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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 118 / Wednesday, June 18, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control/Initial Review Group
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:
Name: National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control/Initial Review
Group, (NCIPC/IRG).
Time and Date: 11 a.m.–12 noon, July
10, 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 Pub. L. 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
research on environmental exposures to
hazardous substances.
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: TS–
08–003. This funding opportunity
announcement solicits from the
Association of Minority Health
Professions Schools, a grant application
to conduct substance-specific research
to address research needs identified by
the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry for priority hazardous
substances and to apply these findings
to positively affect public health and
environmental medicine in low-income
and/or minority communities.
Agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
J Felix Rogers, PhD., M.P.H., Telephone
(770) 488–4334, NCIPC/ERPO, CDC,
4770 Buford Highway, NE., M/S F62,
Atlanta, Georgia 30341–3724.
The Director, Management Analysis
and Services Office has been delegated
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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: June 10, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[Docket Number 139]
The Potential Modification of the
NIOSH Statement of Standard for a
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and
Nuclear (CBRN) Full Facepiece AirPurifying Respirator (APR)
The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of document available for
public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the opportunity for
manufacturers and stakeholders to
provide NIOSH with input on the
potential modification of the NIOSH
Statement of Standard for a Chemical,
Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear
(CBRN) Full Facepiece Air-Purifying
Respirator (APR), which would permit
an alternative to the single standard 40mm screw mounted canister for the
Department of Defense. Authority:
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29
U.S.C. 651 et seq.
Public Comment Period: Submit input
to the NIOSH Docket Office within 120
days from June 18, 2008.
Status: Written comments may be
submitted to the NIOSH Docket Office,
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676
Columbia Parkway, M/S C 34, CBRN
APR Mechanical Connector Design,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513)
533–8303, Facsimile (513) 533–8285.
All material submitted should
reference NIOSH Docket number 139.
Comments may be e-mailed to
nioshdocket@cdc.gov. All electronic
comments should be formatted as
Microsoft Word.
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All information received in response
to this notice will be available for public
examination and copies available at the
NIOSH Docket Office, Room 111, 4674
Colombia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio
45226.
Background: The National Personal
Protective Technology Laboratory
(NPPTL) is currently seeking
stakeholder input regarding a request
from the Department of Defense (DoD).
The request is for a proposed
modification to the CBRN APR
Statement of Standard to allow for
mechanical connectors other than the
specified single 40-mm thread
connector. The DoD is seeking
modification of the standard to allow
DoD first responders to use a newly
developed respirator, the Joint Service
General Protective Mask (JSGPM), for
respiratory protection on military
installations in the United States, or
when called upon to support civil
authorities. The JSGPM uses a bayonet
mounted, dual filter design instead of
the single standard 40-mm screw
mounted canister. DoD’s request is to
supplement the existing NIOSH
standard with an alternate design for
DoD application. The DoD request to
NIOSH for modification of the NIOSH
Statement of Standard may be obtained
from the NIOSH Docket Office using the
contact information available above.
Because of their experiences in
responding to the terrorist events of
2001, emergency responders identified
the need for the interoperability of
canisters and facepieces as a respirator
user issue that NIOSH needed to
address.
During the evolution of the CBRN
Statement of Standard, NIOSH
identified a single mechanical connector
design requirement to support
interchangeability of CBRN certified
canisters and masks. The user
community strongly encouraged
requiring interoperable capability at all
three public meetings held that
discussed the requirements for the
CBRN APR, and interoperability was
strongly recommended in the 2002 Rand
Report entitled, ‘‘Protecting Emergency
Responders Lessons Learned from
Terrorist Attacks.’’ Through a
collaborative approach with multiple
partnerships, applicable military and
industrial technologies were integrated
by NIOSH in the CBRN APR standard to
provide the full range of protection
needed by emergency responders.
Working with the partnerships from
Federal government agencies, the
private sector, and user groups, NIOSH
expedited development and publication
of new testing and certification
standards for voluntary use by
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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
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:
Name: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Initial
Review Group, (NCIPC/IRG).
Time and Date: 11 a.m.-12 noon, July 10, 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 Pub. L.
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 research on environmental exposures to hazardous substances.
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: TS-08-003.
This funding opportunity announcement solicits from the Association of
Minority Health Professions Schools, a grant application to conduct
substance-specific research to address research needs identified by the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for priority hazardous
substances and to apply these findings to positively affect public
health and environmental medicine in low-income and/or minority
communities.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: J Felix Rogers, PhD., M.P.H.,
Telephone (770) 488-4334, NCIPC/ERPO, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., M/
S F62, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724.
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: June 10, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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