[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23497-23498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09268]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Subcommittee on Procedures Review (SPR), Advisory Board on 
Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), 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: 11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., EDT, May 16, 2016.
    Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing.
    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 at 1-866-659-
0537 and the pass code is 9933701.
    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 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, rechartered on March 22, 2016, 
pursuant to Executive Order 13708, and will expire on September 30, 
2017.
    Purpose: The 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

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reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the 
health of members of this class. SPR was established to aid the 
Advisory Board in carrying out its duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, 
on dose reconstruction. SPR 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:
    OCAS Technical Information Bulletin (TIB) 0014 (``Rocky Flats 
Internal Dosimetry Coworker Extension''), ORAU OTIB 0013 (``Individual 
Dose Adjustment Procedures for Y-12 Dose Reconstructions''), ORAU OTIB 
0029 (``Internal Dose Reconstructions for Y-12''), ORAU OTIB 0039 
(``Internal Dose Reconstructions for Hanford''), ORAU OTIB 0050 (``The 
Use of Rocky Flats Neutron Dose Reconstruction Project Data in Dose 
Reconstructions''), ORAU OTIB 0060 (``Internal Dose Reconstructions''), 
Program Evaluation Report (PER) 003 (``The Effects of Adding Ingestion 
Intakes to Bethlehem Steel Cases''), PER 004 (``Application of 
Photofluorography at the Pinellas Plant''), PER 005 (``Misinterpreted 
Application of External Dose Factor for Hanford Dose 
Reconstructions''), PER 029 (``Hanford TBD Revision''), PER 042 
(``Linde Ceramic Plant TBD Revision''), PER 045 (``Aliquippa Forge TBD 
Revision''), ORAU PROC 0042 (``Incomplete Monitoring at Y-12''), ORAU 
RPRT 0044 (``Analysis of Bioassay Data with Significant Fraction of 
Less-Than Results''); 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, Mailstop E-20, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30329-4027, 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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-09268 Filed 4-20-16; 8:45 am]
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