The agendas, presentations materials, and transcripts from the meetings can be found in the STAC Docket.
Upcoming Meetings
No upcoming meetings have been announced at this time.
Previous Meetings
November 3, 2016
Jacob J. Javits Federal Building
26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Connecting to the meeting
This meeting is open to the public. This meeting will be available via telephone and Web conference and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the audio portion of the meeting, you must dial 1-888-810-4931 and enter the following participant code: 8328289. To view the web conference, enter the following web address in your web browser
or click: https://odniosh.adobeconnect.com/wtchpstac/.
- Agenda
(1 page, 208 KB) - Transcript
(91 pages, 600 KB) - Max Lum (NIOSH) - Presentation
(31 pages, 5.54 MB) - Dori Reissman (NIOSH) - Presentation
(13 pages, 3.43 MB) - Advances in Screening and Treatment for WTC Responders and Survivors
(16 pages, 1.84 MB) - STAC Recommendations on Independent Peer Review and the Policies and Procedures used to Add Conditions to the List of Covered Conditions
(3 pages, 278 KB) - Policy and Procedures for Adding Non-Cancer Conditions To the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions
(8 pages, 342 KB) - Policy and Procedures for Adding Types of Cancer To the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions
(8 pages, 342 KB) - Report of the World Trade Center Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee's Workgroup on Independent Peer Review
(1 page, 59 KB) - WTC Health Program Timeline for Evaluating a Valid Petition to Add a Condition to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions
(3 pages, 259 KB) - Report of the World Trade Center Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee’s Workgroup on Policies and Procedures to Add Conditions
(1 page, 158 KB) - Public Comment Time and Sign-Up Information
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.(Eastern Standard Time)
Please note that the public comment period ends at the time indicated above or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. Members of the public who want to comment must sign up by providing their name by mail, email, or telephone, at the addresses provided below by October 31, 2016. 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. Written comments will also be accepted from those unable to attend the public session.
Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A.
Taft Laboratories, MS–C–34, 4676
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio
45226.
Email: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
Telephone: (513) 533–8611
Please note on the comments the following identifiers: Docket Number CDC-2016-0093; NIOSH 248-F to ensure they are posted to the correct docket.
During its June 2, 2016, meeting, the STAC formed two workgroups to further explore the Administrator’s charges to the Committee. One workgroup is reviewing the Policies and Procedures used to add health conditions to the list of covered conditions. The second workgroup is exploring methods for identifying independent peer reviewers when the Administrator proposes to add a health condition to the list of covered conditions. The workgroup’s meetings are listed below. Although the workgroup meetings are not open to the public, the workgroups will report their findings during a full STAC meeting which is open to the public. In this open meeting, the STAC will discuss each workgroup’s findings, develop recommendations, and vote on the recommendations.
Policies and Procedures Workgroup Meeting
Thursday, July 21, 2016
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST
Independent Peer Review Workgroup Meeting
Friday August 5, 2016
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST
June 2, 2016
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
26 Federal Plaza New York, NY
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Connecting to the meeting
This meeting is open to the public. This meeting will be available via telephone and Web conference and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the audio portion of the meeting, you must dial 1–888–606–8411 and enter the following participant code: 5064451. To view the web conference, enter the following web address in your web browser
or click: https://odniosh.adobeconnect.com/wtchpstac/.
- Federal Register Notice
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-05-12/pdf/2016-11141.pdf
- Agenda
Agenda for June 2, 2016 meeting
(1 page, 224 KB)
- Transcript
Transcript for June 2, 2016 meeting
(110 pages, 713 KB)
- Items for Discussion
The Administrator of the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program will convene a meeting of the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) on June 2, 2016. This meeting will address new legal requirements from the Program’s reauthorization on December 18, 2015. These changes include:
- Before issuing a final rule to add a condition to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions (List) eligible for coverage by the Program, the WTC Health Program must now provide for an independent peer review of the scientific and technical evidence that would be the basis for issuing the final rule. The Program must seek recommendations from the STAC on the identification of people to conduct the required independent peer reviews.
- The STAC must also review and evaluate the policies and procedures that the Program uses to determine if sufficient evidence exists to support the addition of a health condition to the List.
For the first requirement, the Administrator will ask the STAC to make recommendations on the identification of independent peer reviews. Recommendations to the Administrator may include the identification of specific individuals and/or a process to identify independent peer reviewers.
For the second requirement, the Administrator will ask the STAC to make recommendations on the Program’s two current policies and procedures on how it determines whether to add a health condition to the List. One policy and procedure is for types of cancers and the other one is for non-cancer conditions. (To read these policies and procedures, please click on the links in the “Items for Discussion” section below.)
The policies and procedures currently in place have recently been updated, with an effective date of May 11, 2016, but are very similar to past versions. Updated content includes the information about the newly required peer review process. Other, minor revisions were made to more closely align the two policies and procedures and to clarify specific steps in the process. While the Program’s reauthorization directs the completion of an independent peer review prior to the issuance of a final rule, the reauthorization does not establish additional requirements for how the peer review is conducted or how the Program determines whether to add a condition to the List. Recommendations to the Administrator may include comments on any and/or all parts of the two policies and procedures.
Policy and Procedures for Adding Non-Cancer Conditions To the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions
(8 pages, 343 KB)
Policy and Procedures for Adding Types of Cancer To the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions
(8 pages, 458 KB)
Presentations
Welcome and Additional Responsibilities of STAC under Reauthorization and Charge to the Committee
Dr. John Howard
(1 page, 275 KB)
Overview of Peer Review and Approach to Policy and Procedure Development
Dr. John Piacentino
(12 pages, 135 KB)
Overview of the Policy and Procedurse to Add Cancer Conditions
Dr. Tania Carreón-Valencia
(11 pages, 185 KB)
Overview of Policy and Procedures to Add Non-Cancer Conditions
Dr. Dori Reissman
(11 pages, 185 KB)
Supplemental Information
Statement from the Administrator regarding the Children's Research Recommendations from Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)
(9 pages, 570 KB)
(Note: The STAC’s presented a report from the STAC’s Children's Research Workgroup during the March 22, 2016 meeting. The Chair of the STAC provided Recommendations on Children’s Research to the Administrator. The above statement from the Administrator is a response to the report and letter.)
Office of Management and Budget: Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review
(45 pages, 262 KB)
Government Accountability Office: WTC Health Program: Approach Used to Add Cancers to List of Covered Conditions Was Reasonable, but Could Be Improved
(50 pages, 117 KB)
Title III—James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act
(12 pages, 152 KB)
Public Comment Time and Sign-Up Information
9:20 a.m.–9:50 a.m (Eastern Standard Time)
Please note that the public comment period ends at the time indicated above or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. 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. Written comments will also be accepted from those unable to attend the public session.
Members of the public who want to comment must sign up by providing their name and contact information by mail, email, or telephone, at the addresses provided below, by May 29, 2016:
Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A.
Taft Laboratories, MS–C–34, 4676
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio
45226.
Email: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
Telephone: (513) 533–8611
Written comments may be submitted. The comments should be limited to two pages and submitted through http://www.regulations.gov by May 29, 2016. Efforts will be made to provide the two-page written comments received by the deadline above to the committee members before the meeting. Comments in excess of two pages will be made publicly available at http://www.regulations.gov.
March 22, 2016
Teleconference Meeting of the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Connecting to the meeting
This meeting is open to the public. This meeting will be available via telephone and Web conference and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the audio portion of the meeting, you must dial 1–800-988-0221 and enter the following participant code: 4534900. To access the video portion of the meeting, you must go to Live Meeting at this link.
- Federal Register Notice
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-02-25/pdf/2016-03932.pdf - Agenda
Agenda for March 22, 2016 meeting
(1 page, 103 KB) - Transcript
Transcript from March 22, 2016 meeting
(73 pages, 510 KB)
- Presentations
Report of the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee’s Children's Research Workgroup
(13 pages, 183 KB)
- Response from the Chair in Regards to the Presentation
Letter to the Administrator from Liz Ward, Chair, Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee regarding the STAC’s Recommendation on Children's Research
(4 pages, 501 KB)
(Note: During the June 2, 2016, meeting of the STAC, the Administrator provided a statement regarding the Children's Research Recommendations from Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)). - Public Comment Time and Sign-Up Information
1:30 p.m.–2 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Please note that the public comment period ends at the time indicated above or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. 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. Written comments will also be accepted from those unable to attend the public session.
Members of the public who want to comment must sign up by providing their name and contact information by mail, email, or telephone, at the addresses provided below, by March 18, 2016:
Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A.
Taft Laboratories, MS–C–34
1090 Tusculum Ave
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Email: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
Telephone: (513) 533–8611
Written comments may be submitted. The comments should be limited to two pages and submitted through http://www.regulations.gov by March 18, 2016. Efforts will be made to provide the two-page written comments received by the deadline below to the committee members before the meeting. Comments in excess of two pages will be made publicly available at http://www.regulations.gov.
December 1, 2015
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
26 Federal Plaza New York, NY
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
To view the web conference, enter the following web address in your web browser
or click: https://odniosh.adobeconnect.com/wtchpstac/.
- Federal Register Notice
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-10-21/pdf/2015-26759.pdf - Agenda
Agenda for December 1, 2015 meeting
(1 page, 141 KB)
- Transcript
Transcript from December 1, 2015 meeting
(104 pages, 519 KB)
- Public Comment Time and Sign-Up Information
11:20 a.m.–12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Please note that the public comment period ends at the time indicated above or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. 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. Written comments will also be accepted from those unable to attend the public session.
Members of the public who want to comment must sign up by providing their name and contact information by mail, email, or telephone, at the addresses provided below, by November 27, 2015:
Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A.
Taft Laboratories, MS–C–34, 4676
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio
45226.
Email: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
Telephone: (513) 533–8611
Written comments may be submitted. The comments should be limited to two pages and submitted through http://www.regulations.gov by November 27, 2015. Efforts will be made to provide the two-page written comments received by the deadline below to the committee members before the meeting. Comments in excess of two pages will be made publicly available at http://www.regulations.gov.
June 4, 2015
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
26 Federal Plaza New York, NY
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
The USA toll-free, dial-in number is 1–888–810–6754, and when prompted enter passcode—1908415.
To view the web conference, enter the following web
address in your web browser
or click: https://odniosh.adobeconnect.com/wtcstacjune4/.
- Federal Register Notice
www.cdc.gov/wtc/pdfs/FRN2015-10418.pdf
- Agenda
Agenda for June 4, 2015 meeting
(2 page, 206 KB)
Note: The third question for deliberation has been revised.
- Transcript
Transcript from June 4, 2015 meeting
(96 pages, 309 KB)
- Presentations
WTC Health Program: Activities, Member Services, and Communication
(16 page, 1868 KB)
World Trade Center Health Registry Update
(27 page, 220 KB)
A Brief Overview of World Trade Center Health Program Research
(19 page, 297 KB)
Questions for Deliberation
(5 pages, 131 KB)
Research-to-Care Model
(4 pages, 176 KB)
Mental Health Lessons Learned
(8 pages, 177 KB)
February 14, 2014
Teleconference Meeting of the Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
- Federal Register Notice
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-01-16/html/2014-00715.htm
- Connecting to the meeting
This meeting is open to the public. This meeting will be available via telephone and Web conference and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the audio portion of the meeting, you must dial 1–888-381-5771 and enter the following participant code: 8501294. To access the video portion of the meeting, you must go to Live Meeting at this link.
- Public Comment Time and Sign-Up Information
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Please note that the public comment period ends at the time indicated above or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. 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. Written comments will also be accepted from those unable to attend the public session.
Members of the public who want to comment must sign up by providing their name and contact information by mail, email, or telephone, at the addresses provided below, by February 10, 2014:
Mail: NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A.
Taft Laboratories, MS–C–34, 4676
Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio
45226.
Email: nioshdocket@cdc.gov.
Telephone: (513) 533–8611
Written comments may be submitted. The comments should be limited to two pages and submitted through http://www.regulations.gov by February 10, 2014. Efforts will be made to provide the two-page written comments received by the deadline below to the committee members before the meeting. Comments in excess of two pages will be made publicly available at http://www.regulations.gov.
- Agenda
Agenda for February 14, 2014 meeting
(1 page, 195 KB)
- Transcript
Transcript from February 14, 2014 meeting
(137 pages, 785 KB)
- Presentations
Administrator's Charge to the Committee
(1 page, 297 KB)
WTC Health Program Update
(2 pages, 256 KB)
Overview of WTC Health Program Researh
(12 pages, 876 KB)
WTC Health Registry Research
(22 pages, 348 KB)
WTC Clinical Centers of Excellence/Data Centers Research Needs
(24 pages, 2.5 MB)
Survivors Steering Committee Letter Regarding Research Priorities
(3 pages, 124 KB)
Public Comment Received
(2 pages, 101 KB)
Policy on Redaction of Committee Meeting Transcripts of Public Comments
(1 page, 39 KB)
STAC Recommendations to the WTC Health Program's Research Program
(1 page, 16 KB)
Meeting Archives
Note: The links below will take you to the STAC Docket where the agenda, presentations, and transcripts from each meeting are posted.
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