15760 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 52 / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Notices 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice concerning 

the final effect of the HHS decision to 

designate a class of employees from the 

Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, 

New York, as an addition to the Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

February 2, 2012, as provided for under 

42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of 

HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All Atomic Weapons Employees who 

worked in any area at the Linde Ceramics 

Plant in Tonawanda, New York, from 

November 1, 1947, through December 31, 

1953, for a number of work days aggregating 

at least 250 work days, occurring either 

solely under this employment or in 

combination with work days within the 

parameters established for one or more other 

classes of employees included in the SEC. 

This designation became effective on 

March 3, 2012, as provided for under 42 

U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning 

on March 3, 2012, members of this class 

of employees, defined as reported in 

this notice, became members of the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division 

of Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 

222–7570. Information requests can also 

be submitted by email to 

DCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

HIT Standards Committee Advisory 

Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 

(ONC). The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Name of Committee: HIT Standards 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: to 

provide recommendations to the National 

Coordinator on standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria for 

the electronic exchange and use of health 

information for purposes of adoption, 

consistent with the implementation of the 

Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by the 

HIT Policy Committee. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be held 

on April 18, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m./ 

Eastern Time. 

Location: Renaissance Washington, DC 

Downtown Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20001. For up-to-date 

information, go to the ONC Web site, 

http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of 

the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–260–1944, 

Fax: 202–690–6079, email: 

maryjo.deering@hhs.gov. Please call the 

contact person for up-to-date information on 

this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register 

about last minute modifications that impact 

a previously announced advisory committee 

meeting cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The committee will hear reports 

from its workgroups, including the Clinical 

Operations, Vocabulary Task Force, Clinical 

Quality, Implementation, and Enrollment 

Workgroups. ONC intends to make 

background material available to the public 

no later than two (2) business days prior to 

the meeting. If ONC is unable to post the 

background material on its Web site prior to 

the meeting, it will be made publicly 

available at the location of the advisory 

committee meeting, and the background 

material will be posted on ONC’s Web site 

after the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Procedure: Interested persons may present 

data, information, or views, orally or in 

writing, on issues pending before the 

committee. Written submissions may be 

made to the contact person on or before 

October 17, 2011. Oral comments from the 

public will be scheduled between 

approximately 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m./ 

Eastern Time. Time allotted for each 

presentation will be limited to three minutes 

each. If the number of speakers requesting to 

comment is greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled open 

public hearing session, ONC will take written 

comments after the meeting until close of 

business. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

access to electrical outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee meetings. 

Seating is limited at the location, and ONC 

will make every effort to accommodate 

persons with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact Mary Jo 

Deering at least seven (7) days in advance of 

the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly conduct 

of its advisory committee meetings. Please 

visit our Web site at http://healthit.hhs.gov 

for procedures on public conduct during 

advisory committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: March 8, 2012. 

Mary Jo Deering, 

Acting Director, Office of Policy and Planning, 

Office of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

HIT Policy Committee Advisory 

Meeting; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces a forthcoming 

meeting of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 

(ONC). The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

Name of Committee: HIT Policy 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: To 

provide recommendations to the National 

Coordinator on a policy framework for the 

development and adoption of a nationwide 

health information technology infrastructure 

that permits the electronic exchange and use 

of health information as is consistent with 

the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and that 

includes recommendations on the areas in 

which standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria are 

needed. 

Date and Time: The meeting will be held 

on April 4, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m./ 

Eastern Time. 

Location: Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20037. For upto-date information, go to the ONC Web site, 

http://healthit.hhs.gov. 

Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of 

the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–260–1944, 

Fax: 202–690–6079, email: 

maryjo.deering@hhs.gov. Please call the 

contact person for up-to-date information on 

this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register 

about last minute modifications that impact 

a previously announced advisory committee 

meeting cannot always be published quickly 

enough to provide timely notice. 

Agenda: The committee will hear reports 

from its workgroups, including the 

Meaningful Use Workgroup, and updates 

from ONC and other Federal agencies. ONC 

intends to make background material 

available to the public no later than two (2) 

business days prior to the meeting. If ONC is 

unable to post the background material on its 

Web site prior to the meeting, it will be made 

publicly available at the location of the 

advisory committee meeting, and the 

background material will be posted on ONC’s 

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