[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35390-35391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15589]


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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 Dose Reconstruction Review (SDRR), 
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 Dose 
Reconstruction Reviews (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 audio conference (information 
below). The audio conference line has 150 ports for callers.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 12, 2019, 10:30 a.m. to 
4:00 p.m. EDT.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Theodore Katz, MPA, Designated 
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, 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 September 30, 
2019.
    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: A draft report on the current progress and 
findings of dose reconstruction reviews for the Secretary, HHS; Dose 
reconstruction cases under review from Sets 25 and 26, possibly 
including cases involving Albuquerque Operations Office, Ames 
Laboratory, Aliquippa Forge, Battelle Memorial Institute, General Steel 
Industries, Hanford, Hooker Electrochemical, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, Nuclear Metals Inc., Pacific 
Northwest National Laboratories, Oak Ridge facilities (Y-12, K-25, X-
10), Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Pantex Plant,

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Rocky Flats Plant, Sandia National Laboratory, Simonds Saw and Steel, 
West Valley Demonstration Project, W.R. Grace, and potentially other 
Department of Energy and Atomic Weapons Employers facilities.
    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 A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-15589 Filed 7-22-19; 8:45 am]
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