30048 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 106 / Friday, June 4, 2021 / Notices 

for Occupational Safety and Health, 

1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–34, 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Agency name and 

Docket Number. Written public 

comments received by August 6, 2021 

will be provided to the BSC prior to the 

meeting. Docket number CDC–2021– 

0055; NIOSH–232 will close August 6, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily J.K. Novicki, M.A., M.P.H., 

Executive Secretary, BSC, NIOSH, CDC, 

1600 Clifton Road NE, MS V24–4, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30329–4027, 

Telephone: (404) 498–2581; Email: 

enovicki@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: The Secretary, the Assistant 

Secretary for Health, and by delegation 

the Director, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, are authorized under 

Sections 301 and 308 of the Public 

Health Service Act to conduct directly 

or by grants or contracts, research, 

experiments, and demonstrations 

relating to occupational safety and 

health and to mine health. The Board of 

Scientific Counselors, National 

Firefighter Registry Subcommittee (the 

Subcommittee) provides guidance to the 

Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health on 

matters related to the National 

Firefighter Registry. Specifically, the 

Subcommittee provides guidance and 

professional input to the Board of 

Scientific Counselors (BSC) that will 

assist the BSC in advising the Director 

about NIOSH’s efforts to establish and 

operate the National Firefighter 

Registry. The Subcommittee also 

provides guidance to the Board of 

Scientific Counselors (BSC) on the 

following issues pertaining to the 

‘‘required strategy’’ as mandated by the 

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018 

(the Act): (1) Increase awareness of the 

National Firefighter Registry and 

encouraging participation among all 

groups of firefighters, (2) consider data 

collection needs, (3) consider data 

storage and electronic access of health 

information, (4) in consultation with 

subject matter experts develop a method 

for estimating the number and type of 

fire incidents attended by a firefighter. 

Additional responsibilities of the 

Subcommittee are to provide guidance 

to the BSC regarding inclusion and the 

maintenance of data on firefighters as 

required by the Act. 

Matters To Be Considered: The agenda 

for the meeting addresses issues related 

to: The National Firefighter Registry 

(NFR) protocol including functionality 

of the planned NFR enrollment system, 

security measures, high-level 

technology, and use cases applicable to 

stakeholders. Agenda items are subject 

to change as priorities dictate. An 

agenda is also posted on the NIOSH 

website https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/ 

nfrs/. 

Meeting Information: The virtual 

meeting is open to the public, limited 

only by web conference lines (500 web 

conference lines are available). Register 

at the NIOSH website https://

www.cdc.gov/niosh/bsc/nfrs/ 

registration.html or call (404–498–2581) 

no later than August 6, 2021. 

Public Participation 

Comments received are part of the 

public record and are subject to public 

disclosure. Do not include any 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you consider 

confidential or inappropriate for public 

disclosure. If you include your name, 

contact information, or other 

information that identifies you in the 

body of your comments, that 

information will be on public display. 

CDC will review all submissions and 

may choose to redact, or withhold, 

submissions containing private or 

proprietary information such as Social 

Security numbers, medical information, 

inappropriate language, or duplicate/ 

near duplicate examples of a mass-mail 

campaign. CDC will carefully consider 

all comments submitted into the docket. 

CDC does not accept comment by email. 

Procedures for Oral Public Comment: 

The public is welcome to participate 

during the public comment period, from 

2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., EDT, August 13, 

2021. Please note that the public 

comment period ends at the time 

indicated above. Each commenter will 

be provided up to five minutes for 

comment. A limited number of time 

slots are available and will be assigned 

on a first come-first served basis. 

Members of the public who wish to 

address the NIOSH BSC are requested to 

contact the Executive Secretary for 

scheduling purposes (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT above). 

Procedures for Written Public 

Comment: Written comments will also 

be accepted from those unable to attend 

the public session per the instructions 

provided in the address section above. 

Written comments received in advance 

of the meeting will be included in the 

official record of the meeting. Written 

comments received by August 6, 2021 

will be provided to the BSC prior to the 

meeting. Docket number CDC–2021– 

0055; NIOSH–232 will close August 6, 

2021. 

The Director, Strategic Business 

Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 

Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, has been 

delegated the authority to sign Federal 

Register notices pertaining to 

announcements of meetings and other 

committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Kalwant Smagh, 

Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, 

Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control (BSC, NCIPC) 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

CDC announces the following meeting 

for the Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control, (BSC, NCIPC). This is a 

virtual meeting open to the public, 

limited by the capacity of the 

conference webinar which is 2,000 

participants. Pre-registration is required 

by accessing the link at: https://

dceproductions.zoom.us/webinar/ 

register/WN_vCTciAdyQIeDK5g

3NfFPow. There will be a public 

comment period from 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 

p.m., EDT. The public is encouraged to 

register to provide public comment 

using the registration form available at 

the link provided in the meeting 

information section below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

16, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:50 p.m., 

EDT. 

ADDRESSES: Zoom Virtual Meeting. If 

you would like to attend the virtual 

meeting, please pre-register by accessing 

the link at: https://

dceproductions.zoom.us/webinar/ 

register/WN_vCTciAdyQIeDK5

g3NfFPow. Instructions to access the 

Zoom virtual meeting will be provided 

in the link following your registration. 

Meeting Information: There will be a 

public comment period from 2:15 p.m. 

to 4:15 p.m., EDT. The public is 

encouraged to register to provide public 

comment using the registration form 

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available at the link provided: https://

www.surveymonkey.com/r/zgbg7qz. 

Individuals wishing to pre-register for 

public comment must do so by 5:00 

p.m., EDT, Monday, July 12, 2021. 

Those pre-registering for public 

comment must also register for the 

meeting by accessing the link at: https:// 

dceproductions.zoom.us/webinar/ 

register/WN_vCTciAdyQIeDK5

g3NfFPow. Individuals registered to 

provide public comment will be called 

upon first to speak based on the order 

of registration, followed by others from 

the public. All public comments will be 

limited to two (2) minutes per speaker. 

Written comments must be received 

on or before July 23, 2021; ncipcbsc@

cdc.gov. All written comments will be 

included as part of the meeting minutes. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D., 

M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for 

Science, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford 

Highway NE, Mailstop S–1069, Atlanta, 

GA 30341–3717, Telephone: (770) 488– 

1430; Email: ncipcbsc@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: The Board will: (1) Conduct, 

encourage, cooperate with, and assist 

other appropriate public health 

authorities, scientific institutions, and 

scientists in the conduct of research, 

investigations, experiments, 

demonstrations, and studies relating to 

the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, 

and prevention of physical and mental 

diseases, and other impairments; (2) 

assist States and their political 

subdivisions in preventing and 

suppressing communicable and noncommunicable diseases and other 

preventable conditions and in 

promoting health and well-being; and 

(3) conduct and assist in research and 

control activities related to injury. The 

Board of Scientific Counselors makes 

recommendations regarding policies, 

strategies, objectives, and priorities; and 

reviews progress toward injury 

prevention goals and provides evidence 

in injury prevention-related research 

and programs. In addition, the Board 

provides advice on the appropriate 

balance of intramural and extramural 

research, the structure, progress, and 

performance of intramural programs. 

The Board is designed to provide 

guidance on extramural scientific 

program matters, including the: (1) 

Review of extramural research concepts 

for funding opportunity 

announcements; (2) conduct of 

Secondary Peer Review of extramural 

research grants, cooperative agreements, 

and contracts applications received in 

response to the funding opportunity 

announcements as it relates to the 

Center’s programmatic balance and 

mission; (3) submission of secondary 

review recommendations to the Center 

Director of applications to be considered 

for funding support; (4) review of 

research portfolios; and (5) review of 

program proposals. 

Matters To Be Considered: The agenda 

will include an update on the process 

and progress of the draft Guideline for 

Prescribing Opioids and discussion on 

the report from the BSC Opioid 

workgroup. Agenda items are subject to 

change as priorities dictate. 

The Director, Strategic Business 

Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 

Operating Officer, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, has been 

delegated the authority to sign Federal 

Register notices pertaining to 

announcements of meetings and other 

committee management activities, for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Kalwant Smagh, 

Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, 

Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier CMS–1856] 

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 

August 3, 2021. 

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 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number: lll, Room C4–26– 

05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at 

website address at https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents 

This notice sets out a summary of the 

use and burden associated with the 

following information collections. More 

detailed information can be found in 

each collection’s supporting statement 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–1856 Request for Certification in 

the Medicare/Medicaid Program for 

Provides of Outpatient Physical 

Therapy and/or Speech-Language 

Pathology 

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the