[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 129 (Thursday, July 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38225-38226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15107]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Numbers as Follow]


Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus--NIOSH Docket 
 039; Supplied Air Respirators--NIOSH Docket  083; 
Reevaluation of NIOSH Limitations on and Precaution for Safe Use of 
Positive-Pressure Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus--
NIOSH Docket  123; CBRN APR Mechanical Connector Design--NIOSH 
Docket  139

AGENCY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the availability of the following public meeting to discuss 
current respirator standards development projects for Closed-Circuit 
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus; Supplied Air Respirators; 
Reevaluation of NIOSH Limitations on and Precaution for Safe Use of 
Positive-Pressure Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus; 
and the Mechanical Connector Design Used in the Chemical Biological 
Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Air-Purifying Respirator (APR).

    Authority: Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651 et 
seq. There will be an opportunity for discussion following NIOSH's 
presentations and an accompanying poster session.

    Public Meeting Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT, August 20, 
2008. On-site registration will be held from 7:45 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.
    Place: Sheraton Station Square, 300 West Station Square Drive, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-1122. Interested parties should make 
hotel reservations directly with the Sheraton Station Square, telephone 
(412) 803-3865, before the cut-off date of July 22, 2008. You must 
reference the NIOSH/NPPTL public meeting to receive the special group 
rate of $108.00 per night that has

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been negotiated for meeting guests. Driving directions can be found at 
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/area/directions.html?propertyID=693.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public, limited only by the 
space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 200 
people.
    Requests to make presentations at the public meeting should be 
mailed to the NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 
Columbia Parkway, M/S C34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 533-
8303, facsimile (513) 533-8285, or e-mailed to [email protected]. All 
requests to present should contain the name, address, and telephone 
number, relevant business affiliations of the presenter, a brief 
summary of the presentation, and the approximate time requested for the 
presentation. Oral presentations should be limited to 15 minutes.
    After reviewing the requests for presentations, NIOSH will notify 
each presenter of the approximate time that their presentation is 
scheduled to begin. If a participant is not present when their 
presentation is scheduled to begin, the remaining participants will be 
heard in order. At the conclusion of the meeting, an attempt will be 
made to allow presentations by any scheduled participants who missed 
their assigned times. Attendees who wish to speak but did not submit a 
request for the opportunity to make a presentation may be given this 
opportunity at the conclusion of the meeting, at the discretion of the 
presiding officer.
    Background: National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory 
(NPPTL), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
will present information to attendees concerning the development of the 
concepts and priorities being considered for the development of 
standards for the various classes of respirators. Participants will be 
given an opportunity to ask questions and to present individual 
comments that they may wish to have considered.
    Contact Person for Technical Information: Jonathan V. Szalajda, 
General Engineer, The National Personal Protective Technology 
Laboratory (NPPTL), Policy and Standards Development Branch, Post 
Office Box 18070, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
15236, telephone (412) 386-5200, facsimile (412) 386-4089, e-mail 
[email protected]. Information regarding documents that will be 
discussed at the meeting may be obtained from the NIOSH Web site using 
this link: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/ using the NIOSH 
docket numbers listed above.

    Dated: June 26, 2008.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-15107 Filed 7-2-08; 8:45 am]
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