[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37877-37878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16538]


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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)

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC 
announces the following meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH). 
This meeting is 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 website to register 
(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/) or call (404-498-2539) at least five 
business days in advance of the meeting. Teleconference

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is available toll-free; please dial (888) 397-9578, Participant Pass 
Code 63257516. Adobe Connect webcast will be available at https://odniosh.adobeconnect.com/nioshbsc/ for participants wanting to connect 
remotely. This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the space 
available. The public is welcome to participate during the public 
comment period, 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. EDT September 24, 2019. Please 
note that the public comment period ends at the time indicated above. 
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 also be accepted 
from those unable to attend the public session via an on-line form at 
the following website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/contact.html.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 24, 2019, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 
p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: Patriots Plaza I, 395 E Street SW, Room 9000, Washington, DC 
20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alberto Garcia, M.S., Executive 
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS-R5, Cincinnati, OH 
45226, telephone (513) 841-4596, fax (513) 841-4506, or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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 to be Considered: The agenda for the meeting addresses 
occupational safety and health issues related to: NIOSH Evaluation 
Capacity Building Plan: The Evaluation Turning Point; Bullying, 
Harassment, and Physical Workplace Violence: Magnitude, Prevention 
Strategies, and Current NIOSH Research; and Immunological Effects of 
Subchronic Fungal Exposure. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate. An agenda is also posted on the NIOSH website 
(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 website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/contact.html.
    The Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 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.

Sherri Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-16538 Filed 8-1-19; 8:45 am]
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