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issued by EPA covering any vehicle they 

intend to offer for sale in the United 

States. A certificate of conformity 

represents that the respective vehicle 

conforms to all applicable emissions 

requirements. In issuing a certificate of 

conformity, EPA reviews vehicle 

information and emissions test data to 

determine if the required testing has 

been performed and the required 

emissions levels have been 

demonstrated. After a certificate of 

conformity has been issued, the Agency 

may request additional information to 

verify that the product continues to 

meet its certified emissions standards 

throughout its useful life. 

Form Numbers: Highway Motorcycle 

HC+NOx Average Exhaust Emissions 

Model Year Report (5900–339); 

Manufacturer Production Report for 

Engine/Equipment Manufacturers— 

Heavy—Duty, Nonroad, and Highway 

Motorcycles (5900–90); List of 

Emissions-Related Components (5900– 

653); Catalyst Information (5900–464); 

AECD Reporting Template (5900–654) 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

on-highway motorcycle manufacturers 

and importers. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 86). 

Estimated number of respondents: 95 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual, 

unless otherwise specified under 40 

CFR part 86, subpart E. 

Total estimated burden: 5832 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,124,869 (per 

year), which includes $31,998 

annualized capital and $342,565 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is an 

increase of 379 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden but a 

decrease of $63,760 in the total 

estimated respondent cost compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase in hours but 

decrease in total estimated cost is 

primarily due to the inclusion of electric 

motorcycle manufacturers who must 

certify their engine families but are not 

subject to exhaust or evaporative 

emissions testing requirements. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0967, OMB 3060–1053; FR ID 

182049] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal Agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before November 30, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. No person shall 

be subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid OMB control number. 

As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork burdens, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC 

invited the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific 

comment on how it might ‘‘further 

reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0967. 

Title: Section 79.2, Accessibility of 

Programming Providing Emergency 

Information, and Emergency 

Information; Section 79.105, Audio 

Description and Emergency Information 

Accessibility Requirements for All 

Apparatus; Section 79.106, Audio 

Description and Emergency Information 

Accessibility Requirements for 

Recording Devices. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit; 

Not-for-profit institutions; and State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 158 respondents; 261 

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Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 to 

5 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual and 

on occasion reporting requirements; 

Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

The statutory authority for the 

collection is contained in the TwentyFirst Century Communications and 

Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public 

Law 111–260, 124 Stat. 2751, and 

sections 4(i), 4(j), 303, 330(b), 713, and 

716 of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 

303, 330(b), 613, and 617. 

Total Annual Burden: 275 hours. 

Annual Cost Burden: $15,300. 

Needs and Uses: In 2000, the 

Commission adopted rules to require 

video programming distributors (VPDs) 

to make emergency information 

provided in the audio portion of the 

programming accessible to viewers who 

have hearing disabilities. Second Report 

and Order, MM Docket No. 95–176, FCC 

00–136. Later that year, to ensure that 

televised emergency information is 

accessible to viewers who are blind or 

visually impaired, the Commission 

modified its rules to require VPDs to 

make emergency information audible 

when provided in the video portion of 

a regularly scheduled newscast or a 

newscast that interrupts regular 

programming, and to provide an aural 

tone when emergency information is 

provided visually during regular 

programming (e.g., through screen 

crawls or scrolls). Report and Order, 

MM Docket No. 99–339, FCC 00–258. 

In 2013, the Commission adopted 

rules related to accessible emergency 

information and apparatus requirements 

for emergency information and video 

description. Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

MB Docket Nos. 12–107 and 11–43, FCC 

13–45. Specifically, the Commission’s 

rules require that VPDs and video 

programming providers (VPPs) 

(including program owners) make 

emergency information accessible to 

individuals who are blind or visually 

impaired by using a secondary audio 

stream to convey televised emergency 

information aurally, when such 

information is conveyed visually during 

programming other than newscasts. The 

Commission’s rules also require certain 

apparatus that receive, play back, or 

record video programming to make 

available audio description services and 

accessible emergency information. 

In 2015, the Commission adopted 

rules to require the following: (1) 

apparatus manufacturers must provide a 

mechanism that is simple and easy to 

use for activating the secondary audio 

stream to access audible emergency 

information; and (2) starting no later 

than July 10, 2017, multichannel video 

programming distributors (MVPDs) 

must pass through the secondary audio 

stream containing audible emergency 

information when it is provided on 

linear programming accessed on second 

screen devices (e.g., tablets, 

smartphones, laptops and similar 

devices) over their networks as part of 

their MVPD services. Second Report and 

Order and Second Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 

12–107, FCC 15–56. 

Finally, in 2020, the Commission 

adopted rules that included 

modernizing the term ‘‘video 

description’’ in the subject rules to the 

more widely understood ‘‘audio 

description.’’ Report and Order, MB 

Docket No. 11–43, FCC 20–155. These 

rules are codified at 47 CFR 79.2, 

79.105, and 79.106. 

Information Collection Requirements 

(a) Complaints alleging violations of 

the emergency information rules. 

Section 79.2(c) of the Commission’s 

rules provides that a complaint alleging 

a violation of § 79.2 of its rules, may be 

transmitted to the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau by any 

reasonable means, such as the 

Commission’s online informal 

complaint filing system, letter, facsimile 

transmission, telephone (voice/TRS/ 

TTY), internet email, audio-cassette 

recording, Braille, or some other method 

that would best accommodate the 

complainant’s disability. After the 

Commission receives the informal 

complaint, the Commission notifies the 

VPD or VPP of the complaint, and the 

VPD or VPP has 30 days to reply. 

(b) Complaints alleging violations of 

the apparatus emergency information 

and audio description requirements. 

Complaints alleging violations of the 

rules containing apparatus emergency 

information and audio description 

requirements, 47 CFR 79.105–79.106, 

may be transmitted to the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau by any 

reasonable means, such as the 

Commission’s online informal 

complaint filing system, letter in writing 

or Braille, facsimile transmission, 

telephone (voice/TRS/TTY), email, or 

some other method that would best 

accommodate the complainant’s 

disability. Given that the population 

intended to benefit from the rules 

adopted will be blind or visually 

impaired, if a complainant calls the 

Commission for assistance in preparing 

a complaint, Commission staff will 

document the complaint in writing for 

the consumer. The Commission will 

forward such complaints, as 

appropriate, to the named manufacturer 

or provider for its response, as well as 

to any other entity that Commission 

staff determines may be involved, and 

may request additional information 

from any relevant parties when, in the 

estimation of Commission staff, such 

information is needed to investigate the 

complaint or adjudicate potential 

violations of Commission rules. 

(c) Requests for Commission 

determination of technical feasibility of 

emergency information and audio 

description apparatus requirements. 

The requirements pertaining to 

apparatus designed to receive or play 

back video programming apply only to 

the extent they are ‘‘technically 

feasible.’’ Parties may raise technical 

infeasibility as a defense when faced 

with a complaint alleging a violation of 

the apparatus requirements or they may 

file a request for a ruling under section 

1.41 of the Commission’s rules as to 

technical infeasibility before 

manufacturing or importing the product. 

(d) Requests for Commission 

determination of achievability of 

emergency information and audio 

description apparatus requirements. 

The requirements pertaining to 

certain apparatus designed to receive, 

play back, or record video programming 

apply only to the extent they are 

achievable. Manufacturers of apparatus 

that use a picture screen of less than 13 

inches in size and of recording devices 

may petition the Commission, pursuant 

to 47 CFR 1.41, for a full or partial 

exemption from the audio description 

and emergency information 

requirements before manufacturing or 

importing the apparatus. Alternatively, 

manufacturers may assert that a 

particular apparatus is fully or partially 

exempt as a response to a complaint, 

which the Commission may dismiss 

upon a finding that the requirements of 

this section are not achievable. A 

petition for exemption or a response to 

a complaint must be supported with 

sufficient evidence to demonstrate that 

compliance with the requirements is not 

achievable (meaning with reasonable 

effort or expense), and the Commission 

will consider four specific factors when 

making such a determination. 

(e) Petitions for purpose-based 

waivers of emergency information and 

audio description apparatus 

requirements. 

The Commission may waive 

emergency information and audio 

description apparatus requirements for 

any apparatus or class of apparatus that 

is (a) primarily designed for activities 

other than receiving or playing back 

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simultaneously with sound, or (b) 

designed for multiple purposes, capable 

of receiving or playing video 

programming transmitted 

simultaneously with sound but whose 

essential utility is derived from other 

purposes. The Commission will address 

any requests for a purpose-based waiver 

on a case-by-case basis, and waivers will 

be available prospectively for 

manufacturers seeking certainty prior to 

the sale of a device. 

(f) Submission and review of 

consumer eligibility to receive an 

accessible set-top box. 

The Commission granted DIRECTV a 

waiver with respect to the set-top box 

models on which it is not able to 

implement audio functionality for 

emergency information, but conditioned 

such relief by requiring DIRECTV to 

provide, upon request and at no 

additional cost to customers who are 

blind or visually impaired, a set-top box 

model that is capable of providing aural 

emergency information. DIRECTV may 

require customers who are blind or 

visually impaired to submit reasonable 

documentation of disability to DIRECTV 

as a condition to providing the box at 

no additional cost. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1053. 

Title: Misuse of Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS); 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 187,173 respondents; 

673,980 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1 

hours (6 minutes) to 40 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, every 

five years, monthly, and ongoing 

reporting requirements; Recordkeeping 

requirements; Third party disclosure 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for the information collection 

requirements is found at Sec. 225 [47 

U.S.C. 225] Telecommunications 

Services for Hearing-Impaired 

Individuals; The Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, (ADA), Public 

Law 101–336, 104 Stat. 327, 366–69, 

enacted on July 26, 1990. 

Total Annual Burden: 342,103 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $72,000. 

Needs and Uses: On August 1, 2003, 

the Commission released 

Telecommunication Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98–67, 

Declaratory Ruling, 68 FR 55898, 

September 28, 2003, clarifying that oneline captioned telephone voice carry 

over (VCO) service is a type of 

telecommunications relay service (TRS) 

and that eligible providers of such 

services are eligible to recover their 

costs from the Interstate TRS Fund 

(Fund) in accordance with section 225 

of the Communications Act. 

On July 19, 2005, the Commission 

released Telecommunication Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities, CC Docket No. 98– 

67 and CG Docket No. 03–123, Order, 70 

FR 54294, September 14, 2005, 

clarifying that two-line captioned 

telephone VCO service, like one-line 

captioned telephone VCO service, is a 

type of TRS eligible for compensation 

from the Fund. 

On January 11, 2007, the Commission 

released Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities, CG Docket No. 03– 

123, Declaratory Ruling, 72 FR 6960, 

February 14, 2007, granting a request for 

clarification that Internet Protocol (IP) 

captioned telephone relay service (IP 

CTS) is a type of TRS eligible for 

compensation from the Fund. 

On August 26, 2013, the Commission 

issued Misuse of Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123, Report and Order, 78 FR 53684, 

August 30, 2013, to regulate practices 

relating to the marketing of IP CTS, 

impose certain requirements for the 

provision of this service, and mandate 

registration and certification of IP CTS 

users. 

On June 8, 2018, the Commission 

issued Misuse of Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123, Report and Order and 

Declaratory Ruling, 83 FR 30082, June 

27, 2018 (2018 IP CTS Modernization 

Order), to facilitate the Commission’s 

efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse 

and improve its ability to efficiently 

manage the IP CTS program through 

regulating practices related to the 

marketing of IP CTS, generally 

prohibiting the provision of IP CTS to 

consumers who do not genuinely need 

the service, permitting the provision of 

IP CTS in emergency shelters, and 

approving the use of automatic speech 

recognition to generate captions without 

the assistance of a communications 

assistant. 

On February 15, 2019, the 

Commission issued Misuse of Internet 

Protocol Captioned Telephone Service; 

Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services for 

Individuals with Hearing and Speech 

Disabilities, CG Docket Nos. 13–24 and 

03–123, Report and Order, and Order, 

84 FR 8457, March 8, 2019 (2019 IP CTS 

Program Management Order), requiring 

the submission of IP CTS user 

registration information to the 

telecommunications relay service (TRS) 

User Registration Database (Database) so 

that the Database administrator can 

verify IP CTS users to reduce the risk of 

waste, fraud, and abuse in the IP CTS 

program. 

On June 30, 2022, the Commission 

issued Telecommunications Relay 

Services and Speech-to-Speech Services 

for Individuals with Hearing and 

Speech Disabilities; Structure and 

Practices of the Video Relay Service 

Program; Misuse of Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service, CG 

Docket Nos. 03–123, 10–51, and 13–24, 

Report and Order, published at 87 FR 

57645, September 21, 2022 (Registration 

Grace Period Order), allowing IP CTS 

and Video Relay Service (VRS) 

providers to provide compensable 

service to a new user for up to two 

weeks after submitting the user’s 

information to the Database if the user’s 

identity is verified within that period, in 

order to offer more efficient service to IP 

CTS and VRS users without risk of 

waste, fraud, and abuse to the Fund. 

On September 30, 2022, the 

Commission released the Accessible 

Carceral Communications Order, Rates 

for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 

WC Docket No.12–375, Fourth Report 

and Order, published at 87 FR 75496, 

December, 9, 2022, (Accessible Carceral 

Communications Order), requiring 

inmate calling services providers to 

provide incarcerated TRS-eligible users 

the ability to access any relay service 

eligible for TRS Fund support. To 

facilitate the registration of IP CTS users 

in carceral facilities, the Commission 

amended the registration and 

verification requirements for individual 

users. The programmatic changes in 

information collection burdens that 

apply to VRS and IP Relay due to the 

Accessible Carceral Communications 

Order are addressed separately in 

modifications to information collection 

No. 3060–1089. 

This notice and request for comments 

pertains to the programmatic changes in 


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1 42 U.S.C. 300mm–51. 

2Public Law 117–328 (Dec. 29, 2022). 

3WTC survivors include individuals who lived, 

worked, went to school, or attended child or adult 

day care in the NYCDA on September 11, 2001, or 

in the following days, weeks, or months and those 

otherwise meeting the eligibility criteria in 42 CFR 

88.7 or 88.8. 

information collection burdens that 

apply to IP CTS due to the Accessible 

Carceral Communications Order. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23935 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

appointment of members to the FTC 

Performance Review Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Campbell, Chief Human Capital 

Officer, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20580, (202) 436–0152. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Publication of the Performance Review 

Board (PRB) membership is required by 

5 U.S.C. 4314 (c) (4). The PRB reviews 

and evaluates the initial appraisal of a 

senior executive’s performance by the 

supervisor, and makes 

recommendations regarding 

performance ratings, performance 

awards, and pay-for-performance pay 

adjustments to the Chair. 

The following individuals have been 

designated to serve on the Commission’s 

Performance Review Board: 

Dianne Campbell, Chief Human Capital 

Officer 

Anisha Dasgupta, General Counsel 

Monique Fortenberry, Director, Office of 

Workplace Inclusivity & Opportunity 

Tara Koslov, Deputy Director, Bureau of 

Competition 

Alison Oldale, Deputy Director, Bureau 

of Economics 

David Robbins, Executive Director, PRB 

Chair 

Monica Vaca, Deputy Director, Bureau 

of Consumer Protection 

By direction of the Commission. 

April J. Tabor, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23993 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[Docket No. CDC–2023–0027, NIOSH–350] 

World Trade Center Health Program; 

Youth Research Cohort; Request for 

Information 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Request for information; 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: CDC’s National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) is extending the public 

comment period for a request for 

information (RFI) that was initially 

published April 26, 2023 and extended 

on August 18, 2023, regarding a World 

Trade Center (WTC) Health Program 

research cohort for future studies on 

health, social, and educational impacts 

among persons exposed to the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 

who were aged 21 years or younger at 

the time of their exposures. With this 

notice, the comment period is extended 

an additional 90 days to allow 

interested parties additional time to 

respond. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted through either of the 

following two methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov (follow the 

instructions for submitting comments), 

or 

• By Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, 

Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS C–34, 

1090 Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati, 

Ohio 45226–1998. 

Instructions: All written submissions 

received in response to this notice must 

include the agency name (Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, HHS) 

and docket number (CDC–2023–0027, 

NIOSH–350) for this action. All relevant 

comments, including any personal 

information provided, will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Weiss, Program Analyst, 1090 

Tusculum Ave., MS C–46, Cincinnati, 

OH 45226; Telephone (404) 498–2500 

(this is not a toll-free number); Email 

NIOSHregs@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The WTC 

Health Program was established by title 

I of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and 

Compensation Act of 2010, Public Law 

111–347, as amended by Public Law 

114–113, Public Law 116–59, and 

Public Law 117–328, adding title XXXIII 

to the Public Health Service (PHS) Act 

(codified at 42 U.S.C. 300mm–300mm– 

62). All references to the Administrator 

in this document mean the Director of 

the NIOSH within CDC, or his or her 

designee. 

The WTC Health Program conducts 

research among its members receiving 

monitoring or treatment in the Program 

and in sampled populations outside the 

New York City disaster area (NYCDA), 

as defined in section 3306(7) of the PHS 

Act, in Manhattan as far north as 14th 

Street and in Brooklyn.1

In December 2022, the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2023 2 amended 

section 3341 of the PHS Act to direct the 

Administrator, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Education, to establish a 

new research cohort. The cohort must 

be of sufficient size to conduct future 

research studies on the health and 

educational impacts of ‘‘exposure to 

airborne toxins, or any other hazard or 

adverse condition, resulting from the 

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 

including on the population of 

individuals who were 21 years of age or 

younger at the time of exposure, 

including such individuals who are 

screening-eligible WTC survivors or 

certified-eligible WTC survivors.’’ 3 The 

new WTC Health Program youth 

research cohort is referred to as ‘‘WTC 

Youth.’’ In accordance with section 

3341, the cohort of WTC Youth must: 

• Be of sufficient size to conduct 

future research studies on the health 

and educational impacts of 9/11 

exposures; 

• Include in this group sufficient 

representation of individuals who were 

21 years of age or younger at the time 

of exposure; and 

• Include in this group individuals 

who are screening-eligible WTC 

survivors or certified-eligible WTC 

survivors. 

The cohort may also include 

individuals who were 21 years of age or 

younger on September 11, 2001, who 

were located outside the NYCDA and in 

Manhattan not further north than 14th 

Street; or anywhere within the borough 

of Brooklyn. Additionally, the cohort 

may include age-appropriate control 

populations as needed for research 

purposes. 


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