[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61873-61874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24732]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number NIOSH-063-A]


Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program 
(FFFIPP) Stakeholders' Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and availability for Public Comment.

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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 following meeting and request for public comment on the 
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP).
    Public Meeting Time and Date: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., CST, November 19, 
2008.
    Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Chicago O'Hare, 5440 North River Road, 
Rosemont, Illinois 66018.
    Purpose of Meeting: The public meeting will seek stakeholder input 
on the progress and strategic goals of the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality 
Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) to ensure that the 
program is meeting the needs of the stakeholders, and to identify ways 
in which the program can be improved to increase its impact on the 
safety and health of fire fighters across the United States. NIOSH will 
compile and consider all comments received at the meeting and through 
the NIOSH Docket Office and use them in making decisions on how to 
proceed with the FFFIPP.
    Status: This meeting is hosted by NIOSH and will be open to the 
public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room will 
accommodate approximately 75 people.
    Interested parties should make hotel reservations directly with the 
Crowne Plaza Hotel, telephone (847) 671-6350 or (800) 972-2494 and 
reference the NIOSH FFFIPP Stakeholders Meeting. Interested parties 
should confirm their attendance to this meeting by completing a 
registration form on the NIOSH Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/2008PublicMeetingRegistration.html
    Format of Meeting: The NIOSH Acting Director, Dr. Christine 
Branche, will provide opening remarks, followed by NIOSH presentations 
that provide an overview of the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and 
Prevention Program (FFFIPP) and summary of Program changes and 
improvements since March 2006. NIOSH will present and make available 
for stakeholder input a set of draft Strategic Goals for FFFIPP for 
stakeholder consideration and comment. Stakeholders who have requested 
an opportunity to speak prior to the meeting will present suggestions 
for enhancing the impact of the program and future directions. An 
opportunity to make oral presentations will be provided to all 
interested parties, given time on the agenda. Presentations will be 
limited to 10 minutes. The meeting will end with an interactive session 
providing the opportunity for clarification of stakeholder comments.
    Requests to make presentations at the meeting should be made by e-
mail to Paul Moore, Chief, Fatality Investigations Team, e-mail 
[email protected], telephone (304) 285-6016 or Matt Bowyer, General 
Engineer, e-mail [email protected], telephone (304) 285-5991, facsimile 
(304) 285-5774, before November 10, 2008. All requests to present 
should include the name, address, telephone number, relevant business 
affiliations of the presenter, and a brief summary of the presentation. 
After reviewing the requests for presentation, NIOSH FFFIPP staff 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.
    Written comments without an oral presentation are also encouraged, 
and should be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office as outlined in the 
next section.
    Written comments on the usefulness of the FFFIPP and products for 
improving fire fighter safety and health, suggestions for enhancing the 
impact of the program, and comments on the draft FFFIPP strategic and 
programmatic goals may be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office, Robert 
A. Taft Laboratories, Mailstop C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 533-8303, facsimile (513) 533-8285. 
Comments may also be submitted via e-mail to [email protected]. All 
electronic comments should be formatted as Microsoft Word. Comments 
should be submitted to NIOSH no later than December 19, 2008, and 
should

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reference the NIOSH Docket Number 063-A in the subject heading.
    Background: NIOSH convened a similar stakeholders' meeting in March 
2006 to seek input on the progress and future directions of the FFFIPP. 
The input provided by stakeholders at that meeting was useful in 
providing insight into stakeholder needs and in helping to improve the 
FFFIPP. The November 2008 meeting will be held to again seek 
stakeholder input.
    Contact Person for Technical Information: Paul Moore, Chief, 
Fatality Investigations Team, Division of Safety Research, telephone 
(304) 285-6016 or Matt Bowyer, General Engineer, Fatality 
Investigations Team, (304) 285-5991.

    Dated: October 9, 2008.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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