[Federal Register: January 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 1)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee (MSHRAC): 
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 meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:

    Time and Date:
    8:45 a.m.--5:15 p.m., January 22, 2008.
    8:30 a.m.--3:45 p.m., January 23, 2008.
    Place: Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh/Southpointe, 1000 Corporate 
Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, telephone (724) 743-5000, fax (724) 
743-5010.
    Status: The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice to the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; the Director, 
CDC; and the Director, NIOSH, on priorities in mine safety and 
health research, including grants and contracts for such research, 
30 U.S.C. 812(b)(2), Section 102(b)(2).
    Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will focus on 
Communications and Tracking, update on Refuge Alternatives 
Activities, Mine Ground Control Research, Dynamic Failures Proposal, 
NAS Review and Planned Actions, Safety Culture Pilot Project and 
Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Research. The agenda will also include 
an update report from the Associate Director for Mining. Agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Jeffery L. Kohler, Ph.D., 
Executive Secretary, MSHRAC, NIOSH, CDC, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15236, telephone (412) 386-5301, fax (412) 386-5300. 
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: December 21, 2007.
Elaine Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
 [FR Doc. E7-25509 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]

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