Meetings:
Federal Register Volume 76, Number 200 (Monday, October 17, 2011)
Notices
Pages 64088-64089
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FR Doc No: 2011-26795
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Docket Number NIOSH-248
World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory
Committee (WTCHP STAC or Advisory Committee), 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 committee:
Committee Public Meeting Times and Dates: (All times are Eastern
Standard Time) 8:15 a.m.-5 p.m., November 9, 2011, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., November 10, 2011.
Public Comment Times and Dates: (All times are Eastern Standard
Time) 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m., November 9, 2011, 8:15 a.m.-9:15 a.m., November 10, 2011.
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Please note that the public comment period ends at the times indicated or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. Members of the public who want to comment must sign up at the meeting site, beginning at 8 a.m., each day, before the public comment time. Each commenter will be provided up to five minutes for comment. A limited number of time slots are available and will be assigned on a first come-first served basis. Written comments will also be accepted from those unable to attend the public sessions.
Place: Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza, New
York, New York, 10278.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting space accommodates approximately 300 people. No additional seating will be allowed in the meeting space. In addition, there will be an audio conference setup for those who cannot attend in person. The conference line will accommodate up to 300 callers; therefore it is suggested that those interested in calling in to listen to the committee meeting share a line when possible.
Security Considerations: Due to mandatory security clearance procedures at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, in-person attendees must present valid government-issued picture identification to security personnel upon entering the building and go through an airport-type security check. Non-U.S. citizens are encouraged to participate in the audio conferencing due to the extra clearance involved with in-person attendance. To attend in person, a non-U.S. citizen will have to call or send an e-mail before October 25, 2011, to the contact person in this Notice, and provide passport information. If clearance is received, you will be notified; otherwise, you will not be able to attend the meeting in person.
Background: The Advisory Committee was established by Public Law 111-347 (The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010,
Title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act), enacted on January 2, 2011 and codified at 42 U.S.C. 300mm-300mm-61.
Purpose: The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to review scientific and medical evidence and to make recommendations to the
World Trade Center (WTC) Program Administrator regarding additional WTC
Health Program eligibility criteria and potential additions to the list of covered WTC-related health conditions.
Title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act established within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the World Trade
Center (WTC) Health Program, to be administered by the WTC Program
Administrator. The WTC Health Program provides: (1) Medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers (including those who are Federal employees) who responded to the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks, and (2) initial health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment benefits to residents and other building occupants and area workers in New York City, who were directly impacted and adversely affected by such attacks
(``survivors'').
Certain specific activities of the WTC Program Administrator are reserved to the Secretary, HHS, to delegate at her discretion; other
WTC Program Administrator duties not explicitly reserved to the
Secretary, HHS, are assigned to the Director, NIOSH. The administration of the Advisory Committee established under Section 300mm-1(a) is left to the Director of NIOSH in his role as WTC Program Administrator. CDC and NIOSH provide funding, staffing, and administrative support services for the Advisory Committee. The charter was issued on May 12, 2011, and will expire on May 12, 2013.
Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the Advisory Committee meeting includes: WTC Health Program Overview; Panel Presentations from
WTC Responders and Survivors; Presentations from WTC Health Program
Medical Monitoring and Treatment Programs and Health Registry; and discussion regarding ways and means of accomplishing the committee's work.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
In the event an individual cannot attend, written comments may be submitted. The comments should be limited to two pages and submitted to the contact person below by October 28, 2011. Efforts will be made to provide the two-page written comments received by the deadline below at the meeting. Comments in excess of two pages will be made publicly available at the NIOSH docket (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/archive/docket248.html). Submissions to the docket should reference docket 248, and be sent to the NIOSH Docket Office at:
Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories,
MS-C-34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Facsimile: (513) 533-8285.
E-mail: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
Telephone: (513) 533-8611.
Policy on Redaction of Committee Meeting Transcripts (Public
Comment): Transcripts will be prepared and posted to NIOSH Docket 248 within 30 days after the meeting. If a person making a comment gives his or her name, no attempt will be made to redact that name. NIOSH will take reasonable steps to ensure that individuals making public comments are aware of the fact that their comments
(including their name, if provided) will appear in a transcript of the meeting posted on a public Web site. Such reasonable steps include: (a)
A statement read at the start of the meeting stating that transcripts will be posted and names of speakers will not be redacted; and (b) A printed copy of the statement mentioned in (a) above will be displayed on the table where individuals sign up to make public comments. If individuals in making a statement reveal personal information (e.g., medical information) about themselves, that information will not usually be redacted. The CDC Freedom of Information Act coordinator will, however, review such revelations in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and if deemed appropriate, will redact such information. Disclosures of information concerning third party medical information will be redacted.
Contact Person for More Information: Paul J. Middendorf, PhD,
Designated Federal Official, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway Mail
Stop R-45, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone 1 (888) 982-4748; e-mail: wtc-stac@cdc.gov.
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.
Dated: October 11, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
FR Doc. 2011-26795 Filed 10-14-11; 8:45 am
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