[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54775-54776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22501]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation 
and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health (NIOSH)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting for the 
aforementioned subcommittee:
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 19, 2011.
    Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron, 
Kentucky 41018, Telephone: (859) 334-4611, Fax: (859) 334-4619.
    Status: Open to the public. In the event an individual wishes to 
provide comments, written comments must be submitted prior to the 
meeting. To access by conference call dial the following information: 
(866) 659-0537, Participant Pass Code 9933701.
    Background: The ABRWH was established under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to advise the 
President on a variety of policy and technical functions required to 
implement and effectively manage the compensation program. Key 
functions of the ABRWH include providing advice on the development of 
probability of causation guidelines that have been promulgated by the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final rule; advice 
on methods of dose reconstruction which have also been promulgated by 
HHS as a final rule; advice on the scientific validity and quality of 
dose estimation and reconstruction efforts being performed for purposes 
of the compensation program; and advice on petitions to add classes of 
workers to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC).
    In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for 
funding, staffing, and operating the ABRWH to HHS, which subsequently 
delegated this authority to CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility 
for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at 
appropriate intervals, and will expire on August 3, 2013.
    Purpose: The ABRWH is charged with (a) providing advice to the 
Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under Executive Order 
13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific 
validity and quality of

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dose reconstruction efforts performed for this program; and (c) upon 
request by the Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on whether there 
is a class of employees at any Department of Energy facility who were 
exposed to radiation but for whom it is not feasible to estimate their 
radiation dose, and on whether there is a reasonable likelihood that 
such radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of this 
class. The Subcommittee on Procedures Review was established to aid the 
ABRWH in carrying out its duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose 
reconstructions. The Subcommittee on Procedures Review is responsible 
for overseeing, tracking, and participating in the reviews of all 
procedures used in the dose reconstruction process by the NIOSH 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS) and its dose 
reconstruction contractor.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting 
includes discussion of the following ORAU and OCAS procedures: ORAUT-
RPRT-0044 (``Analysis of Bioassay Data with a Significant Fraction of 
Less-Than Results''), OCAS TIB-0013 (``Special External Dose 
Reconstruction Considerations for Mallinckrodt Workers''), OTIB-0019 
(``Analysis of Coworker Bioassay Data for Internal Dose Assignment''), 
OTIB-0021 (External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the X-10 Site), OTIB-
0029 (``Internal Dosimetry Coworker Data for Y-12''), OTIB-0047 
(``External Radiation Monitoring at the Y-12 Facility During the 1948-
1949 Period''), OTIB-0049 (``Estimating Doses for Plutonium Strongly 
Retained in the Lung''), OTIB-0052 (``Parameters to Consider When 
Processing Claims for Construction Trade Workers''), OTIB-0054 
(``Fission and Activation Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related 
Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses''), and OTIB-0070 (``Dose 
Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic Weapons 
Employer Facilities''); and a continuation of the comment-resolution 
process for other dose reconstruction procedures under review by the 
Subcommittee.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    This meeting is open to the public. In the event an individual 
wishes to provide comments, written comments must be submitted prior to 
the meeting. Any written comments received will be provided at the 
meeting and should be submitted to the contact person below in advance 
of the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, Executive 
Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-20, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, Toll Free: 1 (800) CDC-INFO, 
E-mail [email protected].
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: August 29, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-22501 Filed 9-1-11; 8:45 am]
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