[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8479]
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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: Meeting
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 committee meeting:
Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH).
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m., April 30, 1997.
Place: Sheraton Washington Hotel, Warren Room, 2660 Woodley
Road, NW, Washington, DC 20008.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
Purpose: The BSC, NIOSH is charged with providing advice to the
Director, NIOSH on NIOSH research programs. Specifically, the Board
shall provide guidance on the Institute's research activities
related to developing and evaluating hypotheses, systematically
documenting findings, and disseminating results.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a report from the
Director of NIOSH, Interagency Relationships, National Occupational
Research Agenda, Exposure Control vs. Exposure Prevention, NIOSH
Health Communications Program, Child Labor Update, NIOSH/NCI Diesel
Study, and future activities of the Board.
The Board will consider further the NIOSH/National Cancer
Institute (NCI) study entitled ``A Cohort Mortality Study with a
Nested Case-Control Study of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust Among
Non-Metal Miners'' (``diesel study''). At its January 14, 1997,
meeting, the Board and members of the public provided comments to
NIOSH and NCI on the August 1995 draft protocol for the diesel
study. As provided for in the Federal Register notice announcing the
meeting (61 FR 66052), the agencies also accepted written comments
on the diesel study. NIOSH and NCI have reviewed all comments
received, both written and oral, and prepared a summarization of
those comments with responses to each. At this April 30, 1997,
meeting the Board will consider the proposed Agency responses to
comments and their impact on the study protocol. Following this
April 30, 1997, meeting, the agency will prepare a revised diesel
study protocol which then will be reviewed by the Board at a future
meeting to be announced. At the April 30, 1997, meeting members of
the public will have the opportunity to make limited oral
statements, time permitting. Persons who wish to make oral
statements should make a written request to Bryan D. Hardin, Ph.D.,
Executive Secretary, NIOSH, Room 715-H, Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
200 Constitution Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201, telephone 202/
205-8556, FAX 202/260-4464, Internet address: bdh1@cdc.gov.
Copies of the agencies' summary of comments on the diesel study
protocol may be obtained from Michael Attfield, Ph.D., NIOSH Project
Director, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Mailstop
234, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-2888,
telephone 304/285-5751, Internet address: mda1@cdc.gov.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
For More Information Contact: Bryan D. Hardin, Ph.D., Executive
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Humphrey
Building, Washington, DC 20201, telephone 202/205-8556.
Dated: March 28, 1997.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-8479 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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