[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 32917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14635]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[CDC-2017-0028; Docket Number NIOSH-290]


Technical Report: The NIOSH Occupational Exposure Banding Process 
for Chemical Risk Management

AGENCY: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: NIOSH announces the availability of Technical Report: The 
NIOSH Occupational Exposure Banding Process for Chemical Risk 
Management.

DATES: The final document was published on July 3, 2019 on the CDC 
website.

ADDRESSES: The document may be obtained at the following link: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2019-132/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Lentz ([email protected]), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Ave, MS C-32, Cincinnati, 
OH 45226, phone (513) 533-8260 (not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 15, 2017, NIOSH published a request 
for public review in the Federal Register [82 FR 13809] of the draft 
version of the document Draft Current Intelligence Bulletin: The 
Occupational Exposure Banding Process: Guidance for the Evaluation of 
Chemical Hazards. NIOSH received comments from a range of respondents 
including academia, government agencies, industry, and other interested 
parties. All comments received were reviewed and addressed where 
appropriate. On the basis of comments received, NIOSH provided 
clarification in the final document to indicate that the guidance for 
occupational exposure banding describes a voluntary, consistent, and 
documented process with a decision logic to characterize chemical 
hazards so that timely, well-informed risk management decisions can be 
made for chemical substances that lack occupational exposure limits. 
Additional comments pertaining to usability, clarity of the guidance, 
and validation were addressed throughout the document and in specifying 
future research needs. NIOSH Responses to Peer Review and Public 
Comments documents can be found in the Supporting Documents section on 
www.regulations.gov for this docket.

John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-14635 Filed 7-9-19; 8:45 am]
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