[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 40622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16776]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (MSHRAC, NIOSH)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting for the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates:

8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., August 20, 2012
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., August 21, 2012

    Place: Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe, 1000 Corporate 
Drive, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317. Telephone: (724) 743-5000, 
Fax: (724) 743-5010.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice to the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; the Director, 
CDC; and the Director, NIOSH, on priorities in mine safety and 
health research, including grants and contracts for such research, 
30 U.S.C. 812(b)(2), Section 102(b)(2).
    Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will focus on engineering 
noise controls, reducing coal dust exposures, reducing injuries 
through improved illumination, demographics survey of the mining 
industry, implementation of the National Academy of Science's 
recommendations, oxygen supply partnership, safety culture, 
occupational health and safety management systems, preventing coal 
dust explosions, and reducing silica exposures.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Jeffery L. Kohler, Ph.D., 
Designated Federal Officer, MSHRAC, NIOSH, CDC, 626 Cochrans Mill 
Road, Mailstop P05, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, telephone (412) 
386-5301, fax (412) 386-5300.
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: July 2, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-16776 Filed 7-9-12; 8:45 am]
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