National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/ Initial Review Group, (NCIPC/IRG), 14822 [E8-5491]

Download as PDF 14822 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 54 / Wednesday, March 19, 2008 / Notices (Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting: jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 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. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/ Initial Review Group, (NCIPC/IRG) Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (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 of the aforementioned review group: Times and Date: 1 p.m.–1:30 p.m., April 15, 2008 (Open). 1:30 p.m.–5 p.m., April 15, 2008 (closed). Place: Teleconference. Status: Portions of the meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), Title 5, U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Section 10(d) of Public Law 92–463. Purpose: This group is charged with providing advice and guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Director, CDC, concerning the scientific and technical merit of grant and cooperative agreement applications received from academic institutions and other public and private profit and nonprofit organizations, including State and local government agencies, to conduct specific injury research that focuses on prevention and control. Matters to be Discussed: The meeting will include the review, discussion, and evaluation of cooperative agreement applications submitted in response to Fiscal Year 2008 Requests for Applications related to the following individual research announcement: CE08–006, Feasibility of Acute Concussion Management in the Emergency Department. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Contact Person for More Information: J. Felix Rogers, PhD, M.P.H., NCIPC/Extramural Research Program Office, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., M/S F62, Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3724, Telephone (770) 488–4334. 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: 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] Dated: March 11, 2008. Elaine L. Baker, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E8–5491 Filed 3–18–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–18–P BILLING CODE 4163–18–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:50 Mar 18, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: Board Meeting Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.– 5 p.m., April 7, 2008. 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., April 8, 2008. 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m., April 9, 2008. Public Comment Times and Dates: 5 p.m.– 6 p.m., April 7, 2008. 7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m., April 8, 2008. Place: Crowne Plaza Tampa East, 10221 Princess Palm Avenue, Tampa, FL 33610, Telephone (813) 623–6363, Fax (813) 246– 7113. Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting space accommodates approximately 75 to 100 people. Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) Act of 2000 to advise the President on a variety of policy and technical functions required to implement and effectively manage the new compensation program. Key functions of the Advisory Board include providing advice on the development of probability of causation guidelines which have been promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final rule, advice on methods of dose reconstruction which have also been promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice on the scientific validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts being performed for purposes of the compensation program, and advice on petitions to add classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which subsequently delegated this authority to the CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, and will expire on August 3, 2009. Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged with (a) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts performed for this program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, HHS, advise the Secretary on whether there is a class of employees at any Department of Energy facility who were exposed to radiation but for whom it is not feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and E:\FR\FM\19MRN1.SGM 19MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 14822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5491]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/ Initial Review 
Group, (NCIPC/IRG)

    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 
review group:

    Times and Date: 1 p.m.-1:30 p.m., April 15, 2008 (Open). 1:30 
p.m.-5 p.m., April 15, 2008 (closed).
    Place: Teleconference.
    Status: Portions of the meetings will be closed to the public in 
accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6), 
Title 5, U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management 
Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Section 10(d) of 
Public Law 92-463.
    Purpose: This group is charged with providing advice and 
guidance to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, 
and the Director, CDC, concerning the scientific and technical merit 
of grant and cooperative agreement applications received from 
academic institutions and other public and private profit and 
nonprofit organizations, including State and local government 
agencies, to conduct specific injury research that focuses on 
prevention and control.
    Matters to be Discussed: The meeting will include the review, 
discussion, and evaluation of cooperative agreement applications 
submitted in response to Fiscal Year 2008 Requests for Applications 
related to the following individual research announcement: CE08-006, 
Feasibility of Acute Concussion Management in the Emergency 
Department.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: J. Felix Rogers, PhD, 
M.P.H., NCIPC/Extramural Research Program Office, CDC, 4770 Buford 
Highway, NE., M/S F62, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Telephone (770) 
488-4334.
    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: March 11, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-5491 Filed 3-18-08; 8:45 am]
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