[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 26718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09600]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health

ACTION: Extension of deadline for nominations to serve on the Advisory 
Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
(EEOICPA) from May 1, 2020, to May 16, 2020.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor (Secretary) invites interested parties 
to submit nominations for individuals to serve on the Advisory Board 
for the EEOICPA.

DATES: Nominations for individuals to serve on the Board must be 
submitted (postmarked, if sending by mail; submitted electronically; or 
received, if hand delivered) by May 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: People interested in being nominated for the Board are 
encouraged to review the Federal Register notice on nominations for 
membership and submit the requested information by May 16, 2020. 
Nominations may be submitted, including attachments, by any of the 
following methods:
     Electronically: Send to: [email protected] 
(specify in the email subject line, ``Advisory Board on Toxic 
Substances and Worker Health Nomination'').
     Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger, or 
courier service: Submit one copy of the documents listed above to the 
following address: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker 
Health, Room S-3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
    Follow-up communications with nominees may occur as necessary 
through the process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Michael Chance, 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at [email protected], or Carrie 
Rhoads, Alternate DFO, at [email protected], U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Suite S-3524, Washington, DC 20210, 
telephone (202) 343-5580.
    This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is mandated by Section 3687 of 
EEOICPA. The Secretary established the Board under this authority and 
Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 2015) and in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 
U.S.C. App. 2. The purpose of the Board is to advise the Secretary with 
respect to: (1) The Site Exposure Matrices of the Department of Labor 
(DOL); (2) medical guidance for claims examiners for claims with the 
EEOICPA program, with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence 
of claimants; (3) evidentiary requirements for claims under Part B of 
EEOICPA related to lung disease; (4) the work of industrial hygienists 
and staff physicians and consulting physicians of the DOL and reports 
of such hygienists and physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and 
consistency; (5) the claims adjudication process generally, including 
review of procedure manual changes prior to incorporation into the 
manual and claims for medical benefits; and (6) such other matters as 
the Secretary considers appropriate. In addition, the Board, when 
necessary, coordinates exchanges of data and findings with the 
Department of Health and Human Services' Advisory Board on Radiation 
and Worker Health, which advises the Department of Health and Human 
Services' National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on 
various aspects of causation in radiogenic cancer cases under Part B of 
the EEOICPA program.
    Notice of solicitation for nominations to serve on the Advisory 
Board was also published on April 1, 2020. The deadline for submission 
of nominations was 30 days from the date of publication, or May 1, 
2020. The Secretary now extends the deadline for nomination by an 
additional 15 days, to May 16, 2020.

    Signed at Washington, DC.
Julia K. Hearthway,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-09600 Filed 5-4-20; 8:45 am]
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