[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]
 BILLING CODE 4163-19-P