72638 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 233 / Tuesday, December 6, 2005 / Notices 

involving individual Federal Reserve 

System employees. 

2. Any items carried forward from a 

previously announced meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle A. Smith, Director, Office of 

Board Members; 202–452–2955. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may 

call 202–452–3206 beginning at 

approximately 5 p.m. two business days 

before the meeting for a recorded 

announcement of bank and bank 

holding company applications 

scheduled for the meeting; or you may 

contact the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic 

announcement that not only lists 

applications, but also indicates 

procedural and other information about 

the meeting. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, December 2, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 05–23733 Filed 12–2–05; 2:09 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Notice of Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Minority Health 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Public Health and Science, 

Office of Minority Health. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a 

meeting. This meeting is open to the 

public. Preregistration is required for 

both public attendance and comment. 

Any individual who wishes to attend 

the meeting and/or participate in the 

public comment session should e-mail 

acmh@osophs.dhhs.gov. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 8, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001. The 

meeting is accessible from the Metro 

Center Station (Take the 11th Street exit 

for entrance into the Grand Hyatt). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Monica A. Farrar, Tower Building, 1101 

Wootton Parkway, Suite 600, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. Phone: 240–453–2882, 

Fax: 240–453–2883. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Public Law 105–392, 

the ACMH was established to provide 

advice to the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Minority Health in improving the 

health of each racial and ethnic 

minority group and on the development 

of goals and specific program activities 

of the Office of Minority Health. 

Topics to be discussed during this 

meeting will include strategies to 

improve Native American Health 

(including ‘‘indigenous’’ peoples of the 

U.S. and the Pacific Islands), 

Information Technology’s Role in 

Health Care, and Educational Outreach 

and Health Promotion in improving the 

health of racial and ethnic minority 

populations, as well as other related 

issues. 

Public attendance at the meeting is 

limited to space available. Individuals 

who plan to attend and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should notify the 

designated contact person at least five 

business days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public will have an 

opportunity to provide comments at the 

meeting. Public comments will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker. 

Individuals who would like to submit 

written statements should mail or fax 

their comments ot the Office of Minority 

Health at least two business days prior 

to the meeting. Any members of the 

public who wish to have printed 

material distributed to ACMH 

committee members should submit their 

materials to the Executive Secretary, 

ACMH, prior to close of business 

January 3, 2006. 

Dated: November 22, 2005. 

Garth N. Graham, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority 

Health, Executive Secretary, ACMH. 

[FR Doc. 05–23650 Filed 12–5–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–29–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

The National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) Public 

Meeting 

The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following public 

meetings and request for information: 

Name: NIOSH Availability of 

Opportunity to Provide Input for the 

National Occupational Research Agenda 

(NORA) with a special emphasis on the 

Construction Sector, and the 

Transportation, Warehousing, and 

Utilities Sector and regional and multisector input. 

Time and Date for Meeting One: 

Transportation, Warehousing and 

Utilities (TWU) Sector. 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. EST, December 5, 2005: 

9 a.m.–12 p.m., Multi-Sector Public 

Comments. 

1 p.m.–5 p.m., TWU Specific Public 

Comments. 

Place for Meeting One: Holiday Inn, 

10000 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, 

MD 20740. 

Time and Date for Meeting Two: 

Construction Sector. 

9 a.m.–5 p.m. CST, Monday December 

19, 2005: 

9 a.m.–12 p.m. Multi-sector Public 

Comments. 

1 p.m.–5 p.m. Construction Specific 

Public Comments. 

Place for Meeting Two: University of 

Illinois at Chicago, School of Public 

Health and Psychiatric Institute, 1603 

W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60612. 

Status: Meetings are open to the 

public, limited only by the space 

available. 

Background: A large part of our lives 

is shaped by the work we do. NORA is 

a framework to guide occupational 

safety and health research for the 

nation. It is an ongoing endeavor to 

focus research to reduce work-related 

injury and illness. As the program 

approaches a ten year milestone, NIOSH 

is hosting public meetings to seek input 

from individuals and organizations on 

important research issues and agendas. 

Information about the public meetings 

and registration can be found on the 

NORA Web page at: http:// 

www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora/townhall. 

Given that NORA represents a broadbased partnership involving 

government, business, the worker 

community, academia, and others, 

public input is essential for planning 

future directions for the initiative, 

which will be based on eight different 

industry sector groups. Each meeting 

will be structured to provide an 

opportunity for regional and multisector input during the morning, 

followed where appropriate by an 

afternoon session to focus on individual 

sector issues. 

All participants are requested to 

register for the free meeting at the 

NORA Web page or onsite the day of the 

meeting. Participants wishing to speak 

are encouraged to register early. The 

public meetings are open to everyone, 

including all workers, professional 

societies, organized labor, employers, 

researchers, health professionals,