[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58379-58380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15797]


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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, 
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 of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(ABRWH or the Advisory Board). This is a virtual meeting. It is open to 
the public, with a public comment period. The public is also welcome to 
submit written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact 
person listed in the addresses section below. The public is also 
welcome to listen to the meeting by joining the teleconference 
(information below), limited only by the number of audio conference 
lines available (150).

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 7, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 6 
p.m., EDT, and on August 8, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., EDT. A public 
comment session will be held on August 7, 2024,

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at 5 p.m., EDT, and will conclude at 6 p.m., EDT, or following the 
final call for public comment, whichever comes first.
    Written comments must be received on or before August 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum 
Avenue, Mailstop C-24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Official, 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 the CDC. NIOSH implements this 
responsibility for CDC.
    The charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate 
intervals, and rechartered under Executive Order 13179 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: 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 (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.
    Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on 
the following: National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health 
Program Update; Department of Labor Program Update; Department of 
Energy Program Update; SEC Petitions Update; Procedures Review 
Finalization/Document Approvals; Idaho National Lab; Savannah River 
Site, Pinellas Workgroup, and Subcommittee on Dose Reconstruction 
Review updates; a Board Work Session; and Board Correspondence review. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. For 
additional information, please contact Toll Free 1-800-232-4636.
    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. 2024-15797 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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