[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42944-42945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14137]


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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 and request for comment.

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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 is a 
hybrid meeting, accessible both in person and virtually. It is open to 
the public, limited only by the space available and the number of audio 
conference lines and internet conference accesses. Time will be 
available for public comment. The public is also welcomed to submit 
written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact person 
listed in the addresses section 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 combined number 
of audio conference lines and internet conference accesses is 200.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 16, 2023, from 8:15 a.m. to 
6:00 p.m., EDT. A public comment session will be held at 5:00 p.m., 
EDT, and will conclude at 6:00 p.m., EDT, or following the final call 
for public comment, whichever comes first. Written comments must be 
received on or before August 9, 2023.

ADDRESSES: DoubleTree by Hilton Augusta, 2651 Perimeter Parkway, 
Augusta, GA 30909; Telephone: (706) 855-8100. The conference room will

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have seating for approximately 125 people.
    Meeting Information: The USA toll-free dial-in numbers are: +1 669 
254 5252 US (San Jose); and +1 646 828 7666 US (New York). The meeting 
ID is: 160 6763 3819; the Passcode is: 98685439; and the Web conference 
by Zoom meeting connection is: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/16067633819?pwd=RUdiYXlZZHFKanpJOHZrcGJIbTlaZz09.
    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. Written 
comments received in advance of the meeting will be included in the 
official record of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Official, NIOSH, CDC, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-24, 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226; Telephone: (513) 533-6800; 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 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, was 
renewed at appropriate intervals, was 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 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; 
Interactive RadioEpidemiological Program (IREP) Update; Procedures 
Review Finalization/Document Approvals; Savannah River Site Workgroup 
Update; Metals & Control (M&C) Workgroup Updates, and a Board Work 
Session. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For additional information, please contact Toll Free 1-800-232-
4636.
    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.
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