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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. 

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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. 

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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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In response to these new 

requirements, the Administrator, 

following consultation with the 

Secretary of Education, will engage the 

public for input on a multi-phased 

approach for establishing the youth 

cohort. At this time, the Administrator 

seeks initial comments on the following 

approach: 

1. Phase I: Community Engagement: 

Gather sufficient information from 

educators, scientists, and community 

members on options for establishing a 

youth cohort that will efficiently 

support future research. 

2. Phase II: Options Development: Use 

the information gathered in Phase I to 

develop a set of options for moving 

forward with establishing the youth 

cohort. 

3. Phase III: Options Ranking: Engage 

community in ranking the options 

developed in Phase II. 

4. Phase IV: Option Selection and 

Implementation: Use the information 

from Phase III to select the preferred 

option(s) for establishing the youth 

cohort. 

Request for Information 

NIOSH previously published this 

request for information in the Federal 

Register (88 FR 25406) on April 26, 

2023 and again on August 18, 2023 (88 

FR 56630). With this request for 

information, NIOSH is further extending 

the public comment period and is again 

soliciting information from any 

interested party, including educators, 

researchers, clinicians, community 

members, WTC Health Program 

members, treatment providers, and 

government agencies at all levels 

(Federal, State, Territorial, local, and 

Tribal), regarding the proposed 

approach to establishing the WTC 

Health Program youth cohort. 

In particular, NIOSH seeks comments 

on the following items regarding the 

general approach to assembling the 

cohort, as described above: 

1. Whether the four-phased approach 

for establishing the youth cohort is 

comprehensive and adequately 

incorporates community involvement in 

selecting a preferred approach for 

establishing the youth cohort. 

2. Any potential partnerships for 

future actions for establishing the cohort 

of WTC Youth. 

NIOSH also seeks information on the 

following scientific parameters, best 

practices, and approaches for 

assembling a research cohort that is best 

suited for future research of WTC 

Youth: 

3. Ideas regarding outreach, 

recruitment, retention, community 

involvement, and project oversight. 

NIOSH is interested in descriptions of 

any anticipated barriers to the project 

and propose potential risk mitigation 

strategies. 

4. Health conditions and potential 

social and educational impacts (i.e., 

adverse effects of interest) that may be 

priorities for future research on WTC 

Youth. In light of these adverse effects 

to be researched, NIOSH is interested in 

descriptions of the cohort characteristics 

believed necessary to support future 

research, including recommendations 

on data collection requirements, such as 

describing methods for and frequency of 

contact with prospective cohort 

members. 

5. The recruitment and retention of 

appropriate control group(s) for future 

observational studies of WTC Youth. 

For example, recruitment methods may 

differ between exposed and control 

groups given expected differences in 

participation rates. These differences 

may lead to a selection bias. A selection 

bias may also arise given the long period 

of time between exposure and 

recruitment (i.e., a survivorship bias). 

NIOSH is interested in comments 

regarding selection of controls using 

methods that reduce the potential for 

bias in future research. 

Commenters are encouraged to offer 

information and insights into the 

specific topics described above, or any 

other aspect of this activity. 

CDC is extending the comment period 

for this RFI again to allow more time for 

the public to comment. Accordingly, the 

comment period is reopened through 

January 29, 2024. 

Disclaimer 

This notice is intended for planning 

purposes; it does not constitute a formal 

announcement for comprehensive 

applications. In accordance with 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 48 CFR 

15.201(e), responses to this notice are 

not offers and cannot be accepted by the 

Government to form a binding award. 

NIOSH will not provide reimbursement 

for costs incurred in commenting on 

this notice. 

NIOSH will not respond to individual 

public comments or publish publicly a 

compendium of responses. An 

informational submission in response to 

this notice does not create any 

commitment by or on behalf of CDC or 

HHS to develop or pursue any program 

or ideas discussed. 

John J. Howard, 

Administrator, World Trade Center Health 

Program and Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, Department 

of Health and Human Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10652] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to collect 

information from the public. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, including 

the necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions, 

the accuracy of the estimated burden, 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected, and the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology to minimize the 

information collection burden. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

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