[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11567-11568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04713]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)


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, March 30, 2016.

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    Place: Patriots Plaza I, 395 E Street SW., Room 9000, Washington, 
DC 20201.
    Status: The meeting is open to the public, limited only by the 
space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 33 people. 
The public is welcome to participate during the public comment period, 
12:30 p.m.-12:45 p.m. EDT, March 30, 2016. Please note that the public 
comment period ends at the time indicated above or following the last 
call for comments, whichever is earlier. Members of the public who want 
to comment must sign up by providing their name by mail, email, or 
telephone, at the addresses provided below by March 18, 2016. Each 
commenter will be provided up to five minutes for comment. A limited 
number of time slots are available and will be assigned on a first 
come-first served basis. Written comments will be accepted to attendees 
who do not have the opportunity to speak at the meeting, and will also 
be accepted from those unable to attend the public session. 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.
    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; Diacetyl in Coffee 
Roasting; Burden, Need, and Impact Framework for Research and National 
Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) 3; Translation Research, and the 
NIOSH Center for Maritime Safety and Health Studies.
    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/). Members of the public who wish to address the NIOSH BSC 
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.
    Contact Person for More Information: Paul J. Middendorf, Ph.D., 
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Elaine Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-04713 Filed 3-3-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P