[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77156-77157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21496]


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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, but without a public comment period. The public is welcome 
to submit written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact 
person listed in the addresses section 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), limited only by the 
number of audio conference lines available (150).

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 9, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 1 
p.m., EDT.
    Written comments must be received on or before October 2, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum 
Avenue, Mailstop 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 & 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 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 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 (September 29, 
2023) 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 E.O. 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

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the status of SEC Petitions; and plans for the December 2024 Advisory 
Board Meeting. 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. 2024-21496 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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