[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44698-44699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22469]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stake Holder Informational Meeting; Mortality Study
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the
National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health
announce the following meeting.
Name: Stakeholder informational meeting on the joint NIOSH/NCI
study, ``A Cohort Mortality Study with a Nested Case-Control Study
of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust among Non-metal Miners.''
Time And Date: 9 a.m.-12 noon, September 24, 1997.
Location: Ground Floor Auditorium, Hubert Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20201.
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Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: To provide an overview of the implementation of the
mortality study, and to exchange information among government,
stakeholders, and interested parties on procedural and related
aspects of the study.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda will include information on
the NIOSH/NCI research plan; request for information on industrial
hygiene sample measurements or other data, or possible sources of
such data that could add to the study validity; request for
information on types and usage of diesel engines and fuel of
relevance to exposure estimation; plan for data sharing and
announcement of future informational meetings. Viewpoints and
suggestions from industry, labor, academia, other government
agencies, and the public are invited. Written comments will also be
considered.
Contact Person For Additional Information: Michael Attfield,
Ph.D., NIOSH Project Director, Division of Respiratory Disease
Studies, NIOSH, CDC, M/S 234, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West
Virginia 26505-2888, telephone 304/285-5737, E-mail mda1@cdc.gov.
Individuals wishing to make an oral statement should contact Dr.
Attfield so that time can be allocated.
Dated: August 19, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-22469 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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