[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12821-12822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05552]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 80 FR 14117-1419, dated January 9, 2015) is 
amended to establish the Western States Division and Spokane Mining 
Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows:
    After the title and functional statement for the World Trade Center 
Health Program (CCP), National

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Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CC), insert the 
following:

    Western States Division (CCQ). The Western States Division (WSD) 
conducts research and provides technical assistance for the 
prevention of work-related illness, injury, and death; these 
activities are predominately focused on, but not limited to, 
occupational safety and health (OS&H) problems in the Western U.S., 
including Alaska and Hawaii. WSD conducts specific activities that 
provide actionable evidence to reduce OS&H hazards. To accomplish 
its mission, WSD: (1) Conducts prevention research for at risk 
populations; (2) facilitates the development of OS&H programs in 
states and regions that have minimal or limited OS&H public health 
program capacity and state-supporting infrastructure; (3) serves as 
a multi-regional resource to provide outreach, expert advice, and 
technical assistance on OS&H priority issues, including the 
development, dissemination, and diffusion of NIOSH research 
products; (4) enhances and facilitates NIOSH initiatives and 
programs; and (5) responds to requests for technical assistance and 
conducts site evaluations to support Division programs and 
priorities and other NIOSH initiatives and programs, including 
evaluating exposures to hazardous chemical, biological, physical, 
and radioactive agents and recommending appropriate controls. 
Research includes the development of viable strategies to evaluate 
and prioritize hazards, communicate risk, provide evidence for 
prevention recommendations, and building state OS&H (capacity or 
activities) through surveillance data and stakeholder input. At risk 
populations include, but are not limited to, (a) high-risk 
industries such as oil and gas extraction, fishing, and aviation; 
(b) underserved groups such as American Indian/Alaska Native and 
immigrant and contingent workers; and (c) workers engaged in 
particularly hazardous activities such as hydraulic fracturing, wind 
and other renewable energy development, wild land firefighting; and 
water and air transportation.

    After the title and functional statement for the Office of Mine 
Safety and Health Research (CCM), National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (CC), insert the following:

    Spokane Mining Research Division (CCMG). (1) Provides leadership 
for prevention of work-related illness, injury, and death in the 
extractive industries with an emphasis on the special needs of these 
industries in western United States; (2) develops numerical models 
and conducts laboratory and field investigations to better 
understand the causes of catastrophic failures in underground metal/
nonmetal mines that may lead to multiple injuries and fatalities; 
(3) develops new design practices and tools, control technologies, 
and work practices to reduce the risk of these global and local 
ground failures in underground metal/nonmetal mines; (4) conducts 
numerical studies and field investigations to understand the 
problems of ventilating deep and multilevel underground mines, and 
develops improved design approaches and engineering controls to 
reduce the concentration of toxic substances in the mine air; (5) 
conducts laboratory and field studies to help leverage and support 
the Institute's mining research program; (6) develops and recommends 
appropriate criteria for new standards, NIOSH policy, documents, or 
testimony related to health and safety in the extractive industries.

James Seligman,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-05552 Filed 3-10-15; 8:45 am]
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