[Federal Register: October 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 205)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health: Meeting

    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 committee meeting:

    Name: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH).
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.--3 p.m., November 20, 2002.
    Place: Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill, 525 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001, telephone 202/628-2100, fax 202/
879-7938.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and 
by delegation the Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, are authorized under Sections 301 and 308 of the Public 
Health Service Act to conduct directly or by grants or contracts, 
research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to occupational 
safety and health and to mine health. The Board of Scientific 
Counselors shall provide guidance to the Director, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on research and 
preventions programs. Specifically, the Board shall provide guidance 
on the Institute's research activities related to developing and 
evaluating hypotheses, systematically documenting findings and 
disseminating results. The Board shall evaluate the degree to which 
the activities of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health: (1) conform to appropriate scientific standards, (2) address 
current, relevant needs, and (3) produce intended results.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a report from the 
Director of NIOSH; Response to the BSC Report on NIOSH Beryllium 
Research; Discussion of Public Health Infrastructure for 
Occupational Safety and Health; Update on Musculoskeletal Research; 
Update on Approaches to Reducing Occupational Health Disparities; 
Closing Report.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Roger Rosa, Executive 
Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 715H, 
Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202)205-7856, fax (202)260-4464.
    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 17, 2002.
John Burckhardt,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-26910 Filed 10-22-02; 8:45 am]
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