[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2017]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; National
Occupational Research Agenda
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: Opportunity to Provide Input for the National Occupational
Research Agenda (NORA).
Time and Date: March 13, 2006, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. EST.
Place: Department of Health and Human Services, Great Hall, The
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20201.
Status: This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the
space available.
Background: NORA is a framework to guide occupational safety and
health research for the nation. NORA seeks to focus research in order
to reduce work-related injury and illness. As the program approaches a
ten-year milestone, NIOSH is accepting input from individuals and
organizations on important research issues and agendas. This input will
assist in the development of the initiative's future direction, which
will be based on eight different industry sector groups.
The public meetings are open to everyone, including all workers,
professional societies, organized labor, employers, researchers, health
professionals, government officials, and elected officials. Broad
participation is desired. All participants are requested to register
for the free meeting at the NORA Web page or onsite the day of the
meeting. Participants wishing to speak are encouraged to register
early.
Purpose: The meeting will address priorities for research during a
morning and an afternoon public comment period. Stakeholders will be
invited to speak for 5 minutes on an important occupational safety and
health issue, including those that occur in multiple sectors.
Participants may register to speak during either the morning or the
afternoon session, though they are encouraged to stay for both sessions
should they choose.
Types of occupational safety and health issues might include
diseases, injuries, exposures, populations at risk, and needs of
occupational safety and health systems. Falls from heights, for
example, might be a top injury issue for the residential construction
industry. Low back pain and related back disorders might be a top
disease concern for the urban transit industry.
If possible, please include as much information as might be useful
for understanding the safety or health research priority you identify.
Such information could include characterization of the frequency and
severity with which the injury, illness, or hazardous exposure is
occurring and of the factors you believe might be causing the health or
safety issue. Input is also requested on the types of research that you
believe might make a difference and which partners (e.g., specific
industry associations, labor organizations, research organizations,
governmental agencies) should be involved in informing research efforts
and solutions.
All presentations will be entered into the NORA Docket, which is
maintained by NIOSH. All comments in the NORA Docket will be used to
help shape sector-specific and related cross-sector research agendas
for the nation. Comments may also be e-mailed to [email protected]
or sent via postal mail to Docket NIOSH-047, Robert A. Taft
Laboratories (C-34), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
More information about NORA can be found on the NORA Web page at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora/townhall.
For Further Information Contact: Sid Soderholm, PhD, NORA
Coordinator, (202) 401-0721.
Stakeholders are also invited to submit comments electronically at
the NORA Web page http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora. Comments submitted to
the Web page by others can also be viewed there along with information
about similar meetings that were held earlier.
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: February 6, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-2017 Filed 2-13-06; 8:45 am]
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