[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1379-1380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00042]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and pursuant to the requirements of 42 
CFR 83.15(a), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and 
Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH):

    Time and Date: (All times are Central Standard Time) 9 a.m.-5:30 
p.m., January 28, 2014.
    Public Comment Time and Date: (All times are Central Standard 
Time) 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., January 28, 2014.
    *Please note that the public comment period may end before the 
time indicated, following the last call for comments. Members of the 
public who wish to provide public comments should plan to attend the 
public comment session at the start time listed.
    Place: Crowne Plaza, 1301 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO, 64105 
Phone: 816-460-6664; Fax: 816-474-0424. Audio Conference Call via 
FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-free, dial-in number is 1-866-659-
0537 with a pass code of 9933701. Live Meeting Connection: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/cdc/join?id=JKQMG2&role=attend&pw=ABRWH; 
Meeting ID: JKQMG2; Entry Code: ABRWH
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting space accommodates approximately 150 people.
    Background: The Advisory Board 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 new compensation 
program. Key functions of the Advisory Board include providing 
advice on the development of probability of causation guidelines 
which 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 Advisory Board to HHS, which 
subsequently delegated this authority to the 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, 
2015.
    Purpose: This Advisory Board 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 dose reconstruction efforts 
performed for this program; and c) upon request by the Secretary, 
HHS, advise 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 reasonable likelihood that such radiation 
doses may have endangered the health of members of this class.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Advisory Board 
meeting includes: NIOSH Program Update; Department of Labor Program 
Update; Department of Energy Program Update; SEC petitions for: 
Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company (Fort Wayne, IN) and Kansas 
City Plant (Kansas City, MO); SEC Issues Work Group Report on 
``Sufficient Accuracy''/Co-Worker Dose Modeling; SEC Petitions 
Update, and Board Work Sessions.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    In the event an individual cannot attend, written comments may 
be submitted in accordance with the redaction policy provided below. 
Any written comments received will be provided at the meeting and 
should be submitted to the contact person below well in advance of 
the meeting.
    Policy on Redaction of Board Meeting Transcripts (Public 
Comment): (1) If a person making a comment gives his or her personal 
information, no attempt will be made to redact the name; however, 
NIOSH will redact other personally identifiable information, such as 
contact information, social security numbers, case numbers, etc., of 
the commenter.
    (2) If an individual in making a statement reveals personal 
information (e.g., medical or employment information) about 
themselves that information will not usually be redacted. The NIOSH 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) coordinator will, however, review 
such revelations in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act and if deemed appropriate, will redact such information.
    (3) If a commenter reveals personal information concerning a 
living third party, that information will be reviewed by the NIOSH 
FOIA coordinator, and upon determination, if deemed appropriate, 
such information will be redacted, unless the disclosure is made by 
the third party's authorized representative under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) 
program.
    (4) In general, information concerning a deceased third party 
may be disclosed; however, such information will be redacted if (a) 
the disclosure is made by an individual other than the survivor 
claimant, a parent, spouse, or child, or the authorized 
representative of the deceased third party; (b)

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if it is unclear whether the third party is living or deceased; or 
(c) the information is unrelated or irrelevant to the purpose of the 
disclosure.
    The Board will take reasonable steps to ensure that individuals 
making public comment are aware of the fact that their comments 
(including their name, if provided) will appear in a transcript of 
the meeting posted on a public Web site. Such reasonable steps 
include: (a) A statement read at the start of each public comment 
period stating that transcripts will be posted and names of speakers 
will not be redacted; (b) A printed copy of the statement mentioned 
in (a) above will be displayed on the table where individuals sign 
up to make public comments; (c) A statement such as outlined in (a) 
above will also appear with the agenda for a Board Meeting when it 
is posted on the NIOSH Web site; (d) A statement such as in (a) 
above will appear in the Federal Register Notice that announces 
Board and Subcommittee meetings.
    Contact Person For More Information: Theodore Katz, M.P.A., 
Designated Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS E-
20, Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, Toll Free: 1-800-
CDC-INFO, Email: [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.

Gary J. Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-00042 Filed 1-7-14; 8:45 am]
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