[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28789-28790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12166]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number NIOSH-238]


Draft Alert Entitled ``Preventing Occupational Respiratory 
Disease From Dampness in Office Buildings, Schools, and Other 
Nonindustrial Buildings''

AGENCY: 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 draft document 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 availability of a draft Alert entitled ``Preventing 
Occupational Respiratory Disease from Dampness in Office Buildings, 
Schools, and other Nonindustrial Buildings'' now available for public 
comment. The draft document and instructions for submitting comments 
can be found at: http://nioshdev.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/review/docket238/default.html. The purpose of this Alert is to provide workers and 
employers with information necessary for prevention of respiratory 
disease and proper response to damp building conditions. This guidance 
does not have the force and effect of the law.
    Public Comment Period: Comments must be received by July 12, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the NIOSH Docket 
Office, identified by Docket Number NIOSH-238, by any of the following 
ways:
     Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 
4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
     Facsimile: (513) 533-8285.
     E-mail: [email protected].
    All information received in response to this notice will be 
available for public examination and copying at the NIOSH Docket 
Office, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Room 109, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. The 
comment period for NIOSH-238 will close on July 12, 2011. All comments 
received will be available on the NIOSH Docket Web page at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket, by August 9, 2011, and comments will be 
available in writing by request. NIOSH includes all comments received 
without change in the docket, including any personal information 
provided. All electronic comments should be formatted as

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Microsoft Word. Please make reference to Docket Number NIOSH-238.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle R. Martin, M.A., NIOSH/CDC, 
1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, telephone (304) 285-5734, 
e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: May 11, 2011.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-12166 Filed 5-17-11; 8:45 am]
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