[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 60093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24244]


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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 December 11, 2019 from 8:15 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m., PST. A public comment session will be held on December 11, 
2019 at 5:30 p.m., PST and conclude at 6:30 p.m., PST or following the 
final call for public comment, whichever comes first.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel, One Hegenberger Road, Oakland, 
California 94621; Phone: (510) 635-5000, Fax: (510) 383-4090. The 
public may join the audio conference call via FTS Conferencing. The USA 
toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; and the pass code is 
9933701. The meeting will also be accessible via 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 
30329-4027, 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 Advisory Board's charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed 
at appropriate intervals, rechartered on February 12, 2018, and will 
terminate on February 12, 2020.
    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; 
Completed Site Profile Reviews; Draft Report to the Secretary, HHS on 
Dose Reconstruction Reviews, Coworker Modeling Guidelines Review; SEC 
Petition Review Update for Savannah River Site (Aiken, South Carolina, 
1972-2007); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Site Profile Review 
Update; and a Board Work Session. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.
    The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of 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 Control and Prevention and the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-24244 Filed 11-6-19; 8:45 am]
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