[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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