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OVERSIGHT ON THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE

NIOSH FACILITIES FROM ROCKVILLE, MD., TO
ATLANTA, GA., AND CINCINNATI, OHIO

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SAFETY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON/EDUCATION AND LABOR.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON JULY 28, AND
SEPTEMBER 15, 1981

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

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Hoyer, Hon. Steny, H., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Maryland....

Kerr, Dr. Lorin, Occupational Health Department, International Union of
United Mine Workers of America.....

Key, Dr. Marcus M., former Director, NIOSH

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland....

Rom, William N., M.D., M.P.H., director, Rocky Mountain Center for

Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah School of

Medicine..

Sarbanes, Hon. Paul S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland
Sheehan, John J., director, Legislative Department, United Steelworkers
of America, AFL-CIO

Suskind, Raymond R., M.D., director, Institute of Environmental Health
and the Kettering Laboratory, University of Cincinnati...
Taylor, George H. R., director, Department of Occupational Safety &
Health, AFL-CIO.....

Tepper, Lloyd B., M.D., corporate medical director, Air Products &

Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pa., on behalf of the American Academy of

Occupational Medicine, accompanied by H. Dean Belk, M.D., corporate

medical director, Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, Pa., on behalf

of the American Occupational Medical Association; Merle Bundy, M.D.,

medical director, United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., on behalf

of the American Occupational Medical Association.

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

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Barnes, Hon. Michael D., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Maryland, prepared statement of...........

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Blaylock, Kenneth T., national president, American Federation of Gov-
ernment Employees, prepared statement of..

Brandt, Edward N., M.D., Ph. D., Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, accompanied by Dr.
Donald Millar, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health; Dr. William Foege, Director, Centers for Disease Control; and
William Watson, Deputy Director:

Administrative efficiencies, examples of improved administrative effi-
ciencies to be realized from the moves

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Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.-Continued
Brandt, Edward N., M.D., Ph. D., Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, accompanied by Dr.
Donald Millar, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health; Dr. William Foege, Director, Centers for Disease Control; and
William Watson, Deputy Director-Continued

Applicability of OMB circular A-60 and proposed move of NIOSH
headquarters to Atlanta, memorandum dated July 30, 1981.
Bingham, Eula, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and
Health, chairperson, NIOSH planning group, letter from, with en-
closure, dated August 13, 1979...

Criteria for rating NIOSH research projects
Estimated cost of NIOSH relocation.

Lagather, Robert B., Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health,
letter from, with enclosure, dated October 6, 1980.

Letter to Chairman Gaydos.

Prepared statement of.

Worst case/best case analysis of the impact of 1982 budget on region-
al office staffing..

Buoy, Harold J., international president, International Brotherhood of
Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers,
Kansas City, Kans., letter to Chairman Gaydos, dated September 10,
1981

Cook, Joseph E., Jr., president, local 41, American Federation of Govern-
ment Employees, AFL-CIO, accompanied by Darlene Christian, vice
president, local 41, NIOSH unit:

Prepared statement of.

Robert, Russell M., Director, Freedom of Information/Privacy Divi-
sion, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, letter from, with enclosures, dated July 20, 1981...
Corn, Morton, Ph. D., professor and division director, Environmental
Health Engineering, School of Hygiene & Public Health, Johns Hop-
kins University, Baltimore, Md., prepared statement of.......
Durham, R. V., director, Safety & Health Department, and David A.
Sweeney, legislative and political director, International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated July 30, 1981...
Finklea, Dr. John F., professor of preventive medicine, School of Medi-
cine, University of Alabama in Birmingham, prepared statement of........
Green, Dr. Gareth M., professor and chairman, Department of Environ-
mental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene & Public
Health, Baltimore, Md., prepared statement of

Hoyer, Hon. Steny H., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Maryland, prepared statement of............

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Kerr, Lorin E., M.D., MSPH, director of occupational health, United Mine
Workers of America:

Church, Sam, Jr., president, United Mine Workers of America, letter
to Richard G. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services,
dated July 9, 1981.

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History of administrative changes, occupational health program of
the U.S. Public Health Service

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Prepared statement of....

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Key, Marcus M., M.D., professor of occupational medicine, School of
Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
Houston, Tex., prepared statement of.

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Levitas, Hon. Elliott H., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Georgia, letter to Chairman Gaydos, enclosing "CDC Wages Micro War
in Test Tube," dated January 29, 1981, from the Atlanta Journal/
Atlanta Constitution, dated July 27, 1981.

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Mary-
land, prepared statement of..

Nunn, Hon. Sam, a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia, prepared statement of...

Robbins, Anthony, M.D., Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S.
House of Representatives, letter to Chairman Gaydos, dated September
9, 1981....

Rom, William N., M.D., M.P.H., director, Rocky Mountain Center for
Occupational & Environmental Health, University of Utah School of
Medicine, prepared statement of.....

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Sarbanes, Hon. Paul S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland,
prepared statement of.

Schumer, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the State of
New York, letter to Chairman Gaydos, dated August 12, 1981....
Sheehan, John J., legislative director, United Steelworkers of America:
Options for location of NIOSH in the Federal Government
OSHA presentation to NACOSH subgroup on policy/budget.
Prepared statement of.

Sections 20, 21, and 22-OSHA.

Suskind, Raymond R., M.D., director, Institute of Environmental Health and the Kettering Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, prepared statement of

Taylor, George H. R., director, Department of Occupational Safety &
Health, American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations:

Kirkland, Lane, president, American Federation of Labor & Congress
of Industrial Organizations, letter to Hon. Richard S. Schweiker,
Secretary, Health and Human Services, dated June 26, 1981
Prepared statement of.....

Tepper, Lloyd B., M.D., corporate medical director, Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pa., on behalf of American Academy of
Occupational Medicine; H. Dean Belk, M.D., corporate medical director,
Aluminum Co. of America; Merle Bundy, M.D., medical director,
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., on behalf of the American
Occupational Medical Association, statement of.............

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