[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 202 (Friday, October 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61873-61874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24732]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Docket Number NIOSH-063-A]
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
(FFFIPP) Stakeholders' Meeting
AGENCY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting and availability for Public Comment.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the following meeting and request for public comment on the
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP).
Public Meeting Time and Date: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., CST, November 19,
2008.
Place: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Chicago O'Hare, 5440 North River Road,
Rosemont, Illinois 66018.
Purpose of Meeting: The public meeting will seek stakeholder input
on the progress and strategic goals of the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality
Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) to ensure that the
program is meeting the needs of the stakeholders, and to identify ways
in which the program can be improved to increase its impact on the
safety and health of fire fighters across the United States. NIOSH will
compile and consider all comments received at the meeting and through
the NIOSH Docket Office and use them in making decisions on how to
proceed with the FFFIPP.
Status: This meeting is hosted by NIOSH and will be open to the
public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room will
accommodate approximately 75 people.
Interested parties should make hotel reservations directly with the
Crowne Plaza Hotel, telephone (847) 671-6350 or (800) 972-2494 and
reference the NIOSH FFFIPP Stakeholders Meeting. Interested parties
should confirm their attendance to this meeting by completing a
registration form on the NIOSH Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/2008PublicMeetingRegistration.html
Format of Meeting: The NIOSH Acting Director, Dr. Christine
Branche, will provide opening remarks, followed by NIOSH presentations
that provide an overview of the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and
Prevention Program (FFFIPP) and summary of Program changes and
improvements since March 2006. NIOSH will present and make available
for stakeholder input a set of draft Strategic Goals for FFFIPP for
stakeholder consideration and comment. Stakeholders who have requested
an opportunity to speak prior to the meeting will present suggestions
for enhancing the impact of the program and future directions. An
opportunity to make oral presentations will be provided to all
interested parties, given time on the agenda. Presentations will be
limited to 10 minutes. The meeting will end with an interactive session
providing the opportunity for clarification of stakeholder comments.
Requests to make presentations at the meeting should be made by e-
mail to Paul Moore, Chief, Fatality Investigations Team, e-mail
[email protected], telephone (304) 285-6016 or Matt Bowyer, General
Engineer, e-mail [email protected], telephone (304) 285-5991, facsimile
(304) 285-5774, before November 10, 2008. All requests to present
should include the name, address, telephone number, relevant business
affiliations of the presenter, and a brief summary of the presentation.
After reviewing the requests for presentation, NIOSH FFFIPP staff will
notify each presenter of the approximate time that their presentation
is scheduled to begin. If a participant is not present when their
presentation is scheduled to begin, the remaining participants will be
heard in order.
Written comments without an oral presentation are also encouraged,
and should be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office as outlined in the
next section.
Written comments on the usefulness of the FFFIPP and products for
improving fire fighter safety and health, suggestions for enhancing the
impact of the program, and comments on the draft FFFIPP strategic and
programmatic goals may be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office, Robert
A. Taft Laboratories, Mailstop C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 533-8303, facsimile (513) 533-8285.
Comments may also be submitted via e-mail to [email protected]. All
electronic comments should be formatted as Microsoft Word. Comments
should be submitted to NIOSH no later than December 19, 2008, and
should
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reference the NIOSH Docket Number 063-A in the subject heading.
Background: NIOSH convened a similar stakeholders' meeting in March
2006 to seek input on the progress and future directions of the FFFIPP.
The input provided by stakeholders at that meeting was useful in
providing insight into stakeholder needs and in helping to improve the
FFFIPP. The November 2008 meeting will be held to again seek
stakeholder input.
Contact Person for Technical Information: Paul Moore, Chief,
Fatality Investigations Team, Division of Safety Research, telephone
(304) 285-6016 or Matt Bowyer, General Engineer, Fatality
Investigations Team, (304) 285-5991.
Dated: October 9, 2008.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-24732 Filed 10-16-08; 8:45 am]
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