80 FR 25693 - Board of Scientific Counselors, (BSC) National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 86 (May 5, 2015)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 86 (May 5, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-10414 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 25693-25694] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-10414] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Board of Scientific Counselors, (BSC) National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) 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: Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., EDT, June 3, 2015; 8:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m., EDT, June 4, 2015. Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30341. Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 60 people. Purpose: The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and by delegation, the Director, CDC and Administrator, NCEH/ ATSDR, are authorized under Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 241) and Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, to: (1) Conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and assist other appropriate public authorities, scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct of research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and other impairments; (2) assist states and their political subdivisions in the prevention of infectious diseases and other preventable conditions and in the promotion of health and well being; and (3) train state and local personnel in health work. The BSC, NCEH/ATSDR provides advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS; the Director, CDC and Administrator, ATSDR; and the Director, NCEH/ ATSDR, regarding program goals, objectives, strategies, and priorities in fulfillment of the agency's mission to protect and promote people's health. The board provides advice and guidance that will assist NCEH/ATSDR in ensuring scientific quality, timeliness, utility, and dissemination of results. The board also provides guidance to help NCEH/ATSDR work more efficiently and effectively with its various constituents and to fulfill its mission in protecting America's health. Matters for Discussion: The agenda items for the BSC Meeting will include NCEH/ATSDR Office of the Director updates; CDC/ATSDR Activities on Household Air Pollution and Cleaner Cookstoves; NCEH/ ATSDR Program Responses to BSC Guidance and Action Items; At the Intersection of Public Health and Health Care: CDC's National Asthma Control Program; Environmental Health Services: Vessel Sanitation Program, Model Aquatic Health Code; Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program; NCEH/ATSDR Emergency Management Activities; Environmental Health Tracking Program; Advances in [[Page 25694]] Laboratory Methods--Molecular Newborn Screening Tests; and updates from the National Institute for Environmental Health Services, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Supplemental Information: The public comment period is scheduled on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 from 2:45 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., and on Thursday, June 4, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. until 11:15 a.m. Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F- 61, Chamblee, Georgia 30345; Telephone 770/488-0575 or 770/488-0577, Fax: 770/488-3377; Email: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of attendance is May 27, 2015. 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. Catherine Ramadei, Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2015-10414 Filed 5-4-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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Purpose: The purpose of the Advisory Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
Committee is to review scientific and Laboratories, MS–C–34, 1090 Tusculum HUMAN SERVICES
medical evidence and to make Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
recommendations to the Administrator of the Email: nioshdocket@cdc.gov. Centers for Disease Control and
World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Telephone: (513) 533–8611. Prevention
regarding additional WTC Health Program
In the event an individual cannot attend,
eligibility criteria and potential additions to
written comments may be submitted. The Board of Scientific Counselors, (BSC)
the list of covered WTC-related health
conditions, as well as providing consultation comments should be limited to two pages National Center for Environmental
on research to the Administrator of the World and submitted through http:// Health/Agency for Toxic Substances
Trade Center Health Program. Title XXXIII of www.regulations.gov by May 29, 2015. Efforts and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR)
the Public Health Service Act established will be made to provide the two-page written
within the Department of Health and Human In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
comments received by the deadline below to
Services (HHS), the World Trade Center the Federal Advisory Committee Act
the committee members before the meeting.
(WTC) Health Program, to be administered by (Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Comments in excess of two pages will be
the Administrator of the World Trade Center made publicly available at http://
Control and Prevention (CDC),
Health Program. The WTC Health Program
www.regulations.gov. To view background
announces the following meeting of the
provides: (1) Medical monitoring and aforementioned committee:
treatment benefits to eligible emergency information and previous submissions go to
responders and recovery and cleanup NIOSH docket http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.,
workers (including those who are Federal docket/archive/docket248.html and http:// EDT, June 3, 2015; 8:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.,
employees) who responded to the September www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/ EDT, June 4, 2015.
11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and (2) initial docket248-A.html. Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta,
health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment Georgia 30341.
Policy on Redaction of Committee Meeting
benefits to residents and other building Status: Open to the public, limited only by
Transcripts (Public Comment): Transcripts the space available. The meeting room
occupants and area workers in New York will be prepared and posted to http://
City, who were directly impacted and accommodates approximately 60 people.
www.regulations.gov within 60 days after the Purpose: The Secretary, Department of
adversely affected by such attacks
meeting. If a person making a comment gives Health and Human Services (HHS) and by
(‘‘survivors’’). Certain specific activities of
his or her name, no attempt will be made to delegation, the Director, CDC and
the Administrator of the World Trade Center
redact that name. NIOSH will take reasonable Administrator, NCEH/ATSDR, are authorized
Health Program are reserved to the Secretary,
steps to ensure that individuals making under Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 241) and
HHS, to delegate at her discretion; other
public comments are aware of the fact that Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of the Public
duties of the Administrator of the World
their comments (including their name, if Health Service Act, as amended, to: (1)
Trade Center Health Program not explicitly
Conduct, encourage, cooperate with, and
reserved to the Secretary, HHS, are assigned provided) will appear in a transcript of the
assist other appropriate public authorities,
to the Director, NIOSH. The administration of meeting posted on a public Web site. Such scientific institutions, and scientists in the
the Advisory Committee established under reasonable steps include a statement read at conduct of research, investigations,
section 300mm–1(a) is delegated to the the start of the meeting stating that experiments, demonstrations, and studies
Director of NIOSH in his role as transcripts will be posted and names of relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment,
Administrator of the World Trade Center speakers will not be redacted. If individuals control, and prevention of physical and
Health Program. CDC and NIOSH provide mental diseases and other impairments; (2)
in making a statement reveal personal
funding, staffing, and administrative support assist states and their political subdivisions
services for the Advisory Committee. The information (e.g., medical information) about
themselves, that information will not usually in the prevention of infectious diseases and
charter was reissued on May 12, 2013, and other preventable conditions and in the
will expire on May 12, 2015. The charter be redacted. The CDC Freedom of
promotion of health and well being; and (3)
renewal is currently in process. Information Act coordinator will, however,
train state and local personnel in health
Matters for Discussion: The agenda for the review such revelations in accordance with work. The BSC, NCEH/ATSDR provides
Advisory Committee meeting includes a the Freedom of Information Act and, if advice and guidance to the Secretary, HHS;
review of the World Trade Center Health deemed appropriate, will redact such the Director, CDC and Administrator,
Program’s (WTCHP) structure and function, information. Disclosures of information ATSDR; and the Director, NCEH/ATSDR,
activities, member services, and concerning third party medical information regarding program goals, objectives,
communications. An overview of the WTC will be redacted. strategies, and priorities in fulfillment of the
health research, the WTC Registry, and agency’s mission to protect and promote
Contact Person for More Information: Paul
lessons learned in addressing WTC-related people’s health. The board provides advice
mental health issues will also be presented. J. Middendorf, Ph.D., Designated Federal
Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 2400 Century Parkway and guidance that will assist NCEH/ATSDR
The Advisory Committee will deliberate on in ensuring scientific quality, timeliness,
specific questions related to: (1) Addressing NE., Mail Stop E–20, Atlanta, Georgia 30345,
utility, and dissemination of results. The
the need for research on developmental or telephone 1 (888) 982–4748; email: wtc-stac@ board also provides guidance to help NCEH/
health effects in children; (2) developing cdc.gov. ATSDR work more efficiently and effectively
robust and appropriate comparison groups to The Director, Management Analysis and with its various constituents and to fulfill its
improve the validity and interpretability of Services Office, has been delegated the mission in protecting America’s health.
WTC research; (3) improving benefits authority to sign Federal Register Notices Matters for Discussion: The agenda items
counseling and psychosocial support for pertaining to announcements of meetings and for the BSC Meeting will include NCEH/
members serviced by the National Provider other committee management activities, for ATSDR Office of the Director updates; CDC/
Network; and (4) reviewing the WTCHP’s ATSDR Activities on Household Air
both the Centers for Disease Control and
‘‘Research-to-Care’’ model. Pollution and Cleaner Cookstoves; NCEH/
The agenda is subject to change as Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic
ATSDR Program Responses to BSC Guidance
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priorities dictate. Substances and Disease Registry. and Action Items; At the Intersection of
To view the notice, visit http:// Catherine Ramadei, Public Health and Health Care: CDC’s
www.regulations.gov and enter CDC–2015– National Asthma Control Program;
0026 in the search field and click ‘‘Search.’’ Acting Director, Management Analysis and Environmental Health Services: Vessel
Public Comment Sign-up and Submissions Services Office, Centers for Disease Control Sanitation Program, Model Aquatic Health
to the Docket: To sign up to provide public and Prevention. Code; Geospatial Research, Analysis, and
comments or to submit comments to the [FR Doc. 2015–10418 Filed 5–4–15; 8:45 am] Services Program; NCEH/ATSDR Emergency
docket, send information to the NIOSH BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
Management Activities; Environmental
Docket Office by one of the following means: Health Tracking Program; Advances in
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Laboratory Methods—Molecular Newborn and later years. We take this action to individuals with disabilities from
Screening Tests; and updates from the focus research attention on an area of minority backgrounds (34 CFR
National Institute for Environmental Health national need. We intend for these 350.40(a)). The approaches an applicant
Services, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Energy
priorities to contribute to improved may take to meet this requirement are
and the U.S. Environmental Protection outcomes for people with disabilities found in 34 CFR 350.40(b). Additional
Agency. through improved uptake of research- information on the DRRP program can
Agenda items are subject to change as based knowledge. be found at: www.ed.gov/rschstat/
priorities dictate. DATES: Effective Date: These priorities research/pubs/res-program.html#DRRP.
Supplemental Information: The public are effective June 4, 2015. Program Authority: 29 U.S. C. 762(g) and
comment period is scheduled on Wednesday,
June 3, 2015 from 2:45 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 764(b)(2).
and on Thursday, June 4, 2015 from 11:00 Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of Applicable Program Regulations: 34
a.m. until 11:15 a.m. Health and Human Services, 400 CFR part 350.
Contact Person for More Information: Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5133, We published a notice of proposed
Sandra Malcom, Committee Management Potomac Center Plaza (PCP),
Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford
priorities (NPP) for this program in the
Washington, DC 20202–2700. Federal Register on March 13, 2015 (80
Highway, Mail Stop F–61, Chamblee, Georgia Telephone: (202) 245–7532 or by email:
30345; Telephone 770/488–0575 or 770/488– FR 13378). That notice contained
0577, Fax: 770/488–3377; Email:
marlene.spencer@acl.hhs.gov. background information and our reasons
smalcom@cdc.gov. The deadline for If you use a telecommunications for proposing the particular priorities.
notification of attendance is May 27, 2015. device for the deaf (TDD) or a text There are no differences between the
The Director, Management Analysis and telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay proposed priorities and these final
Services Office, has been delegated the Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– priorities.
authority to sign Federal Register notices 8339. Public Comment: In response to our
pertaining to announcements of meetings and
other committee management activities for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: invitation in the notice of proposed
both the Centers for Disease Control and Purpose of Program: The purpose of priorities, one party submitted
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic the Disability and Rehabilitation comments on the proposed priorities.
Substances and Disease Registry. Research Projects and Centers Program Generally, we do not address
is to plan and conduct research, technical and other minor changes. In
Catherine Ramadei, demonstration projects, training, and addition, we do not address general
Acting Director, Management Analysis and related activities, including comments that raised concerns not
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
international activities, to develop directly related to the proposed
and Prevention.
methods, procedures, and rehabilitation priorities.
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technology that maximize the full Analysis of Comments and Changes:
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inclusion and integration into society, An analysis of the comments and of any
employment, independent living, family changes in the priorities since
support, and economic and social self- publication of the NPP follows.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
sufficiency of individuals with
HUMAN SERVICES Center on Knowledge Translation for
disabilities, especially individuals with
Employment Research (Priority 1)
Administration for Community Living the most severe disabilities, and to
improve the effectiveness of services We received no comments on this
Final Priorities; National Institute on authorized under the Rehabilitation Act priority.
Disability, Independent Living, and of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Projects for Translating Disability and
Rehabilitation Research—Disability Act). Rehabilitation Research Into Practice
and Rehabilitation Research Projects Disability and Rehabilitation Research (Priority 2)
Program Projects Comment: One commenter asked
AGENCY: Administration for Community The purpose of NIDILRR’s DRRPs, whether NIDILRR intends the grants to
Living, Department of Health and which are funded through the Disability be made under this priority to support
Human Services. and Rehabilitation Research Projects the translation and use of development-
ACTION: Final priority. and Centers Program, is to improve the based outputs, as well as research-based
effectiveness of services authorized knowledge and products. This
CFDA Numbers: 84.133A–5 and 84.133A–6. under the Rehabilitation Act by commenter stated that if NIDILRR does
SUMMARY: The Administrator of the developing methods, procedures, and intend to support the translation and
Administration for Community Living rehabilitation technologies that advance use of development-based outputs, we
announces priorities for the Disability a wide range of independent living and should consistently include such
and Rehabilitation Research Projects employment outcomes for individuals language throughout the priority.
(DRRPS) Program administered by the with disabilities, especially individuals Discussion: We do not agree with the
National Institute on Disability, with the most significant disabilities. commenter that there is a solid and
Independent Living, and Rehabilitation DRRPs carry out one or more of the clear distinction between research-based
Research (NIDILRR). Specifically, we following types of activities, as specified and development-based outputs.
announce two priorities for DRRPs on and defined in 34 CFR 350.13 through NIDILRR program regulations define
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(1) Center on Knowledge Translation for 350.19: Research, training, ‘‘development’’ in terms of its basis in
Employment Research (84.133A–5) and demonstration, development, research. CFR 350.16 defines
(2) Projects for Translating Disability utilization, dissemination, and technical development as the use of ‘‘knowledge
and Rehabilitation Research into assistance. and understanding gained from research
Practice (84.133A–6). The Administrator An applicant for assistance under this to create materials, devices, systems, or
of the Administration for Community program must demonstrate in its methods beneficial to the target
Living may use these priorities for application how it will address, in population, including design and
competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2015 whole or in part, the needs of development of prototypes and
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