulletin: Evaluation of Health Hazard and Recommendations for 
Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide.
    Meeting Date and Time: February 27, 2006, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: Robert A. Taft Laboratories, Taft Auditorium, NIOSH, CDC, 
4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    Purpose: To explain and discuss the scientific basis for the draft 
document, ``NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: Evaluation of Health 
Hazard and Recommendations for Occupational Exposure to Titanium 
Dioxide,'' current research on titanium dioxide, and information on 
occupational exposure to titanium dioxide. Special emphasis will be 
placed on discussion of the following:
    (1) What animal and human data best describe the health concerns 
from exposure to titanium dioxide; (2) What strategies are being used 
to control occupational exposure to titanium dioxide (e.g., engineering 
controls, work practices, personal protective equipment); (3) In which 
workplaces and occupations can exposure to titanium dioxide occur; (4) 
What challenges exist in measuring workplace exposures to titanium 
dioxide; (5) What are areas for future collaborative efforts (e.g., 
research, communication, development of exposure measurement and 
control strategies)?
    The public is invited to attend and will have the opportunity to 
provide comments.
    NIOSH seeks to obtain materials, including published and 
unpublished reports and research findings, to evaluate the possible 
health risks of occupational exposure to titanium dioxide (including 
particle size-specific information). Examples of requested information 
include, but are not to be limited to, the following: (1) 
Identification of industries or occupations in which exposures to 
titanium dioxide may occur; (2) Trends in the production and use of 
titanium dioxide; (3) Description of work tasks and scenarios with a 
potential for exposure to titanium dioxide; (4) Current and historical 
exposure measurement data in various types of industries and jobs; (5) 
Case reports or other health information demonstrating health effects 
in workers exposed to titanium dioxide; (6) Reports of experimental in 
vivo and in vitro studies that provide evidence of a dose-relationship 
between the particle size of a substance and its biological activity; 
(7) Reports of experimental inhalation studies with rodents 
demonstrating a relationship between the particle size or surface area 
of a substance and lung inflammation, fibrosis, and biochemical 
mediators; (8) Description of work practices and engineering controls 
used to reduce or prevent workplace exposure to titanium dioxide. (9)

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Educational materials for worker safety and training on the safe 
handling of titanium dioxide; (10) Data pertaining to the feasibility 
of establishing particle size-specific RELs for titanium dioxide.
    NIOSH will use this information to assess the scientific basis for 
the draft worker health recommendations contained in the draft Current 
Intelligence Bulletin and determine the need for revision to those 
draft recommendations for reducing occupational exposure to titanium 
dioxide.
    Status: The forum will include scientists and representatives from 
various government agencies, industry, labor, and other stakeholders, 
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 to Diane Miller no later 
than February 14, 2006. Ms. Miller can be reached by telephone at 513/
533-8450 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Requests to attend the 
meeting will be accommodated on a first-come basis.
    Non-U.S. Citizens: Because of CDC Security Regulations, any non-
U.S. citizen wishing to attend this meeting must provide the following 
information in writing to Diane Miller at the address below no later 
than February 14, 2006: (1) Visitor's full name; (2) Gender; (3) Date 
of Birth; (4) Place of birth (city, province, state, country); (5) 
Citizenship; (6) Passport number; (7) Date of passport issue; (8) Date 
of passport expiration; (9) Type of Visa; (10) Visitor's organization; 
(11) Organization address; (12) Organization telephone number; (13) 
Visitor's position/title within the organization.
    This information will be transmitted to the CDC Security Office for 
approval. Visitors will be notified as soon as approval has been 
obtained.
    A copy of the draft Current Intelligence Bulletin Evaluation of 
Health Hazard and Recommendations for Occupational Exposure to Titanium 
Dioxide can be obtained from the Internet at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/preprint/tio2 or a hard copy may be requested from the Docket 
Officer, Diane Miller (contact information below).
    Addresses: Comments should be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office, 
ATTN: Diane Miller, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, 
M/S C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 513/533-8450, fax 513/533-
8285.
    Comments may also be submitted directly through the Web site 
(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/preprint/tio2) or by e-mail to 
[email protected]. E-mail attachments should be formatted in 
Microsoft Word. Comments should be submitted to NIOSH no later than 
March 31, 2006, and should reference docket number NIOSH-033 in the 
subject heading.
    Oral comments made at the public meeting must also be submitted to 
the docket in writing in order to be considered by the Agency.
    All information received in response to this notice will be 
available for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket 
Office, Room 111, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    Contact Persons For Technical Information: Christine Sofge 513/533-
8439 or Faye Rice 513/533-8335, M/S C-15, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 
4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    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: December 22, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E5-8100 Filed 12-29-05; 8:45 am]
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