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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 provides guidance 

to the Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health on 

research and prevention programs. 

Specifically, the Board provides 

guidance on the Institute’s research 

activities related to developing and 

evaluating hypotheses, systematically 

documenting findings and 

disseminating results. The Board 

evaluates the degree to which the 

activities of the National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health: (1) 

Conform to appropriate scientific 

standards, (2) address current, relevant 

needs, and (3) produce intended results. 

Matters for Discussion: The agenda for 

the meeting addresses occupational 

safety and health issues related to: 

Stockpiled surgical gowns & respirators; 

the increased use and complexity of 

robots; NIOSH’s disaster science 

responder research; and fentanyl 

exposures to emergency responders. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

An agenda is also posted on the 

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niosh/bsc/). Members of the public who 

wish to address the NIOSH BSC are 

requested to contact the Executive 

Secretary for scheduling purposes (see 

contact information below). 

Alternatively, written comments to the 

BSC may be submitted via an on-line 

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the authority to sign Federal Register 

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meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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Meeting of Board of Scientific 

Counselors BSC National Center for 

Injury Prevention 

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 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) announces the 

following meeting of the 

aforementioned committee. This 

meeting is open to the public. The 

public is also welcome to listen to the 

meeting by joining the teleconference at 

the USA toll-free, dial-in number, 1– 

877–492–3517 and the passcode is 

2576415. The phone line has 75 ports 

available for teleconference participants. 

The meeting room will only 

accommodate 50 people. There will be 

15 minutes allotted on Wednesday, 

September 27, 2017 from 11:30 a.m.– 

11:45 a.m. for public comments. The 

public is welcome to submit written 

comment in advance of the meeting, to 

the contact person listed below. Written 

comments received in advance of the 

meeting will be included in the official 

record of the meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 26, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 4:40 

p.m., EDT, and September 27, 2017, 

9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m., EDT. 

ADDRESSES: Crown Plaza Atlanta 

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and via Teleconference: Dial-In Number: 

1–877–492–3517, Participant Code: 

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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 F–63, Atlanta, 

GA 30341, Telephone (770) 488–1430. 

Email address: GCattledge@cdc.gov. 

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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. The Board also 

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 Board 

of Scientific Counselors Agenda for the 

two-day meeting will be: September 26, 

2017—Will discuss science matters to 

include research strategies needed to 

guide the Center’s focus, as well as 

updates on the NCIPC extramural 

research program, the National Intimate 

and Sexual Violence Workgroup, and 

the Pediatric Mild-Traumatic Injury 

Workgroup. September 27, 2017—Will 

discuss science matters to include the 

Essentials for Childhood Workgroup 

Portfolio Review, the Suicide Strategic 

Plan, and Opioid Overdose CDC 

Coordination/Strategic Directions. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

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Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17129 Filed 8–11–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–17–17NS] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for 

the proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address any of the 

following: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agencies estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) Minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses; and (e) Assess information 

collection costs. 

To request additional information on 

the proposed project or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection plan and 

instruments, call (404) 639–7570 or 

send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Written 

comments and/or suggestions regarding 

the items contained in this notice 

should be directed to the Attention: 

CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 

and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 or 

by fax to (202) 395–5806. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

Assessing the Infrastructure for Public 

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) 

Prevention Services—NEW—National 

Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, 

STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Annually, there are nearly 20 million 

cases of sexually transmitted diseases 

(STD) in the United States (US) causing 

an estimated $15.6 billion in direct 

medical costs. A significant percentage 

of reported cases of STDs are diagnosed 

in publicly funded clinics, such as STD 

clinics that are operated by state health 

departments (SHDs) and local health 

departments (LHDs). Additionally, state 

and local health departments also 

engage in other essential STD 

prevention activities such as partner 

services and disease surveillance. 

Therefore, it is important to periodically 

assess the current level of publiclyfunded STD prevention services that are 

offered by health departments in the US. 

The STD infrastructure survey will 

aid CDC in understanding the scope of 

the delivery of timely public STD 

preventive and clinical services that are 

provided to reduce the number of newly 

acquired STDs and prevent STD-related 

sequelae. There is no national data 

available that focuses on detailed STD 

prevention activities conducted by state 

and local health departments. 

The purpose of this survey is to 

periodically, (i.e., every three years) 

examine STD prevention services 

provided by local and state health 

departments. The survey will include 

all state health departments and a 

nationally representative sample of local 

health departments in the US. The local 

health department sample will allow for 

estimates by jurisdiction population size 

and US Census region. 

The survey contains sections on STD 

program structure within the health 

department, STD-related clinical 

services (local health departments only), 

partner and other prevention services, 

and workforce and impacts of any 

budget reductions. 

CDC will administer the STD 

infrastructure survey to all 50 state 

health departments and a random 

sample of 668 local health departments 

from a list of local health departments 

maintained by the National Association 

of City and County Health Officials 

(NACCHO). Using a web-based survey, 

multiple reminders will be sent to nonresponders in order to reach the target 

of 44 completed state and 334 

completed local surveys for each data 

collection (different respondents per 

data collection). The total estimated 

annual burden hours are 238. There is 

no cost to respondents other than their 

time. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Type of respondents Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

STD program director, LHDs .......................... LHD survey .................................................... 668 1 15/60 

STD program director, SHDs .......................... SHD survey .................................................... 50 1 85/60 


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