[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 106 (Friday, June 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30047-30048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11772]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2021-0055; NIOSH 232]


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH), National Firefighter 
Registry Subcommittee

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting and request for comment.

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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 
(BSC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
National Firefighter Registry Subcommittee. This is a virtual meeting. 
It is open to the public, limited only by web conference seats (500 web 
conference seats are available). If you wish to attend, please register 
at the NIOSH website https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/nfrs/registration.html or call (404-498-2581) no later than August 6, 2021. 
Time will be available for public comment.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 13, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 
4:00 p.m., EDT. The public may submit comments from June 4, 2021 
through August 6, 2021.

ADDRESSES: This is a virtual meeting. You may submit comments, 
identified by Docket No. CDC-2021-0055; NIOSH-232 by mail. CDC does not 
accept comments by email.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Docket number CDC-2021-0055; NIOSH-232, c/o Sherri 
Diana, NIOSH Docket Office, National Institute

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for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name 
and Docket Number. Written public comments received by August 6, 2021 
will be provided to the BSC prior to the meeting. Docket number CDC-
2021-0055; NIOSH-232 will close August 6, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily J.K. Novicki, M.A., M.P.H., 
Executive Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS V24-4, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027, Telephone: (404) 498-2581; Email: 
[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, National 
Firefighter Registry Subcommittee (the Subcommittee) provides guidance 
to the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
on matters related to the National Firefighter Registry. Specifically, 
the Subcommittee provides guidance and professional input to the Board 
of Scientific Counselors (BSC) that will assist the BSC in advising the 
Director about NIOSH's efforts to establish and operate the National 
Firefighter Registry. The Subcommittee also provides guidance to the 
Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) on the following issues pertaining 
to the ``required strategy'' as mandated by the Firefighter Cancer 
Registry Act of 2018 (the Act): (1) Increase awareness of the National 
Firefighter Registry and encouraging participation among all groups of 
firefighters, (2) consider data collection needs, (3) consider data 
storage and electronic access of health information, (4) in 
consultation with subject matter experts develop a method for 
estimating the number and type of fire incidents attended by a 
firefighter. Additional responsibilities of the Subcommittee are to 
provide guidance to the BSC regarding inclusion and the maintenance of 
data on firefighters as required by the Act.
    Matters To Be Considered: The agenda for the meeting addresses 
issues related to: The National Firefighter Registry (NFR) protocol 
including functionality of the planned NFR enrollment system, security 
measures, high-level technology, and use cases applicable to 
stakeholders. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. 
An agenda is also posted on the NIOSH website https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/nfrs/.
    Meeting Information: The virtual meeting is open to the public, 
limited only by web conference lines (500 web conference lines are 
available). Register at the NIOSH website https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/nfrs/registration.html or call (404-498-2581) no later than August 
6, 2021.

Public Participation

    Comments received are part of the public record and are subject to 
public disclosure. Do not include any information in your comment or 
supporting materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate 
for public disclosure. If you include your name, contact information, 
or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, 
that information will be on public display. CDC will review all 
submissions and may choose to redact, or withhold, submissions 
containing private or proprietary information such as Social Security 
numbers, medical information, inappropriate language, or duplicate/near 
duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign. CDC will carefully consider 
all comments submitted into the docket. CDC does not accept comment by 
email.
    Procedures for Oral Public Comment: The public is welcome to 
participate during the public comment period, from 2:00 p.m. to 2:15 
p.m., EDT, August 13, 2021. 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. Members of the 
public who wish to address the NIOSH BSC are requested to contact the 
Executive Secretary for scheduling purposes (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT above).
    Procedures for Written Public Comment: Written comments will also 
be accepted from those unable to attend the public session per the 
instructions provided in the address section above. Written comments 
received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official 
record of the meeting. Written comments received by August 6, 2021 will 
be provided to the BSC prior to the meeting. Docket number CDC-2021-
0055; NIOSH-232 will close August 6, 2021.
    The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of 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.

Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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