[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83964-83965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28377]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), 
Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews (SPR), 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 Procedure 
Reviews (SPR) of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(ABRWH or Advisory Board). 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 
welcomed 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 February 18, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. 
to 3:30 p.m., EST. Written comments must be received on or before 
February 11, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Sherri Diana, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS 
C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    Meeting Information: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. 
The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; the pass code is 
9933701.

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

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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, and rechartered under Executive Order 
13889 on March 22, 2020, and will terminate on March 22, 2022.
    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. SPR is responsible 
for overseeing, tracking, and participating in the reviews of all 
procedures used in the dose reconstruction process by the NIOSH 
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS) and its dose 
reconstruction contractor (Oak Ridge Associated Universities--ORAU).
    Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
the following dose reconstruction procedures: (a) Procedures associated 
specifically with the following sites: Savannah River Site, Grand 
Junction Operations Office, Bridgeport Brass Company, General Steel 
Industries; (b) procedures associated with Atomic Weapons Employers 
generally; and, (c) general procedures for dose reconstructions. 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 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.
[FR Doc. 2020-28377 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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