[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 58258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24564]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)


Emergency Funding for New York City Legionella Outbreak

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is 
providing $1,300,000 in urgent funding through the Epidemiology and 
Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) Cooperative Agreement 
to the New York City Department of Health (NYC HD)to combat an outbreak 
of Legionella. As of August 18, 2015 NYC HD has identified 127 cases 
and 12 deaths associated with this public health emergency. These funds 
will be used by NYC HD to (1) create sustainable environmental and 
laboratory capacity at NYC HD to respond to Legionella outbreak, (2) 
enhance laboratory capacity of detection, isolation, and molecular 
characterization of clinical and environmental strains at the New York 
City public health laboratory, (3) include sequence-based typing and 
eventually whole genome sequencing, and (4) allow NYC HD to 
characterize the geographic distribution of Legionella strains 
throughout New York City, support the new public health engineering 
program to monitor the compliance of building owners with the new 
cooling tower regulations, and work with CDC to evaluate the impact of 
these regulations.

DATES: Effective date is date of publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Alvin Shultz, MSPH, Division of Preparedness and Emerging 
Infectious, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious 
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE., Atlanta, GA 30333, Phone: 404-639-7028, E-Mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alvin Shultz, MSPH, Division of 
Preparedness and Emerging Infectious, National Center for Emerging and 
Zoonotic Infectious, Diseases Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 4204, Hyattsville, MD 20782 Phone: 
301-458-4371, FAX: 301-458-4028, E-Mail: [email protected].

    Dated: September 23, 2015.
Terrance Perry,
Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-24564 Filed 9-25-15; 8:45 am]
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