[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83965-83966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28379]


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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 on Dose Reconstruction Review (SDRR), 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 Dose 
Reconstruction Review Subcommittee (SDRR) 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 25, 2021, from 10:30 a.m. 
to 2:30 p.m. EST. Written comments must be received on or before 
February 18, 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 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. SDRR was 
established to aid the Advisory Board in carrying out its duty to 
advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose reconstruction.
    Matters to be considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
the following dose reconstruction program quality management and 
assurance activities: Dose reconstruction cases under review from Set 
28, possibly

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including cases involving, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K25), Y-
12 Plant, and Savannah River Site (SRS) facilities; Dose reconstruction 
cases under review from Sets 18 and 21, possibly including cases 
involving, Uranium Mill in Monticello and GE Vallecitos; and Tracking 
of decision points requiring professional judgement (time permitting). 
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. 2020-28379 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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