[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67949-67950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26016]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket Number NIOSH 345]


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Tribal 
Consultation Session

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting and request for testimony.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces a CDC Tribal Consultation Session. CDC will host American 
Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Federally Recognized Tribes for a 
virtual tribal consultation session on the NIOSH draft strategic plan 
entitled American Indian and Alaska Native Worker Safety and

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Health Strategic Plan. The proceedings will be open to the public.

DATES: The tribal consultation will be held February 3, 2022, from 4:15 
p.m. to 6:00 p.m., EST.
    NIOSH will accept written tribal testimony until 5:00 p.m., EST, on 
February 24, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written tribal testimony should be submitted by either of 
the following ways:
     By Email: [email protected]; or
     By Mail: Sherri Diana, NIOSH Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum 
Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226-1998.
    Instructions: All submissions must include Tribal affiliation and 
Docket number (NIOSH 345). All relevant comments, including any 
personal information provided, will be posted without change.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Caruso, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Western States Division, P.O. 
Box 25226, Denver, Colorado 80225-0226; Telephone: (303) 236-5909 (this 
is not a toll-free number); Email: [email protected]; or Elizabeth 
Dalsey, NIOSH Western State Division, P.O. Box 25226, Denver, Colorado 
80225-0226; Telephone: (303) 236-5955 (this is not a toll-free number; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Participation

    Federally Recognized Indian Tribes represented by the Tribal 
President, Tribal Chair, or Tribal Governor, or an elected or appointed 
Tribal Leader, or their authorized representative(s) may participate in 
this consultation by submitting written views, opinions, 
recommendations, and data. Testimony may be submitted on any topic 
related to this draft strategic plan. Testimony received, including 
attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public 
record and subject to public disclosure. Do not include any information 
in your testimony or supporting materials 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 testimony, that information will be on public display. NIOSH 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. NIOSH 
will carefully consider all testimony submitted into the docket.
    Oral Tribal Testimony: Based on the number of participants giving 
testimony and the time available, it may be necessary to limit the time 
for each presenter. We will adjourn the tribal consultation meeting 
early if all attendees who requested to provide oral testimony in 
advance of and during the consultation have delivered their testimony.
    Written Tribal Testimony: Written testimony will be accepted per 
the instructions provided in the ADDRESSES section above. Written 
testimony received in advance of the meeting will be included in the 
official record of the meeting. The consultation meeting will be 
recorded, transcribed, and posted without change to https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/, including any personal information provided.
    This meeting is being held in accordance with Presidential 
Executive Order No. 13175, November 6, 2000, and the Presidential 
Memorandum of November 5, 2009, and September 23, 2004, Consultation 
and Coordination with Indian Tribal Government and CDC/ATSDR's Tribal 
Consultation Policy which can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/tribal/documents/consultation/policy475.pdf.
    Purpose: The purpose of the consultation meeting is to advance 
NIOSH's support for, and collaboration with, federally recognized 
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes, and to improve the 
health of AI/AN tribal nations by pursuing research and outreach 
activities to prevent injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to AI/AN 
workers. To advance these goals, CDC conducts government-to-government 
consultations with Indian Tribes represented by the Tribal President, 
Tribal Chair, or Tribal Governor, or an elected or appointed Tribal 
Leader, or their authorized representative(s) to the extent practicable 
and permitted by law before CDC takes any action that will 
significantly affect Indian Tribes. Consultation is an enhanced form of 
communication that emphasizes trust, respect, and shared 
responsibility. It is an open and free exchange of information and 
opinion among parties that leads to mutual understanding.
    Matters To Be Considered: NIOSH is hosting this meeting to receive 
input from federally recognized tribes on the development of an 
American Indian and Alaska Native Worker Safety and Health Strategic 
Plan. AI/AN workers account for 2.7 million or 1.8% of the total U.S. 
workforce. These workers are employed in a wide variety of occupations, 
with the highest numbers in office and administrative support, sales 
and related occupations, management, transportation, and food 
preparation and services. Tribes are often the largest employer on 
tribal lands. Many AI/AN workers are also employed through tribal 
enterprises such as medical care, housing, manufactured products, food 
production, livestock production, and tourism. National data on 
occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among AI/AN workers 
are scarce, and there is limited research on worker safety, health, and 
well-being in tribal communities. Given the lack of systematic data 
collection, the true numbers of occupational injuries, illnesses, and 
fatalities are likely much higher. NIOSH is proposing research and 
outreach activities to enhance worker safety and health in tribal 
communities and requests input on the draft American Indian and Alaska 
Native Worker Safety and Health Strategic Plan, 2022-2031. Agenda items 
are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Meeting Information: Zoom Virtual Tribal Consultation. If you wish 
to attend the virtual consultation session, please register by 
accessing the CDC web page at: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItdeipqzIvGgMKRWjU6mOIfMiRxs3dggw. Instructions to access 
the Zoom virtual consultation will be provided in the link following 
registration. All elected tribal officials are encouraged to submit 
written tribal testimony by mail, or email. Additional information 
about CDC/ATSDR's Tribal Consultation Policy can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/tribal/consultation-support/tribal-consultation/sessions.html.
    The Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, 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.

John J. Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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