83_FR_22356 83 FR 22263 - Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, (BSC, NCIPC)

83 FR 22263 - Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, (BSC, NCIPC)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 93 (May 14, 2018)

Page Range22263-22264
FR Document2018-10224

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, (BSC, NCIPC). This meeting is open to the public limited only by the space and ports available. The meeting room accommodates 70 participants and there will be 125 ports available. Due to the limited accommodations by phone ports and room size, we are encouraging the public to please register using the link provided: Register Here. There will be public comment periods from 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m., on June 19, 2018, and from 11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m., on June 20, 2018. All public comments will be limited to two-minutes per speaker.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control, (BSC, NCIPC)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC 
announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, 
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, (BSC, NCIPC). This 
meeting is open to the public limited only by the space and ports 
available. The meeting room accommodates 70 participants and there will 
be 125 ports available. Due to the limited accommodations by phone 
ports and room size, we are encouraging the public to please register 
using the link provided: Register Here. There will be public comment 
periods from 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m., on June 19, 2018, and from 11:30 
a.m.-11:45 a.m., on June 20, 2018. All public comments will be limited 
to two-minutes per speaker.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 19, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., 
EDT and June 20, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee Campus, 
4770 Buford Highway, Building 107, Conference Room 1-A/B, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30341 and via Teleconference: Dial-In Number: 1-888-769-9404, 
Participant Code: 5536840. (U.S. & Canada Participants) 1-210-234-0065, 
Participant Code: 5536840 (International Participants).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D.,

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M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for Science, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 
Buford Highway NE, Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770) 
488-1430, Email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: The Board will: (1) Conduct, encourage, cooperate with, 
and assist other appropriate public health 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 preventing and suppressing communicable and 
non-communicable diseases and other preventable conditions and in 
promoting health and well-being; and (3) conduct and assist in research 
and control activities related to injury. The Board of Scientific 
Counselors makes recommendations regarding policies, strategies, 
objectives, and priorities; and reviews progress toward injury 
prevention goals and provides evidence in injury prevention-related 
research and programs. The Board also provides advice on the 
appropriate balance of intramural and extramural research, the 
structure, progress and performance of intramural programs. The Board 
is designed to provide guidance on extramural scientific program 
matters, including the: (1) Review of extramural research concepts for 
funding opportunity announcements; (2) conduct of Secondary Peer Review 
of extramural research grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts 
applications received in response to the funding opportunity 
announcements as it relates to the Center's programmatic balance and 
mission; (3) submission of secondary review recommendations to the 
Center Director of applications to be considered for funding support; 
(4) review of research portfolios, and (5) review of program proposals.
    Matters To Be Considered: Day One: The agenda will include 
discussions on Methodologies for Estimating Rates of Opioid 
Prescribing; a request and BSC vote to establish a workgroup to 
estimate, or provide reference points for, opioid prescribing for acute 
and chronic pain; the Center's focus on science matters to include 
research strategies needed to guide the Center's focus on reducing 
opioid overdose; and CDC and NIH research to reduce opioid overdose. 
Public comments on the formation of the Opioid Prescribing Estimates 
workgroup must be made during the comment period on June 19, 2018, 
11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m. to be considered before the BSC vote. Day Two: 
The agenda will include discussions on reducing youth violence through 
CDC's National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention, and 
discuss improvements to Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting 
System (WISQARS) data visualization. Agenda items are subject to change 
as priorities dictate.
    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.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
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                                               2. Legacy BancShares, Inc.,                           Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,                Availability
                                             Springdale, Arkansas; to merge with                     1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS F–57, Atlanta,                  The Draft Interaction Profile for
                                             Gravett Bancshares, Inc., Gravette,                     GA 30329, Attn: Docket ATSDR–2018–                    Mixtures of Insecticides: Pyrethroids,
                                             Arkansas, and thereby indirectly acquire                0004.                                                 Organophosphorus Compounds, and
                                             Bank of Gravett, Gravette, Arkansas.                      Instructions: All submissions must                  Carbamates is available online at
                                               Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve             include the agency name and docket                    https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
                                             System, May 9, 2018.                                    number for this notice. All relevant                  interactionprofiles/index.asp and at
                                             Yao-Chin Chao,                                          comments will be posted without                       www.regulations.gov, Docket No.
                                             Assistant Secretary of the Board.                       change. This means that no confidential               ATSDR–2018–0004.
                                             [FR Doc. 2018–10198 Filed 5–11–18; 8:45 am]             business information or other                         Pamela I. Protzel Berman,
                                             BILLING CODE P                                          confidential information should be
                                                                                                                                                           Director, Office of Policy, Planning and
                                                                                                     submitted in response to this notice.                 Partnerships, Agency for Toxic Substances
                                                                                                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   Dr.                and Disease Registry.
                                             DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                Hana Pohl, Division of Toxicology and                 [FR Doc. 2018–10204 Filed 5–11–18; 8:45 am]
                                             HUMAN SERVICES                                          Human Health Sciences, Agency for                     BILLING CODE 4163–70–P
                                                                                                     Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
                                             Agency for Toxic Substances and
                                                                                                     1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS F–57, Atlanta,
                                             Disease Registry                                                                                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                                                                     GA 30329. Telephone: 770.488.3355.
                                             [Docket No. ATSDR–2018–0004]                            Email: hrp1@cdc.gov.                                  HUMAN SERVICES

                                             Availability of Draft Interaction Profile               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       ATSDR                Centers for Disease Control and
                                             for Mixtures of Insecticides:                           develops interaction profiles for                     Prevention
                                             Pyrethroids, Organophosphorus                           hazardous substances found at the
                                             Compounds, and Carbamates                               National Priorities List (NPL) sites                  Board of Scientific Counselors,
                                                                                                     under Sections 104(i)(3) and (5) of the               National Center for Injury Prevention
                                             AGENCY:  Agency for Toxic substances                    Comprehensive Environmental                           and Control, (BSC, NCIPC)
                                             and Disease Registry (ATSDR),                           Response, Compensation, and Liability
                                             Department of Health and Human                                                                                AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and
                                                                                                     Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by                   Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
                                             Services (HHS).                                         the Superfund Amendments and                          and Human Services (HHS).
                                             ACTION: Notice of availability; request                 Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA).                   ACTION: Notice of meeting.
                                             for comments.                                           This law requires that ATSDR assess
                                                                                                     whether or not adequate information on                SUMMARY:   In accordance with the
                                             SUMMARY:    The Agency for Toxic
                                             Substances and Disease Registry                         health effects is available for priority              Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
                                             (ATSDR), within the Department of                       hazardous substances. Where such                      CDC announces the following meeting
                                             Health and Human Services (HHS)                         information is not available or under                 for the Board of Scientific Counselors,
                                             announces the availability of the Draft                 development, ATSDR shall, in                          National Center for Injury Prevention
                                             Interaction Profile for Mixtures of                     cooperation with the National                         and Control, (BSC, NCIPC). This
                                             Insecticides: Pyrethroids,                              Toxicology Program, initiate a research               meeting is open to the public limited
                                             Organophosphorus Compounds, and                         program to determine these health                     only by the space and ports available.
                                             Carbamates for review and comment.                      effects. The Act further directs that,                The meeting room accommodates 70
                                             This interaction profile evaluates a                    where feasible, ATSDR shall develop                   participants and there will be 125 ports
                                             mixture of chemicals often found in                     methods to determine the health effects               available. Due to the limited
                                             human blood, adipose tissue, and breast                 of these priority hazardous substances                accommodations by phone ports and
                                             milk. The purpose of this interaction                   in combination with other substances                  room size, we are encouraging the
                                             profile is to investigate the possible joint            commonly found with them.                             public to please register using the link
                                             actions of these chemicals on endocrine,                   To carry out these legislative                     provided: Register Here. There will be
                                             developmental, and neurobehavioral                      mandates, ATSDR has created a                         public comment periods from 11:10
                                             endpoints in humans. This interaction                                                                         a.m.–11:40 a.m., on June 19, 2018, and
                                                                                                     chemical mixtures program and
                                             profile has undergone external peer-                                                                          from 11:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m., on June 20,
                                                                                                     developed a document, ‘‘Framework for
                                             review and review by ATSDR’s                                                                                  2018. All public comments will be
                                                                                                     Assessing Health Impacts of Multiple
                                             Interagency Workgroup on Mixtures.                                                                            limited to two-minutes per speaker.
                                                                                                     Chemicals and Other Stressors,’’ that
                                               ATSDR remains committed to                                                                                  DATES: The meeting will be held on June
                                                                                                     outlines the latest methods for mixtures
                                             providing a public comment period for                   health assessment. The Framework                      19, 2018, 8:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m., EDT and
                                             these documents as a means to best                      document is available online at https://              June 20, 2018, 8:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.,
                                             serve public health and the public.                     www.atsdr.cdc.gov/interactionprofiles/                EDT.
                                             DATES: Comments must be submitted by                    ipga.html. In addition, a series of                   ADDRESSES: Center for Disease Control
                                             August 13, 2018.                                        documents, called ‘‘interaction                       and Prevention, Chamblee Campus,
                                             ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                     profiles,’’ is developed for certain                  4770 Buford Highway, Building 107,
                                             identified by docket number ATSDR–                      priority mixtures that are of special                 Conference Room 1–A/B, Atlanta,
                                             2018–0004, by any of the following                      concern to ATSDR. To recommend                        Georgia 30341 and via Teleconference:
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                                             methods:                                                approaches for the exposure-based                     Dial-In Number: 1–888–769–9404,
                                               • Internet: Access the Federal                        assessment of the potential hazard to                 Participant Code: 5536840. (U.S. &
                                             eRulemaking Portal at                                   public health, an interaction profile                 Canada Participants) 1–210–234–0065,
                                             www.regulations.gov. Follow the                         evaluates data on the toxicology of the               Participant Code: 5536840 (International
                                             instructions for submitting comments.                   whole priority mixture, if available, and             Participants).
                                               • Mail: Division of Toxicology and                    on the joint toxic action of the                      FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                             Human Health Sciences, Agency for                       chemicals in the mixture.                             Gwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D.,


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                                             M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for                 a.m.–11:40 a.m. to be considered before               •   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                             Science, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford                        the BSC vote. Day Two: The agenda will                •   BACKGROUND:
                                             Highway NE, Mailstop F–63, Atlanta,                     include discussions on reducing youth                 •   INFORMATION NEEDS:
                                                                                                                                                           •   REFERENCES:
                                             GA 30341, Telephone (770) 488–1430,                     violence through CDC’s National
                                             Email address: NCIPCBSC@cdc.gov.                        Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence               DATES:  Electronic or written comments
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              Prevention, and discuss improvements                  must be received by July 13, 2018.
                                                Purpose: The Board will: (1) Conduct,                to Web-based Injury Statistics Query                  ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
                                             encourage, cooperate with, and assist                   and Reporting System (WISQARS) data                   identified by CDC–2018–0046 and
                                             other appropriate public health                         visualization. Agenda items are subject               docket number NIOSH–313, by any of
                                             authorities, scientific institutions, and               to change as priorities dictate.                      the following methods:
                                             scientists in the conduct of research,                    The Director, Management Analysis                      • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
                                             investigations, experiments,                            and Services Office, has been delegated               www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                             demonstrations, and studies relating to                 the authority to sign Federal Register                instructions for submitting comments.
                                             the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control,              notices pertaining to announcements of                   • Mail: National Institute for
                                             and prevention of physical and mental                   meetings and other committee                          Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH
                                             diseases, and other impairments; (2)                    management activities, for both the                   Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue,
                                             assist States and their political                       Centers for Disease Control and                       MS C–34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226–1998.
                                             subdivisions in preventing and                          Prevention and the Agency for Toxic                      Instructions: All information received
                                             suppressing communicable and non-                       Substances and Disease Registry.                      in response to this notice must include
                                             communicable diseases and other                                                                               the agency name and docket number
                                                                                                     Claudette Grant,
                                             preventable conditions and in                                                                                 [CDC–2018–0046; NIOSH–313]. All
                                                                                                     Acting Director, Management Analysis and
                                             promoting health and well-being; and                                                                          relevant comments received will be
                                                                                                     Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
                                             (3) conduct and assist in research and                  and Prevention.                                       posted without change to
                                             control activities related to injury. The                                                                     www.regulations.gov, including any
                                                                                                     [FR Doc. 2018–10224 Filed 5–11–18; 8:45 am]
                                             Board of Scientific Counselors makes                                                                          personal information provided. For
                                                                                                     BILLING CODE 4163–18–P
                                             recommendations regarding policies,                                                                           access to the docket to read background
                                             strategies, objectives, and priorities; and                                                                   documents or comments received, go to
                                             reviews progress toward injury                          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              www.regulations.gov. All information
                                             prevention goals and provides evidence                  HUMAN SERVICES                                        received in response to this notice will
                                             in injury prevention-related research                                                                         also be available for public examination
                                             and programs. The Board also provides                   Centers for Disease Control and                       and copying at the NIOSH Docket
                                             advice on the appropriate balance of                    Prevention                                            Office, 1150 Tusculum Avenue, Room
                                             intramural and extramural research, the                                                                       155, Cincinnati, OH 45226–1998.
                                                                                                     [Docket Number CDC–2018–0046, NIOSH–
                                             structure, progress and performance of                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                     313]
                                             intramural programs. The Board is                                                                             Hongwei Hsiao, Ph.D., NIOSH Division
                                             designed to provide guidance on                         Occupational Robotics Research                        of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale
                                             extramural scientific program matters,                  Prioritization                                        Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, 304–
                                             including the: (1) Review of extramural                                                                       285–5910 (not a toll-free number),
                                             research concepts for funding                           AGENCY:  National Institute for                       hhsiao@cdc.gov.
                                             opportunity announcements; (2)                          Occupational Safety and Health                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Industrial
                                             conduct of Secondary Peer Review of                     (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease                    robots have been a significant part of the
                                             extramural research grants, cooperative                 Control and Prevention (CDC),                         workplace for decades. Within the last
                                             agreements, and contracts applications                  Department of Health and Human                        decade, there have been dramatic
                                             received in response to the funding                     Services (HHS).                                       advances in robotics technology which
                                             opportunity announcements as it relates                 ACTION: Request for information and                   have changed the types of work
                                             to the Center’s programmatic balance                    comment.                                              performed by robots and how robots
                                             and mission; (3) submission of                          SUMMARY:   The National Institute for                 interact with human workers. Whereas
                                             secondary review recommendations to                     Occupational Safety and Health of the                 traditional industrial robots operate in
                                             the Center Director of applications to be               Centers for Disease Control and                       cages or cells that are off-limits to
                                             considered for funding support; (4)                     Prevention has recently established the               human workers, newer types of robots
                                             review of research portfolios, and (5)                  Center for Occupational Robotics                      are designed to work in collaboration
                                             review of program proposals.                            Research. NIOSH is requesting                         with and in shared spaces with human
                                                Matters To Be Considered: Day One:                   information to guide the prioritization               workers. In collaborative operation,
                                             The agenda will include discussions on                  of research to be undertaken by the                   robots work in close proximity to
                                             Methodologies for Estimating Rates of                   Center. NIOSH is seeking input on                     humans and can potentially come into
                                             Opioid Prescribing; a request and BSC                   priority gaps in knowledge on the safety              contact depending on the collaborative
                                             vote to establish a workgroup to                        and health of humans working with                     functionality implemented into the
                                             estimate, or provide reference points for,              robotics technology, with an emphasis                 robot system. The use of robots has been
                                             opioid prescribing for acute and chronic                on worker safety and health research                  rapidly increasing in many industrial
                                             pain; the Center’s focus on science                     which is unlikely to be completed by                  sectors, including the manufacturing,
                                             matters to include research strategies                  other federal agencies, academia, and                 healthcare, mining, and construction
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                                             needed to guide the Center’s focus on                   the private sector.                                   sectors. The International Federation of
                                             reducing opioid overdose; and CDC and                                                                         Robotics reported that the worldwide
                                             NIH research to reduce opioid overdose.                 Table of Contents                                     growth of industrial robots will be at
                                             Public comments on the formation of                     • DATES:                                              least 15% annually from 2018 to 2020,
                                             the Opioid Prescribing Estimates                        • ADDRESSES:                                          and the stock of operational industrial
                                             workgroup must be made during the                       • FOR FURTHER INFORMATION                             robots will exceed 3 million units by the
                                             comment period on June 19, 2018, 11:10                    CONTACT:                                            end of 2020 [IFR 2017]. Within the


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on June 19, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., EDT and June 20, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., EDT.
ContactGwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D., M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for Science, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770)
FR Citation83 FR 22263 

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