[Federal Register: May 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 88)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (MSHRAC, NIOSH)

    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 for the aforementioned 
committee:

    Time and Date:

8:15 a.m.--5:15 p.m., June 3, 2009.
8:00 a.m.--1:30 p.m., June 4, 2009.

    Place: The Madison, a Loews Hotel, 1177 Fifteenth St. NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, telephone (202)862-1600, fax (202)587-2696.
    Status: Open to public, limited only by the space available. 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 medical 
surveillance of coal miners, study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust 
in mines, update on mine escape and rescue topics, rock mechanics 
and ground control research program, mining machines and update on 
deep cover retreat mining research.
    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, 
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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: May 4, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-10740 Filed 5-7-09; 8:45 am]

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