[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 134 (Monday, July 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41986-41987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15028]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Docket No. CDC-2020-0077]; [Docket No. NIOSH 338]


Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting and request for comment.

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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 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 August 26, 2020 from 1:15 p.m. to 
6:15 p.m., EDT and August 27, 2020 from 1:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., EDT. An 
oral public comment session will be held on August 26, 2020 at 5:15 
p.m. and conclude at 6:15 p.m., or following the final call for public 
comment, whichever comes first.
    Written comments must be received on or before August 21, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2020-
0077, Docket No. NIOSH-338 by either of the following methods listed 
below. CDC does not accept comment by email.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Docket No. CDC-2020-0077, Docket number NIOSH-338 c/
o Sherri Diana, NIOSH Docket Office, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and

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Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received in conformance with 
the https://www.regulations.gov suitability policy will be posted 
without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-24, 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, 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 March 22, 2020, and will 
terminate on March 22, 2022.
    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 Review for W.R Grace Company (Erwin, Tennessee); 
Update on Site Profile Review for Idaho National Laboratory Site 
(Burial Ground and other Exposure Scenarios), and Hanford (Richland, 
Washington); SEC Petition Reviews for Superior Steel (Carnegie, 
Pennsylvania; 1952-2957), and Reduction Pilot Plant (Huntington, West 
Virginia; 1976-1978), and a Board Work Session. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Meeting Information: The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-
0537; the pass code is 9933701. Web conference by Skype: meeting 
Connection: https://webconf.cdc.gov/zab6/yzdq02pl?sl=1.

Public Participation

    Comments received are part of the public record and are subject to 
public disclosure. Do not include any information in your comment or 
supporting materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate 
for public disclosure. If you include your name, contact information, 
or other information that identifies you in the body of your comments, 
that information will be on public display. CDC will review all 
submissions and may choose to redact, or withhold, submissions 
containing private or proprietary information such as Social Security 
numbers, medical information, inappropriate language, or duplicate/near 
duplicate examples of a mass-mail campaign. CDC will carefully consider 
all comments submitted into the docket. CDC does not accept comment by 
email.
    Oral Public Comment: An oral public comment session will be held on 
August 26, 2020 at 5:15 p.m., EDT and conclude at 6:15 p.m., EDT or 
following the final call for public comment, whichever comes first.
    Written Public Comment: Written comments will also be accepted from 
those unable to attend the public session per the instructions provided 
in the address section above. Written comments received in advance of 
the meeting will be included in the official record of the meeting.
    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 Disease 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.
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