[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 71 (Monday, April 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 20505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07683]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2020-0001; NIOSH-333]


Developing a Workplace Supported Recovery Program: A Strategy for 
Assisting Workers and Employers With the Nation's Opioid and Substance 
Use Disorder Epidemics; Request for Information; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 26, 2020, the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH), within the Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), opened a docket to obtain public input on a NIOSH 
plan to develop resources and conduct research on the topic of 
workplace supported recovery. Workplace supported recovery programs 
(WSRPs) assist workers and employers facing the nation's crisis related 
to the misuse of opioids and other drugs, and related substance 
disorders. Comments were to be received by April 27, 2020. NIOSH is 
extending the comment period to close on July 27, 2020, to allow 
stakeholders and other interested parties sufficient time to respond.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on February 26, 
2020 (85 FR 11085), is extended. Comments must be received by July 27, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments, identified by docket 
numbers CDC-2020-0001 and NIOSH-333, by either of the following two 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226-1998.
    Instructions: All information received in response to this notice 
must include the agency name and docket number [CDC-2020-0001; NIOSH-
333]. All relevant comments received will be posted without change to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L. Casey Chosewood, NIOSH, 1600 
Clifton Road NE; Mailstop V24-4, Atlanta, GA 30329; phone: 404-498-2483 
(not a toll-free number); email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIOSH published a request for information in 
the Federal Register on February 26, 2020 (85 FR 11085) regarding the 
planned development of resources and conduct of research on the topic 
of workplace supported recovery programs (WSRPs). This notice announces 
the extension of the comment period until July 27, 2020.

John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-07683 Filed 4-10-20; 8:45 am]
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