Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 27 / Wednesday, February 10, 2016 / Notices 7121 

1 80 FR 48268. 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Gary Johnson, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Meeting of the Community Preventive 

Services Task Force (Task Force) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) within 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services announces the next meeting of 

the Community Preventive Services 

Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force 

is an independent, nonpartisan, 

nonfederal, and unpaid panel. Its 

members represent a broad range of 

research, practice, and policy expertise 

in prevention, wellness, health 

promotion, and public health, and are 

appointed by the CDC Director. The 

Task Force was convened in 1996 by the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) to identify population 

health interventions that are 

scientifically proven to save lives, 

increase lifespans, and improve quality 

of life. CDC is mandated to provide 

ongoing administrative, research, and 

technical support for the operations of 

the Task Force. During its meetings, the 

Task Force (a) considers the findings of 

systematic reviews that assess the 

effectiveness and economics of 

community preventive services, 

programs, and policies, and (b) issues 

recommendations. Task Force 

recommendations are not mandates for 

compliance or spending. Instead, they 

provide information about evidencebased options that decision makers and 

stakeholders can consider when 

determining what best meets the 

specific needs, preferences, available 

resources, and constraints of their 

jurisdictions and constituents. The Task 

Force’s recommendations, along with 

the systematic reviews of the scientific 

evidence on which they are based, are 

compiled in the Guide to Community 

Preventive Services (The Community 

Guide). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 

11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Participants 

must pre-register for the meeting by 5 

p.m. Monday, February 22, 2016. 

Meeting Accessibility: This Task Force 

meeting will be dedicated entirely to 

Task Force methods. The meeting will 

therefore be a one-day session held via 

webinar rather than the traditional inperson meeting. There will be a 100- 

participant limit for the Web meeting, 

provided on a first-come, first-served 

basis. All participants must register for 

the meeting by 5 p.m. EST on Monday, 

February 22, 2016. Participants will 

receive registration confirmation with 

meeting instructions within two 

business days. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

register, send an email with name and 

contact information to Onslow Smith, 

Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology 

and Laboratory Services; Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE., MS–E–69, Atlanta, GA 

30329. Telephone: (404) 498–6778. 

Email: CPSTF@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: During the February 2016 

meeting, the Community Preventive 

Services Task Force (Task Force) will 

discuss proposed methods for 

increasing throughput of Task Force 

findings (i.e., how to increase the 

number of Task Force findings that are 

produced in a given time period), while 

maintaining adequate quality of the 

underlying reviews; adequate usefulness 

for decision makers; and sufficient 

attention to priority topics. 

Matters to be discussed: Community 

Guide methods and procedures. 

Dated: February 4, 2016. 

Sandra Cashman, 

Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators; 

Approval of Cap 3 Device for 

Underground Coal Mining 

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: The National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) and the Mine Safety and 

Health Administration (MSHA) have 

approved the first large-capacity (Cap 3) 

closed-circuit escape respirator (CCER) 

for use in underground coal mining, 

under the NIOSH new regulatory 

standard. Accordingly, respirator 

manufacturers may continue to 

manufacture, label, and sell largecapacity CCERs approved under the 

former regulatory standard (those CCERs 

with a rated service time of greater than 

50 minutes) for underground coal 

mining approved under the former 

regulatory standard until January 4, 

2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Chirdon, NIOSH National 

Personal Protective Technology 

Laboratory (NPPTL), 626 Cochrans Mill 

Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236; 412–386– 

4000 (this is not a toll-free phone 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In March 

2012, the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) published a final 

rule establishing a new standard, 

codified in 42 CFR part 84, subpart O, 

for the certification of closed-circuit 

escape respirators (CCERs) by the 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) within the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). The new standard 

was originally designed to take effect 

over a 3-year transition period. 

However, in a final rule published on 

August 12, 2015, HHS determined that 

extending the concluding date for the 

transition was necessary to allow 

sufficient time for respirator 

manufacturers to meet the demands of 

the mining, maritime, railroad, and 

other industries.1 Pursuant to the 

August 2015 final rule, the continued 

manufacturing, labeling, and selling of 

CCERs approved under the former 

standard in Subpart H was authorized 

until either April 9, 2015 or 1 year after 

the date that NIOSH first approves a 

CCER model under the capacity rating 

categories Cap 1 (for mining 

applications) and Cap 3 (mining and 

non-mining) described in 42 CFR 

84.304, whichever date came later. 

In accordance with 42 CFR 84.301, 

NIOSH and the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) have approved 

the first large-capacity (Cap 3) CCER for 

use in underground coal mining, under 

the standards published in 42 CFR part 

84, subpart O. Approval number TC– 

13G–0005 was issued to Ocenco, Inc., 

on January 4, 2016 for a Cap 3 CCER, 


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