[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 73 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 26153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07848]


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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 Dose Reconstruction Review, 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 for Dose Reconstruction Review 
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.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 4, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4 
p.m., EDT.
    Written comments must be received on or before May 27, 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.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Officer, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, 
Mailstop C-24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone: (513) 533-6800, toll 
free 1(800) 232-4636, 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 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 
(SEC). 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, 
2024. Unless continued by the President the Board will terminate on 
September 30, 2025, consistent with E.O. 14109 of September 29, 2023.
    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 (DOE) 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. SDRR 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. Issues Resolution from Set 31. Facilities that may be 
covered include: Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC), General 
Atomics, General Electric Vallecitos, General Steel Industries (South 
Plant), Hanford, Idaho National Laboratory, Kansas City Plant, Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Metals 
and Controls Corp., Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25), Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory (X-10), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Pantex Plant, Portsmouth Gaseous 
Diffusion Plant, Rocky Flats Plant, Sandia National Laboratories, 
Savannah River Site, and Y-12 Plant; 2. Issues resolution: Tab 585 from 
Set 29 (Pantex); 3. Report and further discussion on changes to 
selection criteria. 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. 2024-07848 Filed 4-12-24; 8:45 am]
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