[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92857-92858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30516]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: Working 
Group on Presumptions

AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting of the Working Group on Presumptions of 
the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory 
Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
Program Act (EEOICPA).

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SUMMARY: The working group will meet via teleconference on January 10, 
2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

FOR PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT:  For press inquiries: Ms. Amanda McClure, 
Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1028, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
4672; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board is mandated by Section 
3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of Labor established the Board under 
this authority and Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 2015). The purpose 
of the Advisory Board is to advise the Secretary with respect to: (1) 
The Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the Department of Labor; (2) 
medical guidance for claims examiners for claims with the EEOICPA 
program, with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence of 
claimants; (3) evidentiary requirements for claims under Part B of 
EEOICPA related to lung disease; and (4) the work of industrial 
hygienists and staff physicians and consulting physicians of the 
Department of Labor and reports of such hygienists and physicians to 
ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency. The Advisory Board 
sunsets on December 19, 2019. This working group is being assembled to 
gather and analyze data and continue working on providing EEOICP with 
updated presumptions.
    The Advisory Board operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and its implementing regulations 
(41 CFR part 102-3).

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    Agenda: The tentative agenda for the meeting of the Working Group 
on Presumptions includes: general comments on use of disease and 
exposure presumptions in compensation programs; current use of 
presumptions in EEOICP; expanding/improving the use of presumptions in 
EEOICP; any new business as proposed by working group members.
    OWCP will transcribe the Advisory Board working group meeting. OWCP 
will post the transcripts on the Advisory Board Web page, http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with 
written comments and other materials submitted to the working group or 
presented at the working group meeting.

Public Participation, Submissions, and Access to the Public Record

    Working group meeting: The working group will meet via 
teleconference on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 
p.m. Eastern Time. Advisory Board working group meetings are open to 
the public. The teleconference number and other details for listening 
to the meeting will be posted on the Advisory Board's Web site no later 
than 72 hours prior to the meeting. This information will be posted at 
http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm.
    Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for 
special accommodations to participate in the working group meeting by 
email, telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Carrie Rhoads, OWCP, Room S-3524, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20210; telephone (202) 343-5580; email [email protected].
    Submission of written comments for the record: You may submit 
written comments, identified by the working group name and the meeting 
date of January 10, 2017, by any of the following methods:
     Electronically: Send to: [email protected] 
(specify in the email subject line, ``Working Group on Presumptions'').
     Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger, or 
courier service: Submit one copy to the following address: U.S. 
Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Advisory 
Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, Room S-3522, 200 
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210. Due to security-related 
procedures, receipt of submissions by regular mail may experience 
significant delays.
    Comments must be received by January 3, 2017. OWCP will make 
available publically, without change, any written comments, including 
any personal information that you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions 
interested parties against submitting personal information such as 
Social Security numbers and birthdates.
    Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at 
http://www.regulations.gov. This notice, as well as news releases and 
other relevant information, are also available on the Advisory Board's 
Web page at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Antonio Rios, 
Designated Federal Officer, at [email protected], or Carrie Rhoads, 
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, at [email protected], U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Suite S-3524, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 343-5580. This is not a toll-free 
number.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of December, 2016.
Leonard J. Howie III,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-30516 Filed 12-19-16; 8:45 am]
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