[Federal Register: October 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 192)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Safety and 
Occupational Health Study Section

    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: Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Times and Dates:
8 a.m.-5 p.m., October 19, 2004
8 a.m.-5 p.m., October 20, 2004
    Place: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Road, Alexandria, 
Virginia,

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22314, telephone 703/684-5900, fax 703/684-1403.
    Status:
Open 8 a.m.-8:30 a.m., October 19, 2004
Closed 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 19, 2004
Closed 8 a.m.-5 p.m., October 20, 2004
    Purpose: The Safety and Occupational Health Study Section will 
review, discuss, and evaluate grant application(s) received in response 
to the Institute's standard grants review and funding cycles pertaining 
to research issues in occupational safety and health, and allied areas.
    It is the intent of NIOSH to support broad-based research endeavors 
in keeping with the Institute's program goals. This will lead to 
improved understanding and appreciation for the magnitude of the 
aggregate health burden associated with occupational injuries and 
illnesses, as well as to support more focused research projects, which 
will lead to improvements in the delivery of occupational safety and 
health services, and the prevention of work-related injury and illness. 
It is anticipated that research funded will promote these program 
goals.
    Matters to be Discussed: The meeting will convene in open session 
from 8-8:30 a.m. on October 19, 2004, to address matters related to the 
conduct of Study Section business. The remainder of the meeting will 
proceed in closed session. The purpose of the closed sessions is for 
the study section to consider safety and occupational health-related 
grant applications. These portions of the meeting will be closed to the 
public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) 
and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, 
Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, pursuant to Section 10(d) Pub. L. 92-463.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Price Connor, Ph.D., NIOSH Health 
Scientist, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E-20, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/498-2511, fax 404/498-2569.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: September 20, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-22347 Filed 10-4-04; 8:45 am]

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