[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14370-14371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04700]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), 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: The CDC announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board 
on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board). This 
meeting is open to the public, limited only by the space available and 
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 April 19, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 4 
p.m., EDT and on April 20, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., EDT. Written 
comments must be received on or before April 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC, 
1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    Meeting Information: The USA toll-free dial-in numbers are: +1 669 
254 5252 US (San Jose); +1 646 828 7666 US (New York). The Meeting ID 
is: 161 420 2917 and the Passcode is: 23289352; Web conference by Zoom 
meeting connection: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1614202917?pwd=UjhiSmpMd2RzS2kxTXRmUDUzNU1BQT09.

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, and rechartered under Executive Order 13889 
on March 22, 2022, and will terminate on March 22, 2024.
    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

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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; 
Procedures Review Finalization/Document Approvals; Savannah River Site 
Workgroup Update, and a Board Work Session. 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.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1001 et. seq.)

Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-04700 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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