81 FR 36548 - Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/ATSDR)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 109 (June 7, 2016)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 109 (June 7, 2016)
| Page Range | 36548-36549 | |
| FR Document | 2016-13437 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 36548-36549] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-13437] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (BSC, 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.-4:30 p.m., EDT, June 28, 2016; 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., EDT, June 29, 2016. 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 [[Page 36549]] 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 wellbeing; 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; update on Climate and Health; NCEH/ATSDR Program Responses to BSC Guidance and Action Items; NCEH/ATSDR Support for the Public Health Emergency in Flint; Rethinking the Strategy for the NCEH Lead Surveillance Program; CDC's Blood Reference Value for Lead; NCEH/ATSDR's Strategy for PFCs in the Environment; NCEH/ATSDR's Safe Drinking Water Program: Developing a Public Health Strategy; updates from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Supplemental Information: The public comment period is scheduled on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 from 3:15 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., and on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 from 10:30 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. Contact Person for More Information: Sandra Malcom, Committee Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F-45, Atlanta, Georgia 30341; Telephone 770/488-0575 or 770/488-0577, Fax: 770/488-3377; Email: [email protected]. The deadline for notification of attendance is June 21, 2016. 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. Elaine L. Baker, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 2016-13437 Filed 6-6-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P
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maintaining information, and disclosing sample will be broadened to include Since publication of the initial survey
and providing information; to train international ergonomics practitioners findings there has been a proliferation of
personnel and to be able to respond to (in Canada, the United Kingdom, New smart phone/smart device-embedded
a collection of information, to search Zealand, and Australia), and, (2) the inertial and acceleration sensors and
data sources, to complete and review queried tools and methods have been related ‘‘apps’’ for human motion and
the collection of information; and to updated to reflect new and emerging activity logging. Little is known about
transmit or otherwise disclose the technologies not included in the the extent to which ergonomics
information. original survey. The purpose of the practitioners are using these newer
Proposed Project survey will be unchanged—to gather technologies towards assessing
information on the types of basic tools, workplace physical activity (and now,
Survey of Musculoskeletal Disorders workplace inactivity and
Prevention Tools/Methods: 10-year direct and observational measurement
techniques, and software used in the ‘‘sedentarism’’) and other job demands.
Follow-Up—New—National Institute for Thus, the survey will provide a
Occupational Safety and Health, Centers field by ergonomics practitioners to
assess workplace risk factors for contemporary perspective on the scope
for Disease Control and Prevention of use of assessment tools and methods
(CDC). musculoskeletal disorders and to
by these professionals. This project will
evaluate workplace interventions.
Background and Brief Description involve the collection of non-sensitive
The motivation for the original 2005 data via web-based survey questionnaire
The mission of the National Institute survey was to better understand the methods. Survey data relate only to
for Occupational Safety and Health types of tools and methods practitioners respondents’ professional practice
(NIOSH) is to promote safety and health use, their opinions of these tools, and to within the OS&H discipline of
at work for all people through research potentially gain an understanding of the ergonomics and prevention of
and prevention. Under Public Law 91–
constraints or preferences that influence musculoskeletal disorders.
596, sections 20 and 22 (Section 20–22,
this selection. At the time of the 2005 Only certified ergonomics
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
survey, there were many tools reported professionals from five countries with
1970), NIOSH has the responsibility to
conduct research to advance the health in the literature, but little information specific certification credentials will be
and safety of workers. In this capacity, on the extent to which these different eligible and invited to participate. Their
NIOSH proposes to administer a survey tools were used by practitioners. participation will be voluntary. The
of ergonomics professionals as a 10-year Similarly, there was little published program has assumed an optimistic 80%
follow-up to a survey conducted of U.S. information on users’ experiences with response rate to estimate the number of
Certified Professional Ergonomists these different tools. There has been respondents at 938 in the estimation of
(CPEs) by Dempsey et al. and published considerable interest in the findings and annualized burden hours.
in 2005 (A survey of tools and methods the Dempsey et al (2005) publication In summary, this study will update
used by certified professional has been widely cited. The program information collected and published in
ergonomists. Applied Ergonomics, 36, anticipates that a follow-up effort will 2005 on the methods and tools used by
489–503). NIOSH is requesting a one result in even greater interest as changes practicing ergonomists. NIOSH expects
year approval period for this data in the practice of ergonomics and to complete data collection in 2017. The
collection. prevention of soft tissue MSDs can be total estimated burden hours is 469.
The project is planned to extend the inferred from comparisons between the There are no costs to respondents other
original survey in two ways: (1) The two surveys time points. than their time.
ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Average
No. of Total
No. of burden per
Type of respondents Form name responses per burden
respondents response
respondent (in hrs.)
(in hrs.)
Certified Ergonomics professionals .. Practicing Ergonomist Survey of 938 1 30/60 469
Tools and Methods.
Total ........................................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 469
Leroy A. Richardson, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND announces the following meeting of the
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, HUMAN SERVICES aforementioned committee:
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.,
Associate Director for Science, Office of the Centers for Disease Control and EDT, June 28, 2016; 8:30 a.m.–11:30
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a.m., EDT, June 29, 2016.
Prevention. Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Highway,
[FR Doc. 2016–13292 Filed 6–6–16; 8:45 am] Board of Scientific Counselors, Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
National Center for Environmental
BILLING CODE 4163–18–P Status: Open to the public, limited
Health/Agency for Toxic Substances
only by the space available. The meeting
and Disease Registry (BSC, NCEH/
room accommodates approximately 60
ATSDR)
people.
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Purpose: The Secretary, Department
the Federal Advisory Committee Act of Health and Human Services (HHS)
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease and by delegation, the Director, CDC
Control and Prevention (CDC), and Administrator, NCEH/ATSDR, are
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authorized under Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop F–45, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
241) and Section 311 (42 U.S.C. 243) of Atlanta, Georgia 30341; Telephone 770/ LeBretia White, Manager, Adolescent
the Public Health Service Act, as 488–0575 or 770/488–0577, Fax: 770/ Pregnancy Prevention Program, Division
amended, to: (1) Conduct, encourage, 488–3377; Email: smalcom@cdc.gov. of Adolescent Development and
cooperate with, and assist other The deadline for notification of Support, Family and Youth Services
appropriate public authorities, scientific attendance is June 21, 2016. Bureau, 330 C Street SW., Washington,
institutions, and scientists in the The Director, Management Analysis DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–9605;
conduct of research, investigations, and Services Office, has been delegated Email: LeBretia.White@acf.hhs.gov.
experiments, demonstrations, and the authority to sign Federal Register
studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HFSA was
notices pertaining to announcements of
treatment, control, and prevention of selected as a site for the PREP federal
meetings and other committee
physical and mental diseases and other impact evaluation as a result of a strong
management activities for both the
impairments; (2) assist states and their program design. The impact evaluation
Centers for Disease Control and
political subdivisions in the prevention addresses significant gaps in the teen
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic
of infectious diseases and other pregnancy prevention evidence base.
Substances and Disease Registry.
preventable conditions and in the Currently, there is little rigorous
promotion of health and wellbeing; and Elaine L. Baker, evidence on strategies effective in
(3) train state and local personnel in Director, Management Analysis and Services reducing repeat pregnancies among
health work. The BSC, NCEH/ATSDR Office, Centers for Disease Control and adolescent mothers. HFSA’s program
Prevention. will help fill that gap due to its focus
provides advice and guidance to the
Secretary, HHS; the Director, CDC and [FR Doc. 2016–13437 Filed 6–6–16; 8:45 am] on reducing subsequent pregnancies
Administrator, ATSDR; and the BILLING CODE 4163–18–P and long acting reversible
Director, NCEH/ATSDR, regarding contraception. If impacts are found, the
program goals, objectives, strategies, and HFSA program can be added to the U.S.
priorities in fulfillment of the agency’s DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Department of Health and Human
mission to protect and promote people’s HUMAN SERVICES Services teen pregnancy evidence
health. The board provides advice and review list. This award allows time for
Administration for Children and evaluation activities to be completed
guidance that will assist NCEH/ATSDR
Families including the collection and analysis of
in ensuring scientific quality,
timeliness, utility, and dissemination of [CFDA Number: 93.092] data.
results. The board also provides Statutory Authority: Section 2953 of the
guidance to help NCEH/ATSDR work Announcement of a Single-Source Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of
more efficiently and effectively with its Award to Healthy Families San Angelo, 2010, Pub. L. 111–148, added Section 513 to
various constituents and to fulfill its San Angelo, TX Title V of the Social Security Act, codified
mission in protecting America’s health. AGENCY: Family and Youth Services at 42 U.S.C. 713, authorizing the Personal
Matters for Discussion: The agenda Responsibility Education Program.
Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
items for the BSC Meeting will include
NCEH/ATSDR Office of the Director ACTION: Notice of award of a Single- Christopher Beach,
updates; update on Climate and Health; Source Award under the Competitive Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of
NCEH/ATSDR Program Responses to Personal Responsibility Education Grants Policy, Office of Administration.
BSC Guidance and Action Items; NCEH/ Program (Competitive PREP) to Healthy [FR Doc. 2016–13415 Filed 6–6–16; 8:45 am]
ATSDR Support for the Public Health Families of San Angelo (HFSA) in San BILLING CODE 4184–37–P
Emergency in Flint; Rethinking the Angelo, Texas to support continued
Strategy for the NCEH Lead Surveillance participation in the federal PREP impact
Program; CDC’s Blood Reference Value evaluation. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
for Lead; NCEH/ATSDR’s Strategy for HUMAN SERVICES
SUMMARY: The Administration for
PFCs in the Environment; NCEH/
Children and Families (ACF),
ATSDR’s Safe Drinking Water Program: Administration for Children and
Administration on Children, Youth and
Developing a Public Health Strategy; Families
Families (ACYF), Family and Youth
updates from the National Institute of
Services Bureau (FYSB), announces a Submission for OMB Review;
Environmental Health Sciences, the
single-source award in the amount of Comment Request
National Institute for Occupational
$750,000 to HFSA in San Angelo, TX for
Safety and Health, the US Department of
Energy and the US Environmental the purpose of continued participation Title: Refugee Microenterprise and
Protection Agency. in the federal impact evaluation. The Refugee Home-Based Child Care
Agenda items are subject to change as award allows sufficient time to Microenterprise Development.
priorities dictate. complete evaluation related activities of
the Steps to Success program. Steps to OMB No.: New.
Supplemental Information: The
public comment period is scheduled on Success is a comprehensive, culturally Description: New data collection tool
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 from 3:15 p.m. appropriate intervention that seeks to for refugee microenterprise and Refugee
until 3:30 p.m., and on Wednesday, postpone subsequent pregnancies and Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
June 29, 2016 from 10:30 a.m. until increase safe sex behaviors for high-risk Program.
10:45 a.m. pregnant and parenting teens. Respondents: Refugee Microenterprise
Contact Person for More Information: DATES: The period of support under this Development Grantees and Refugee
Sandra Malcom, Committee single-source award is February 1, 2016, Home-Based Child Care Microenterprise
Management Specialist, NCEH/ATSDR, through June 30, 2017. Development.
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