[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3712-3713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01387]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the 
Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the 
following meeting for the Subcommittee on Dose Reconstruction Review 
(SDRR) of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH). 
This meeting is 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; the pass code is 9933701. The conference line has 150 ports for 
callers.

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 13, 2018, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-
free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; the pass code is 9933701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Katz, MPA, Designated Federal 
Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-20, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, Telephone (513) 533-6800, Toll Free 1 (800) CDC-INFO, Email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The Advisory Board as 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,

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pursuant to Executive Order 13708, and will expire on March 22, 2018.
    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 reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may 
have endangered the health of members of this class. SDRR was 
established to aid the Advisory Board in carrying out its duty to 
advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose reconstruction.
    Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
the following dose reconstruction program quality management and 
assurance activities: Dose reconstruction cases under review from Sets 
19-24, including Iowa Ordinance Plant, Sandia-Albuquerque, Sandia 
National Laboratory, Pacific Proving Grounds, Nevada Test Site, Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Feeds Material Production Center (Fernald), 
Pantex, Weldon Spring, Rocky Flats Plant, W.R. Grace, Mallinckrodt 
Chemical Company, and potentially other Department of Energy and Atomic 
Weapons Employers facilities.
    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. 2018-01387 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-19-P