[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00195]
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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), Subcommittee on Procedures Review (SPR), 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 for the Subcommittee for Procedure
Reviews (SPR) 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 audio conference (information below). The audio
conference line has 150 ports for callers.
DATES: The meeting will be held on February 13, 2019, 10:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. EST.
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
30329, 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 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 February 12, 2018,
pursuant to Executive Order 13708, and will terminate on March 22,
2020.
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. 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 to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on
the following dose reconstruction procedures: (a) Procedures associated
specifically with the following sites: Aliquippa Forge, Hooker
Electrochemical Co., Birdsboro Steel, Simonds Saw, Idaho National
Laboratory, General Steel Industries; (b) general procedures for dose
reconstructions: Internal Coworker Dosimetry Data Completeness Test,
Parameters when Processing Claims for Construction Trade Workers.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
The Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 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 Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-00195 Filed 1-25-19; 8:45 am]
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