[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 241 (Monday, December 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87428-87429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27716]


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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, 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 teleconference (information below). The audio 
conference line has 150 ports for callers.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 14, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 1 
p.m., EST. Written comments must be received on or before February 7, 
2024.

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: 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, 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: 

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    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 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: Update on Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative; Work 
Group and Subcommittee Reports; Update on the Status of SEC Petitions; 
and plans for the April 2024 Advisory Board Meeting. 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. 2023-27716 Filed 12-15-23; 8:45 am]
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