[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14845-14846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04210]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 
Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews, 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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
following meeting for the Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews (SPR) 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 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 March 14, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., EDT.
    Written comments must be received on or before March 7, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 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 Center for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-
24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: (513) 533-6800; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(ABRWH or 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. 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 14109 on March 22, 
2022, and will terminate on March 22, 2024.
    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. The ABWRH 
Subcommittee on Procedure Reviews (SPR) is responsible for overseeing, 
tracking, and participating in the reviews of all procedures used in 
the dose reconstruction process by the NIOSH Division of Compensation 
Analysis and Support (DCAS) and its dose reconstruction contractor (Oak 
Ridge Associated Universities--ORAU).
    Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
the following: 1. Carry-over items from November 16, 2023, SPR Meeting, 
including a. DCAS-PER-040 ``Mallinckrodt TBD Revisions,'' b. Peeks 
Street review--NIOSH, and c. ANL-W TBD revision--review application of 
ORAUT-RPRT-0097. 2. Newly-issued SC&A reviews, including a. ORAUT-RPRT-
0071 ``External Dose Coworker Methodology,'' b. ORAUT-RPRT-0084 ``Two-
Count Filter Method for Measurement of Thoron Progeny in Air,'' c. 
DCAS-PER-047 ST4 ``GJOO,'' d. ``Amchitka Island template,'' e. 
``Albuquerque Operations Office template,'' f. DCAS-PER-068 ``Electro 
Metallurgical Co,'' g. DCAS-PER-070 ``Nuclear Metals Inc.,'' h. DCAS-
PER-072 ``Seymour Specialty Wiring Co,'' i. ORAUT-RPRT-0060 ``Neutron 
Dose from Highly Enriched Uranium.''; 3. PERs previously identified as 
not needing a review; 4. Preparation for April 2024 Full ABRWH Meeting: 
Review of technical guidance documents ready for full Board approval; 
5. Newly-Issued Guidance and Supplemental Topics. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate. For additional information, 
please contact Toll Free 1 (800) 232-4636.
    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.

Public Participation

    Written Public Comment: The public is welcome to submit written 
comments

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in advance of the meeting, to Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Officer, National Center for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-
24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: (513) 533-6800; Email: 
[email protected]. Written comments received in advance of the meeting will 
be included in the official record of the meeting.
    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. 2024-04210 Filed 2-28-24; 8:45 am]
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