[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 32299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14929]


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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 
CDC, announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation 
and Worker Health (ABRWH). This meeting is open to the public, limited 
only by the space available. The meeting space accommodates 
approximately 150 people and the audio conference line has 150 ports 
for callers. 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 (information below).

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 22, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m., EDT, and August 23, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., EDT. A 
public comment session will be held on August 22, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. and 
conclude at 6:00 p.m. or following the final call for public comment, 
whichever comes first.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Providence, 21 Atwells Avenue, Providence, RI 02903; 
Phone: (401)-831-3900, Fax: (401)-274-1562 and audio conference call 
via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-
0537; the pass code is 9933701. Web conference by Skype: meeting 
CONNECTION: https://webconf.cdc.gov/zab6/yzdq02pl?sl=1.

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 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, rechartered under Executive Order 13811 on February 12, 
2018, and will terminate on September 30, 2019.
    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, 
advising 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 Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
the following: NIOSH Program Update; Department of Labor Program 
Update; Department of Energy Program Update; SEC Petitions Update; 
possible discussion of a site profile review (dose reconstruction 
methods for Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald, Ohio); SEC 
Petitions for: Sandia National Laboratory (Albuquerque, New Mexico), 
Metals and Controls Corporation (Attleboro, Massachusetts, Idaho 
National Laboratory (Scoville, Idaho), and DeSoto Facility (Los 
Angeles, California); continued review of dose reconstruction methods 
associated with estimating skin doses; and a Board Work Session. Agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    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.

Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-14929 Filed 7-11-18; 8:45 am]
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