Request for Public Comment on the Draft Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) Value Document for Hydrogen Chloride

• Court: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention
• Citation: 88 FR 54319
• Published date: 10 August 2023
• Record Number: 2023-17129
• Section: Notices

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smartphones, or videophones are

available to incarcerated people who

need to use TRS for effective

communication, and all necessary TRS

provider software applications are

included, with any adjustments needed

to meet the security needs of the

institution. The Commission required

that providers ensure compatibility with

institutional communication systems

and allow operability over the inmate

calling services provider’s network.

On January 5, 2023, the President

signed into law the Martha Wright-Reed

Just and Reasonable Communications

Act of 2022, Public Law 117–338, 136

Stat. 6156 (the Martha Wright-Reed Act

or the Act), expanding the

Commission’s statutory authority over

communications services between

incarcerated people and the non-

incarcerated to include ‘‘any audio or

video communications service used by

inmates . . . regardless of the

technology used.’’ The new Act also

amends section 2(b) of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended (the Communications Act) to

make clear that the Commission’s

authority extends to intrastate as well as

interstate and international

communications services used by

incarcerated people.

The Act directs the Commission to

‘‘promulgate any regulations necessary

to implement’’ the statutory provisions,

including its mandate that the

Commission establish a ‘‘compensation

plan’’ ensuring that all rates and charges

for IPCS ‘‘are just and reasonable,’’ not

earlier than 18 months and not later

than 24 months after its January 5, 2023

enactment. The Act also requires the

Commission to consider, as part of its

implementation, the costs of

‘‘necessary’’ safety and security

measures, as well as ‘‘differences in

costs’’ based on facility size, or ‘‘other

characteristics.’’ It also allows the

Commission to ‘‘use industry-wide

average costs of telephone service and

advanced communications services and

the average costs of service a

communications service provider’’ in

determining just and reasonable rates.

On March 17, 2023, pursuant to the

directive that the Commission

implement the new Act and establish

just and reasonable rates for IPCS

services, the Commission released

Incarcerated People’s Communications

Services; Implementation of the Martha

Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate

Inmate Calling Services, WC Docket

Nos. 23–62, 12–375, Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking and Order, FCC 23–19, 88

FR 20804 (2023 IPCS Notice) and 88 FR

19001 (Order) (2023 IPCS Order). The

Commission sought comment on how to

interpret the Act’s language to ensure

that the Commission implements the

statute in a manner that fulfills

Congress’s intent. Because the

Commission is now required or allowed

to consider certain types of costs, the

Act contemplates that it would

undertake an additional data collection.

To ensure that it has the data necessary

to meet its substantive and procedural

responsibilities under the Act, the

Commission adopted the 2023 IPCS

Order delegating authority to WCB and

the Office of Economics and Analytics

(OEA) to modify the template and

instructions for the most recent data

collection to the extent appropriate to

timely collect such information to cover

the additional services and providers

now subject to the Commission’s

authority. On April 28, 2023, WCB and

OEA issued a Public Notice seeking

comment on all aspects of the proposed

data collection. WCB and OEA Seek

Comment on Proposed 2023 Mandatory

Data Collection for Incarcerated

People’s Communication Services, WC

Docket Nos. 23–62, 12–375, Public

Notice, DA 23–355 (WCB/OEA Apr. 28,

2023). On July 26, 2023, WCB and OEA

released an Order adopting instructions,

a reporting template, and a certification

form to implement the 2023 Mandatory

Data Collection. Incarcerated People’s

Communications Services;

Implementation of the Martha Wright-

Reed Act, Rates for Interstate Inmate

Calling Services, WC Docket Nos. 23–62,

12–375, Order, DA 23–638 (July 26,

2023).

In the 2023 IPCS Order, the

Commission also reaffirmed and

updated its prior delegation of authority

to WCB and the Consumer and

Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB)

(collectively, the Bureaus) to revise the

instructions and reporting templates for

the Annual Reports. Specifically, the

Commission delegated to the Bureaus

the authority to modify, supplement,

and update the instructions and

templates for the Annual Reports, as

appropriate, to supplement the

information the Commission will

receive in response to the 2023

Mandatory Data Collection.

On August 3, 2023, the Bureaus

issued a Public Notice seeking comment

on proposed revisions to the

instructions, template, and certification

form for the Annual Reports, https://

www.fcc.gov/proposed-2023-ipcs-

annual-reports, which are necessary to

reflect the revised rules improving

access to communications services for

incarcerated people with

communication disabilities adopted in

the 2022 ICS Order and to help

implement the Martha Wright-Reed Act

to ensure just and reasonable rates for

consumers and fair compensation for

providers. Wireline Competition Bureau

and Consumer and Governmental

Affairs Bureau Seek Comment on

Revisions to IPCS Providers’ Annual

Reporting and Certification

Requirements, Public Notice, WC

Docket Nos. 23–62, 12–375, DA 23–656

(Aug. 3, 2023). https://www.fcc.gov/

document/2023-incarcerated-peoples-

communications-services-annual-

reports-pn.

Notice of this document will be

published in the Federal Register. The

Bureaus will consider comments

submitted in response to the Public

Notice in addition to comments

submitted in response to this 60-Day

Notice in finalizing this information

collection prior to submitting the

documents to the Office of Management

and Budget.

Federal Communications Commission.

Katura Jackson,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Docket Number CDC–2023–0057, NIOSH–

156–F]

Request for Public Comment on the

Draft Immediately Dangerous to Life or

Health (IDLH) Value Document for

Hydrogen Chloride

AGENCY

: Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health

and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION

: Request for comment.

SUMMARY

: The National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH) in the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), an

Operating Division of the Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS),

requests public comment and technical

review on the draft Immediately

Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH)

Value Profile document for the chemical

hydrogen chloride (CAS# 7647–01–0).

DATES

: Electronic or written comments

must be received by October 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES

: You may submit comments,

identified by docket number CDC–

2023–0057 and docket number NIOSH–

156–F, by either of the following

methods:

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•Federal eRulemaking Portal:

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the

instructions for submitting comments.

•Mail: National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH

Docket Office, 1090 Tusculum Avenue,

MS C–34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226–1998.

Instructions: All information received

in response to this notice must include

the agency name and docket number

(CDC–2023–0057; NIOSH–156–F). All

relevant comments, including any

personal information provided, will be

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov. Do not submit

comments by email. CDC does not

accept comments by email. For access to

the docket to read background

documents or comments received, go to

https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

: R.

Todd Niemeier, Ph.D., National Institute

for Occupational Safety and Health,

MS–C15, 1090 Tusculum Avenue,

Cincinnati, OH 45226. Telephone: (513)

533–8166.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: NIOSH is

requesting public comment and

technical review on a draft IDLH Value

Profile document for the chemical

hydrogen chloride. To facilitate the

review of this document, NIOSH

requests comment on the following

specific questions for the draft Profile

document:

1. Does this document clearly outline

the health hazards associated with acute

(or short-term) exposures to the

chemical? If not, what specific

information is missing from the

document?

2. Are the rationale and logic behind

the derivation of an IDLH value for a

specific chemical clearly explained? If

not, what specific information is needed

to clarify the basis of the IDLH value?

3. Are the conclusions supported by

the data?

4. Are the tables clear and

appropriate?

5. Is the document organized

appropriately? If not, what

improvements are needed?

6. Are you aware of any scientific data

reported in government publications,

databases, peer-reviewed journals, or

other sources that should be included

within this document?

The draft IDLH Value Profile was

developed to provide the scientific

rationale behind derivation of IDLH

values for the following chemical:

Document # Chemical CAS #

X–XX ............. Hydrogen Chloride (#7647–01–0)

The IDLH Value Profile provides a

detailed summary of the health hazards

of acute exposures to high airborne

concentrations of the chemical and the

rationale for the IDLH value.

Background: In 2013, NIOSH

published Current Intelligence Bulletin

(CIB) 66: Derivation of Immediately

Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH)

Values [http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/

2014-100/pdfs/2014-100.pdf] [NIOSH

2013]. The information presented in this

CIB represents the scientific rationale

and the current methodology used to

derive IDLH values. Since the

establishment of the IDLH values in the

1970s, NIOSH has continued to review

available scientific data to improve the

protocol used to derive acute exposure

guidelines, in addition to the chemical

specific IDLH values.

IDLH values are based on health

effects considerations determined

through a critical assessment of the

toxicology and human health effects

data. This approach ensures that the

IDLH values reflect an airborne

concentration of a substance that

represents a high-risk situation that may

endanger workers’ lives or health.

The primary steps applied in the

establishment of an IDLH value include

the following:

1. Critical review of human and

animal toxicity data to identify

potentially relevant studies and

characterize the various lines of

evidence that can support the derivation

of the IDLH value;

2. Determination of a chemical’s mode

of action or description of how a

chemical exerts its toxic effects;

3. Application of duration

adjustments (time scaling) to determine

30-minute-equivalent exposure

concentrations and the conduct of other

dosimetry adjustments, as needed;

4. Experimental or other data to

establish a point of departure (POD)

such as lethal concentrations (e.g.,

LC50), lowest observed adverse effect

level (LOAEL), or no observed adverse

effect level (NOAEL);

5. Selection and application of an

uncertainty factor (UF) for POD or

critical adverse effect concentration,

identified from the available studies to

account for issues associated with

interspecies and intraspecies

differences, severity of the observed

effects, data quality, or data

insufficiencies; and

6. Development of the final

recommendation for the IDLH value

from the various alternative lines of

evidence, with use of a weight-of-

evidence approach to all the data.

Reference

NIOSH [2013]. Current intelligence

bulletin 66: derivation of immediately

dangerous to life or health (IDLH) values.

Cincinnati, OH: US Department of Health

and Human Services, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS

(NIOSH) Publication 2014–100.

Dated: August 4, 2023.

John J. Howard,

Director, National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA–2023–N–3103]

Development of Small Dispensers

Assessment Under the Drug Supply

Chain Security Act; Request for

Comments

AGENCY

: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION

: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY

: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA or Agency) is

seeking stakeholder comments on the

development of a technology and

software assessment that examines the

feasibility of dispensers with 25 or

fewer full-time employees conducting

interoperable, electronic tracing of

products at the package level. FDA

would like to obtain information

regarding issues to be addressed in the

assessment related to the accessibility of

the necessary software and hardware to

such dispensers; whether the necessary

software and hardware is prohibitively

expensive to obtain, install, and

maintain for such dispensers; and if the

necessary hardware and software can be

integrated into business practices.

DATES

: Either electronic or written

comments on the notice must be

submitted by September 11, 2023.

ADDRESSES

: You may submit comments

as follows. Please note that late,

untimely filed comments will not be

considered. The https://

www.regulations.gov electronic filing

system will accept comments until

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of

September 11, 2023. Comments received

by mail/hand delivery/courier (for

written/paper submissions) will be

considered timely if they are received

on or before that date.

Electronic Submissions

Submit electronic comments in the

following way:

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