[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1318]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

42 CFR Part 82

RIN 0920-ZA00


Methods for Radiation Dose Reconstruction Under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Interim Final Rule; Reopening of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS), is 
reopening the comment period for the interim final rule for dose 
reconstruction for certain claims for cancer under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Program Act (EEOICPA) that was published in the 
Federal Register of Friday, October 5, 2001. After considering these 
comments, comments previously received, and comments from the Advisory 
Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) DHHS will publish a final 
rule.

DATES: Any public written comments not submitted at the meeting of the 
ABRWH must be received on or before Wednesday, January 23, 2002.
    ABRWH must submit any comments and recommendations on the interim 
final rule to DHHS by Wednesday, February 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Attention--DoseReconstruction 
Comments, Department of Health and HumanServices, National Institute 
for Occupational Safety andHealth (NIOSH), Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 
MS-C34, 4676Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone: (513) 
533-8450, Fax: (513) 533-8285, e-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director,Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support, NationalInstitute for Occupational 
Safety and Health, 4676 ColumbiaParkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, 
Telephone 513-841-4498(this is not a toll free number). Information 
requests may also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 5, 2001, HHS published an interim 
final rule establishing methods for radiation dose reconstruction to be 
conducted for certain cancer claims filed under EEOICPA, Public Law 
106-398 [See FR Vol. 66, No. 194, 50978]. The notice included a public 
comment period that ended on November 5, 2001. However, DHHS is 
requesting the ABRWH to conduct a review of its dose reconstruction 
methods. ABRWH will be conducting its review during a meeting of the 
ABRWH scheduled for Tuesday, January 22, 2002 and Wednesday, January 
23, 2002.
    To permit HHS to consider the ABRWH review and any comments and 
recommendations of ABRWH in the rulemaking, DHHS will reopen the public 
comment period. This will also provide the public with the opportunity 
to participate in this review. The public comment period will be 
reopened to include the ABRWH meeting transcript and any statements 
submitted for the record of that meeting in the docket for this rule. 
DHHS will also accept additional public written comments submitted to 
its docket office on or beforeWednesday, January 23, 2002. The record 
for this rulemaking will close on Wednesday, February 6, 2002, by which 
time ABRWH must submit any comments and recommendations on the interim 
final rule to DHHS.

    Dated: January 14, 2002.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-1318 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
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