[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 51567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20999]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, 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:

    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., EDT, September 22, 2015.
    Place: Patriots Plaza I, 395 E Street SW., Room 9000, 
Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 33 people. The meeting 
is also open to the public via webcast. If you wish to attend in 
person or by webcast, please see the NIOSH Web site to register 
(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/) or call (404-498-2539) at least five 
business days in advance of the meeting. Teleconference is available 
toll-free; please dial (888) 397-9578, Participant Pass Code 
63257516. Members of the public who wish to address the BSC, NIOSH 
are requested to contact the Executive Secretary for scheduling 
purposes (see contact information below). Alternatively, written 
comments to the BSC may be submitted via an on-line form at the 
following Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/contact.html.
    Purpose: The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and 
by delegation the Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, are authorized under Sections 301 and 308 of the Public 
Health Service Act to conduct directly or by grants or contracts, 
research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to occupational 
safety and health and to mine health. The Board of Scientific 
Counselors provides guidance to the Director, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health on research and prevention programs. 
Specifically, the Board provides guidance on the Institute's 
research activities related to developing and evaluating hypotheses, 
systematically documenting findings and disseminating results. The 
Board evaluates the degree to which the activities of the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: (1) Conform to 
appropriate scientific standards, (2) address current, relevant 
needs, and (3) produce intended results.
    Matters for Discussion: NIOSH Director's update, Structuring 
Labor-Management Participation in Research, Systematic Review 
(Grading Evidence and Recommendations), Occupational Exposure 
Banding, and an Update from the NIOSH Research Translation Office.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. An 
agenda is also posted on the NIOSH Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/).
    Contact Person for More Information: John Decker, Executive 
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-E20, Atlanta, 
GA 30329-4018, telephone (404) 498-2500, fax (404) 498-2526.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-20999 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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