[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19990-19991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08517]


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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

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting for the aforementioned 
committee:

Time and Date: 
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., EDT, May 12, 2015.

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

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 33 people. If you wish to 
attend in person or by webcast, please see the NIOSH Web site to 
register (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/) or call (404) 498-2539 at 
least five business days in advance of the meeting.
    Teleconference is available toll-free; please dial (888) 397-9578, 
Participant Pass Code 63257516.

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)

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Conform to appropriate scientific standards, (2) address current, 
relevant needs, and (3) produce intended results.

Matters to be Discussed: NIOSH Director's update, intramural and 
extramural research integration at NIOSH, metrics to assess NIOSH 
research programs, NIOSH Center for Direct Reading and Sensor 
Technologies, occupational exposure limit issues, and cumulative risk 
assessment.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. An agenda 
is also posted on the NIOSH Web site (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/).

Contact Person for More Information: John Decker, Executive Secretary, 
BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS-E20, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, 
telephone (404) 498-2500, fax (404) 498-2526.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities for 
both the CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2015-08517 Filed 4-13-15; 8:45 am]
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