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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 208 / Monday, November 1, 2021 / Notices By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor, Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Docket No. CDC20210118; NIOSH 248
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World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee WTCHP STAC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Department of Health and Human Services HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting and request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, CDC
announces the following virtual meeting for the World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee WTCHP STAC. A notice of this WTCHP STAC meeting has also been posted on the committee website at: https www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_
meeting.html.

SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held on November 18, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., EST. Comments must be received by November 18, 2021. Written public comment received prior to the meeting will be part of the official record of the meeting.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC2021
0118; NIOSH 248I by mail. CDC does not accept comments by email.
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket number CDC2021
0118; NIOSH 248I, c/o Sherri Diana, NIOSH Docket Office, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name and Docket Number CDC20210118;
NIOSH 248I. All relevant comments, including any personal information provided, will be posted without change to http www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tania Carreon-Valencia, Ph.D., Designated Federal Officer, World Trade Center Health Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS

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R12, Atlanta, GA 303294027, Telephone: 513 8414515; Email: wtcstac@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The WTCHP STAC was established by Title I of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, Public Law 111347 Jan.
2, 2011, as amended by Public Law 114113 Dec. 18, 2015 and Public Law 11659 Sept. 27, 2019, adding Title XXXIII to the Public Health Service PHS Act codified at 42 U.S.C. 300mm to 300mm61.
Purpose: The purpose of the WTCHP
STAC is to review scientific and medical evidence and to make recommendations to the Administrator of the World Trade Center WTC Health Program regarding additional WTC
Health Program eligibility criteria, potential additions to the List of WTCRelated Health Conditions List, and research regarding certain health conditions related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Title XXXIII of the PHS Act established the WTC Health Program within the Department of Health and Human Services HHS. The WTC
Health Program provides medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania responders, and to eligible persons who were present in the dust or dust cloud on September 11, 2001 or who worked, resided, or attended school, childcare, or adult daycare in the New York City disaster area survivors. Certain specific activities of the Administrator of the WTC Health Program are reserved to the Secretary, HHS, to delegate at his discretion; other duties not explicitly reserved to the Secretary, HHS, are assigned to the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH. The administration of the WTCHP STAC is left to the Director of NIOSH in his role as Administrator.
CDC and NIOSH provide funding, staffing, and administrative support services for the WTCHP STAC. The charter was reissued on May 12, 2021
and will expire on May 12, 2023.
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include a presentation about revisions to the existing Policy and Procedures for Adding Types of Cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions, a report from the STAC
workgroup regarding adding uterine cancer to the List, deliberations by the
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recommendation to the Administrator of the WTC Health Program on whether to add uterine cancer to the List, and recommendations on peer reviewers to review the evaluation of the evidence for adding the health condition to the List. The revised draft Policy and Procedures for Adding Types of Cancer to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions is available on the WTC
Health Program website at https
www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html.
An agenda is also posted on the WTC
Health Program website at https
www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Meeting Information: This is a virtual meeting conducted via Zoom. The public is welcome to follow the proceedings via live webcast. No registration is required. The webcast link for November 18, 2021 is https
www.ustream.tv/channel/
QyXBRzYjVCS. For additional information please visit the WTC Health Program website at https
www.cdc.gov/wtc/stac_meeting.html.
Public Participation Interested parties may participate in this activity by submitting written views, opinions, recommendations, and data. You may submit comments on any topic related to this activity. Comments received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public record and 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.
Oral Public Comment: The public is welcome to participate, via Zoom, during the public comment period on November 18, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., EST. 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.

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