[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 44933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18754]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number NIOSH-227]


Determination on Adding Cancer, or a Certain Type of Cancer, to 
the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions

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.

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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 ``First Periodic Review of Scientific 
and Medical Evidence Related to Cancer for the World Trade Center 
Health Program.'' The Review can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/wtc/prc/prc-1.html.
    Background: The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 
2010 (Pub. L. 111-347), Title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act, 
124 Stat. 3623 (codified at 42 U.S.C. 300mm-300mm-61) requires in 
Section 300mm-22(a)(5)(A) that the Administrator of the World Trade 
Center (WTC) Health Program ``periodically conduct a review of all 
available scientific and medical evidence, including findings and 
recommendations of Clinical Centers of Excellence, published in peer-
reviewed journals to determine if, based on such evidence, cancer or a 
certain type of cancer should be added to the applicable list of WTC-
related health conditions.''
    The first periodic Review of Cancer provides a summary of the 
current scientific and medical findings in the peer-reviewed literature 
about exposures resulting from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks 
in New York City and cancer studies. The review discusses criteria that 
have been used previously to assist in weighing the scientific evidence 
to determine if a causal association exists between exposure and 
cancer. The review summarizes input from the public on three questions 
regarding conditions relating to cancer for consideration under the WTC 
Health Program, as requested in the Federal Register on March 8, 2011 
(76 FR 12740) and modified on March 29, 2011 (76 FR 17421). See http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/docket227.html.
    The review also provides reports from the Mount Sinai School of 
Medicine, the Bureau of Health Services of the Fire Department of New 
York City, the WTC Health Registry of the New York City Department of 
Health and Mental Hygiene and the New York State Department of Health 
about cancer studies ongoing or planned.
    Based on the scientific and medical findings in the peer-reviewed 
literature reported in the first periodic Review of Cancer for the WTC 
Health Program, insufficient evidence exists at this time to propose a 
rule to add cancer, or a certain type of cancer, to the List of WTC-
Related Health Conditions found at 42 U.S.C. 300mm-22(a)(3) through (4) 
and 300mm-32(b).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Bilics, NIOSH, Patriots Plaza 
1, 395 E Street, SW., Suite 9200, Washington, DC 20201, E-mail 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 19, 2011.
John Howard,
Administrator, World Trade Center Health Program; and Director, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-18754 Filed 7-26-11; 8:45 am]
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