Notice2024-15794
Meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Firefighter Registry Subcommittee
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Published
July 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH), National Firefighter Registry Subcommittee. This meeting will take place in person and virtually. It is open to the public, limited only by the space available (approximately 80 seats) and the number of web conference lines available (500 lines). Time will be available for public comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58377-58378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15794]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket No. CDC-2024-0055; NIOSH 232]
Meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health, 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
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
following meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH), National
Firefighter Registry Subcommittee. This meeting will take place in
person and virtually. It is open to the public, limited only by the
space available (approximately 80 seats) and the number of web
conference lines available (500 lines). Time will be available for
public comment.
DATES: The meeting will be held on August 22, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., EDT.
Written comments must be received on or before August 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alice Hamilton
Laboratory Building, 5555 Ridge Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45213. The
conference room will have seating for approximately 80 people.
Please note that the meeting location is a Federal facility and in-
person access is limited to United States citizens unless prior
authorizations, taking up to 30 to 60 days, have been made. Visitors
must follow all directions for access to CDC facilities. Instructions
for visitors to CDC, including safety requirements related to COVID-19,
are available at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/screening/visitors.html">https://www.cdc.gov/screening/visitors.html</a>.
If you wish to attend the meeting either in person or virtually,
please register at the NIOSH website at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/scientific-counselors/nfrs.html">https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/scientific-counselors/nfrs.html</a> or by telephone at (404) 498-1650 no
later than August 15, 2024. If you are attending virtually, you will
receive the Zoom web conference access information after registering.
You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2024-0055;
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NIOSH-232, by either of the methods listed below. CDC does not accept
comments by email.
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Ms. Sherri Diana, NIOSH Docket Office, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue,
Mailstop C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. Attn: Docket No. CDC-2024-0055;
NIOSH-232.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name
and docket number. Docket number CDC-2024-0055; NIOSH-232 will close
August 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kandyce Reeves, M.P.H., Designated
Federal Officer, Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, National Firefighter Registry
Subcommittee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, Mailstop V24-4, Atlanta, Georgia 30329-4027. Telephone: (404)
498-1650; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#602b32050516051353200304034e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f7bca59292819284c4b7949394d9909881">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Secretary of Health and Human Services, the
Assistant Secretary for Health, and by delegation, the Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 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 Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH) provides advice to the
NIOSH Director on NIOSH research and prevention programs. The Board
also provides guidance on the Institute's research activities related
to developing and evaluating hypotheses, systematically documenting
findings, and disseminating results. In addition, the Board evaluates
the degree to which the activities of NIOSH: (1) conform to those
standards of scientific excellence appropriate for Federal scientific
institutions in accomplishing objectives in occupational safety and
health; (2) address currently relevant needs in the fields of
occupational safety and health either alone or in conjunction with
other known activities inside and outside of NIOSH; and (3) produce
their intended results in addressing important research questions in
occupational safety and health, both in terms of applicability of the
research findings and dissemination of the findings.
Purpose: The BSC, NIOSH National Firefighter Registry Subcommittee
provides scientific expertise to the Board that assists the BSC, NIOSH
in advising the NIOSH Director about the Institute's efforts to
establish and operate the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer.
Specifically, the Subcommittee advises the Board 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 for Cancer and encourage
participation among all groups of firefighters; (2) consider data
collection needs; (3) consider data storage and electronic access of
health information; and (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 Board regarding the
inclusion and maintenance of data on firefighters as required by the
Act.
Matters to be Considered: The agenda for the meeting includes the
National Firefighter Registry for Cancer project overview, status,
national launch updates, communication strategies, targeted enrollment
approach, data review, and future planning applicable to stakeholders.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
The agenda is also posted on the NIOSH website at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/scientific-counselors/nfrs.html">https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/scientific-counselors/nfrs.html</a>.
Public Participation
Written Public Comment: Written comments will be accepted per the
instructions provided in the addresses section above. Comments received
in advance of the meeting are part of the public record and are subject
to public disclosure. The comments will be included in the official
record of the meeting. 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.
Written comments received by August 15, 2024, will be provided to
the Subcommittee prior to the meeting.
Oral Public Comment: The public is welcome to participate during
the public comment period, from 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m., EDT, August 22,
2024. 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 Subcommittee are requested to contact the Designated
Federal Officer for scheduling purposes (see FOR FUTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT above).
The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, 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, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-15794 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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