[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64601-64602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25776]


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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 or Advisory Board), National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); Meeting

    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: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., EST, November 25, 2014.
    Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-
free, dial-in number, 1-866-659-0537 and the passcode is 9933701.
    Status: Open to the public but without a public comment period. The 
public is welcome to submit written comments in advance of the meeting, 
to the contact person below. Written comments received in advance of 
the meeting will be included in the official record of the meeting. The 
public is also welcome to listen to the meeting by joining the 
teleconference at the USA toll-free, dial-in number, 1-866-659-0537 and 
the passcode is 9933701.
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 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 Advisory Board 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, 2015.
    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 dose reconstruction efforts performed for this 
program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, HHS, providing advice 
to 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 (Oak 
Ridge Associated Universities-ORAU).
    Matters For Discussion: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting 
includes: Discussion of procedures in the following ORAU and DCAS 
technical documents: Procedures for reconstructing dose associated with 
potential skin contamination, External Dose Reconstruction 
Implementation Guide (IG 001), ORAU Team Technical Information Bulletin 
(OTIB) 0034 (``Internal Dose Coworker Data for X-10''), OTIB 0054 
(``Fission and Activation Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related 
Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses''), OTIB 0082 (``Dose 
Reconstruction Method for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia''), OTIB 0083 
(``Dissolution Models for Insoluble Plutonium 238''), Program 
Evaluation Report (PER) 011 (``K-25 [Technical Basis Document] TBD and 
TIB Revisions''), PER 018 (``Los Alamos National Laboratory TBD 
Revision, Rev. 00,''), PER 031 (``Y-12 TBD Revisions''), PER 038 
(``Hooker Electrochemical TBD Revisions''), PER 042 (``Linde Ceramic 
Plant TBD Revision''), PER 043 (``Internal and External Dosimetry

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Organs and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code Revision''), PER 045 
(``Aliquippa Forge TBD Revision''), PER 0052 (``Westinghouse Nuclear 
Fuels Division''); Update on Review of ORAU Team Report 0053 
(``Stratified Co-Worker Sets''); 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.
    Contact Person For More Information: Theodore Katz, Designated 
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E-20, 
Atlanta, Georgia 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.

Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-25776 Filed 10-29-14; 8:45 am]
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