[Federal Register: August 17, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 158)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Meetings
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
following public meeting and request for information:
Name: NIOSH Occupational Energy Research Program Information
Sharing Meeting.
Date and Time: October 27, 2005; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Place: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20001.
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Status: Meeting is open to the public, limited only by the space
available.
Background: NIOSH has been conducting an occupational epidemiologic
research program addressing potential long term health effects of
working in the Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex under
a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with DOE. Establishment
of this research program began following recommendations of a
Secretarial Panel for the Evaluation of Epidemiologic Research
Activities (SPEERA) for the U.S. Department of Energy in 1990. Input
from various stakeholders has been sought since the program's inception
including organized labor, current and former workers, DOE site
management and contractors, DOE headquarters, academic research
partners, the occupational safety and health community, various
governmental agencies, and the general public. A document entitled:
Agenda for HHS Public Health Activities (For Fiscal Years 2005-2010) at
U.S. Department of Energy Sites is accessible at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/hhsdoe_2005-2010-2.pdf
and includes information on
completed, ongoing, and proposed occupational epidemiologic research
activities under the DOE-DHHS MOU.
Purpose: This meeting will provide an overview of recently
completed work conducted under the MOU, outline ongoing research
activities, summarize findings and follow-up from a NIOSH public
meeting held July 2004 addressing chronic lymphocytic leukemia
radiogenic research, and discuss plans for future research. Attendees
will have opportunities for questions and oral commentary on this NIOSH
research program. Stakeholder feedback and the opportunity to update
stakeholders on this research program are two primary objectives of the
meeting. Written comments will be accepted at the meeting and may also
be sent to the address for the NIOSH Health-Related Energy Research
Branch below.
The agenda for this meeting is currently being developed.
Stakeholders interested in attending may request additional information
from the contact person identified below. Written comments may also be
submitted to the address below until November 1, 2005.
Contact Person for More Information: Ms. Patty Gudlewski may be
contacted at 513-841-4419 or by e-mail at PGudlewski@cdc.gov.
Addresses: Written requests for meeting information may be sent to
Ms. P. Gudlewski; NIOSH-HERB; Mailstop R-44; 4676 Columbia Parkway;
Cincinnati, OH 45226. Written comments should be sent to the attention
of Dr. Steven Ahrenholz at the same NIOSH mailing address or may be e-
mailed to him at SAhrenholz@cdc.gov.
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: August 10, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16257 Filed 8-16-05; 8:45 am]
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