[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80304-80305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25460]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with regulatory provisions, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces a meeting of the
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory
Board). This meeting is open to the public, with 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 teleconference (information below). The audio conference
line has 150 ports for callers.
DATES: The meeting will be held on December 7, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. EST. A public comment session will be held at 5 p.m. and will
conclude at 6 p.m. or following the final call for public comment,
whichever comes first. Written comments must be received on or before
November 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts,
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum
Avenue, MS 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: 160 6763 3819 and the Passcode is: 98685439; Web conference by Zoom
meeting connection: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/16067633819?pwd=RUdiYXlZZHFKanpJOHZrcGJIbTlaZz09.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated
Federal Officer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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 Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health 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,
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
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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 (DOL) Program
Update; Department of Energy (DOE) Program Update; Special Exposure
Cohort (SEC) Petitions Update; Background and Update on Subcommittee
for Procedures Review Activities; Pinellas Workgroup Update, Metals and
Control Workgroup Update, Dose Reconstruction Review Methods Workgroup
Update, and a Board Work Session. Agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, 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, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-25460 Filed 11-16-23; 8:45 am]
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