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www.regulations.gov along with your 

state/province and country (if 

provided), the name of your 

representative (if any), and the category 

identifying you (e.g., individual, 

consumer, academic, industry). For 

written submissions submitted to the 

Division of Dockets Management, FDA 

will post the body of your comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov, but you can 

put your name and/or contact 

information on a separate cover sheet 

and not in the body of your comments. 

III. Topics for Discussion 

The public workshop will include 

presentations and panel discussion 

regarding e-cigarettes and the public 

health, specifically relating to the 

impact of e-cigarettes on the population 

as a whole. Topics to be addressed 

include: (1) Prevalence and patterns of 

use; (2) impacts on current tobacco 

product users; (3) impacts on non-users 

of tobacco products; and (4) knowledge, 

attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about 

e-cigarette products. 

Additional information related to 

workshop presentations and discussion 

topics, including specific questions to 

be addressed at the workshop, can be 

found at http://www.fda.gov/

TobaccoProducts/NewsEvents/

ucm238308.htm. 

Dated: March 16, 2015. 

Leslie Kux, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Notice of Intent To Publish a Funding 

Opportunity Announcement for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Education and Research Centers 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information on the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) intent to publish a 

funding opportunity announcement for 

Education and Research Centers (ERCs). 

The purpose of this program is to 

support existing NIOSH ERCs and 

establish new ERCs, as appropriate, to 

address the burden of Occupational 

Safety and Health (OSH) in the United 

States by providing state-of-the-art 

interdisciplinary graduate and research 

training for the next generation of OSH 

practitioners and researchers. 

Table of Contents 

Dates 

For Further Information Contact 

Supplementary Information 

Recipient Reporting Requirements 

Award Information 

Needs Assessment 

Regional Presence 

Budget Limits for Required and Optional 

Components 

DATES: 

• Anticipated Publication Date of 

Announcement: May 2015 

• First Anticipated Application Due 

Date: November 2015 

• Earliest Anticipated Award Date: June 

2016 

• Earliest Anticipated Start Date: July 

2016 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Elizabeth H. Maples, National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health, 

Centers for Disease Control, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., Mailstop E–74, Atlanta, GA 

30333; Phone (not toll-free numbers): 

(404) 498–2557, Fax: (404) 498–2571, 

Email: EMaples@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 

intends to publish a funding 

opportunity announcement for 

Education and Research Centers (ERCs) 

that are focused on occupational safety 

and health graduate training and 

research training. 

NIOSH is mandated to provide an 

adequate supply of qualified personnel 

to carry out the purposes of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act, 

and the ERCs are one of the principal 

means for meeting this mandate. ERCs 

are academic institutions that provide 

high-quality interdisciplinary graduate 

training, continuing education, and 

outreach in the core occupational safety 

and health disciplines of industrial 

hygiene (IH), occupational health 

nursing (OHN), occupational medicine 

residency (OMR), and occupational 

safety (OS), as well as closely related 

allied disciplines. Research and 

research training are integral 

components of ERCs, with ERC faculty 

and NIOSH trainees conducting 

research on issues related to the NIOSH 

National Occupational Research Agenda 

(NORA). The ERCs also serve as regional 

resources for industry, labor, 

government, and the public. 

This Notice of Intent is being 

provided to allow potential applicants 

sufficient time to develop meaningful 

collaborations and responsive projects. 

The Funding Opportunity 

Announcement (FOA) is expected to be 

published in May 2015 with an 

expected application due date in 

November 2015. 

The FOA will utilize the T42 activity 

code. ERCs are located in accredited 

academic institutions across the country 

and provide graduate degree and 

certificate training in core and allied 

disciplines of OSH. ERCs also provide 

interdisciplinary research training to 

identify, assess, address, and improve 

OSH. ERCs conduct outreach to help 

improve knowledge and awareness of 

work-related safety and health issues, 

and they provide continuing education 

for OSH professionals. Through 

comprehensive, integrated programs, 

ERCs improve the safety and health of 

our nation’s workers. 

Recipient Reporting Requirements: 

Recipients funded with NIOSH ERC 

appropriations will be required to report 

project status on an annual basis. 

Specific reporting requirements will be 

detailed in the Terms and Conditions of 

the Notice of Award. 

Award Information: 

• Approximate Current Fiscal Year 

Funding: $24,000,000. 

• Approximate Number of Awards: 

15–20. 

• Approximate Average Awards: Up 

to $1,800,000/year. 

• Fiscal Year Funds: 2016. 

• Budget Period: 12 months. 

• Project Period: Up to 5 years for 

established ERCs and up to 3 years for 

new ERCs. 

Application Selection Process: 

Applications will be evaluated for 

scientific and technical merit by an 

appropriate peer review group, in 

accordance with CDC peer review 

policy and procedure using review 

criteria that will be stated in the 

Funding Opportunity Announcement 

(FOA). 

As part of the scientific peer review, 

all applications will: 

• Undergo a selection process in 

which all responsive applications will 

be discussed and assigned an overall 

impact/priority score, and 

• Receive a written critique. 

Needs Assessment: ERCs must 

document that their proposed academic 

and research training programs meet 

specific regional or national workforce 

need and demand. 

Regional Presence: ERCs should 

demonstrate collaborative efforts by 

working with a diverse and broad range 

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of organizations to enhance worker 

safety and health in their region. 

This Notice encourages investigators 

with expertise and insights in the area 

of occupational safety and health to 

begin to consider applying for this 

upcoming FOA. 

Budget Limits for Required and 

Optional Components: ERCs are 

complex, interdisciplinary centers. Up 

to $1,800,000/year total costs may be 

requested by an ERC. The following 

table lists required and optional ERC 

components and budget information: 

ERC components Funding information 

(total costs) 

Planning and Evaluation Core (Required) ............................................... Up to $370,000/year. 

Center Administration, Planning and Evaluation ...................................... Up to $250,000/year. 

Interdisciplinary Activities ......................................................................... Up to $30,000/year. 

Diversity Recruitment and Retention ........................................................ Up to $5,000/year. 

Outreach in Occupational Safety and Health ........................................... Up to $35,000/year. 

Developmental Program Support (Optional) ............................................ Up to $50,000/year. 

Academic Training Core (Required) ......................................................... Up to $930,000/year with 70% to Direct Trainee Costs. 

Required minimum of 3 Academic Training Programs. At least 2 from 

the core disciplines of IH, OHN, OMR, or OS, and 1 may be a core 

or allied discipline.

There is no minimum number of trainees required for any one academic program. 

Applicants must fully justify need for all programs and their capacity to 

meet training demand. 

NIOSH will consider applications for Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs. 

Complementary and Special Pathways for OMRs are eligible for 

NIOSH support if administered by an OMR Program accredited by 

the ACGME.

Applicants may request trainee support for academic certificate training 

programs in approved core and allied disciplines. Trainee support is 

limited to tuition only and is included in the minimum 70% allocation 

toward Direct Trainee Costs. Certificate trainees should be clearly 

identified in academic training program budgets. 

There are no budget limits for individual academic training programs. 

Applicants must stay within the total $1.8 million per year request in 

total costs. 

A minimum of 70% of the overall Academic Training Core budget must 

go to Direct Trainee Costs that provide stipends, tuition and fees, research support, and travel. 

A maximum of 30% of the overall Academic Training Core budget may 

go to support Training-related Expenses that include support for faculty and staff salaries, supplies, equipment and non-trainee travel. 

This 70%/30% allocation of funding may be applied across all academic training programs in aggregate, and need not be applied to 

each individual academic training program. 

Research Training Core (Optional) .......................................................... Up to $400,000/year with 70% of Collaborative Research Training 

(CRT) to Direct Trainee Costs. 

Pilot Projects Research Training (Optional) ............................................. Up to $100,000/year. 

Collaborative Research Training (Optional) ............................................. Up to $300,000/year. 

CRT supports the research training needs of NIOSH trainees and students from other disciplines who receive NIOSH support during their 

academic training program. A minimum of 70% of requested funds 

must go to support Direct Trainee Costs that provide stipends, tuition 

and fees, research supplies, and travel; a maximum of 30% may go 

to support Training-related Expenses that include support for faculty 

and staff salaries, supplies, equipment and non-trainee travel. 

Continuing Education Program (Required) ..............................................

Needs-based training should be offered to safety and health practitioners and allied disciplines to have a positive impact on workplace 

practices and policies. 

Up to $100,000/year. 

Dated: March 16, 2015. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06468 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2013–1078] 

National Offshore Safety Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meetings. 

SUMMARY: The National Offshore Safety 

Advisory Committee and its 

Commercial Diving Safety on the Outer 

Continental Shelf Subcommittee will 

meet on April 7 and 8, 2015, in New 

Orleans, LA to discuss the safety of 

operations and other matters affecting 

the offshore oil and gas industry. These 

meetings are open to the public. 

DATES: The Commercial Diving Safety 

on the Outer Continental Shelf 

Subcommittee will meet on Tuesday, 

April 7, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 

the full National Offshore Safety 

Advisory Committee will meet on 

Wednesday, April 8, 2015, from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. These meetings may 

end early if the Committee has 

completed its business, or they may be 

extended based on the number of public 

comments. All submitted written 

materials, comments, and requests to 

make oral presentations at the meetings 

should reach the Coast Guard (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by April 

1, 2015. Any written material submitted 

by the public will be distributed to the 

Committee and become part of the 

public record. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the OMNI Riverfront Hotel, 701 

Convention Center Boulevard, New 

Orleans, LA 70130, (504) 524–8200, 

http://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/neworleans-riverfront. The April 7, 2015 

afternoon Subcommittee meeting will be 

held in the Bacchus B Conference 

Room. The April 8, 2015 full Committee 

meeting will be held in the Bacchus 

Conference Room. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request special 

assistance at the meetings, contact the 

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