[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14821-14822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5498]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act

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(Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the following committee meeting:

    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m., April 23, 2008.
    Place: Marriott Crystal City, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA 22202. Via Teleconference--For toll-free access, 
please dial 888-791-1856. Participant Pass Code 49328.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and 
by delegation the Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, are authorized under sections 301 and 308 of the Public 
Health Service Act to conduct directly or by grants or contracts, 
research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to occupational 
safety and health and to mine health. The Board of Scientific 
Counselors shall provide guidance to the Director, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on research and 
prevention programs. Specifically, the Board shall provide guidance 
on the Institute's research activities related to developing and 
evaluating hypotheses, systematically documenting findings and 
disseminating results. The Board shall evaluate the degree to which 
the activities of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health: (1) Conform to appropriate scientific standards, (2) address 
current, relevant needs, and (3) produce intended results.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a report from the 
Director of NIOSH; NIOSH Implementation of the National Academies of 
Science Program Recommendations; Occupational Safety and Health 
Training Recommendations; Update on Enhancing the Utility of NIOSH 
Information Products; Presentation on NIOSH Work-Related Stress 
Research and Future Meetings and Closing Remarks. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Roger Rosa, Executive 
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 395 E Street, SW., Suite 9200, Patriots 
Plaza Building, Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 245-0655, fax 
(202) 245-0664.
    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: March 13, 2008.
Elaine Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E8-5498 Filed 3-18-08; 8:45 am]
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