[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9254-9255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3587]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory
Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and pursuant to the requirements of 42
CFR 83.15(a), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:
Board Public Meeting Times and Dates (All times are Pacific Time):
9:45 a.m.-5 p.m., February 28, 2012. 8:15 a.m.-6 p.m., February 29,
2012.
Public Comment Times and Dates (All times are Pacific Time): 5
p.m.-6:30 p.m.,* February 28, 2012.
* Please note that the public comment periods may end before the
times indicated, following the last call for comments. Members of the
public who wish to provide public comments should plan to attend public
comment sessions at the start times listed.
Place: Waterfront Hotel, 10 Washington Street, Oakland, California
94607, Telephone: (510) 836-3800, Fax: (510) 832-5695, Audio Conference
Call via FTS Conferencing, the USA toll-free number is 1-866-659-0537
with a pass code of 9933701.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting space accommodates approximately 150 people.
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 will expire on August 3, 2013.
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,
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.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Advisory Board meeting
includes: NIOSH Program Update; Department of Labor (DOL) Program
Update; Department of Energy (DOE) Program Update; NIOSH 10-Year
Program Review Implementation; Status of Activities for Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory and Stanford Linear Accelerator; SEC
petitions for: Electro Metallurgical (Niagara Falls, NY), Hangar 481
(Kirtland Air Force Base); Weldon Spring Plant (Weldon Spring, MO),
Sandia National Laboratories, Clinton Engineering Works (Oak Ridge,
TN), Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald, Ohio), and Brookhaven
National Laboratory; SEC Petition Status Updates; and Board Work
Sessions.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
In the event an individual cannot attend, written comments may be
submitted in accordance with the redaction policy provided below. Any
written comments received will be provided at the meeting and should be
submitted to the contact person below well in advance of the meeting.
Policy on Redaction of Board Meeting Transcripts (Public Comment):
(1) If a person making a comment gives his or her name, no attempt will
be made to redact that name. (2) NIOSH will take reasonable steps to
ensure that individuals making public comment are aware of the fact
that their comments (including their name, if provided) will appear in
a transcript of the meeting posted on a public Web site. Such
reasonable steps include: (a) A statement read at the start of each
public comment period stating that transcripts will be posted and names
of speakers will not be redacted; (b) A printed copy of the statement
mentioned in (a) above will be displayed on the table where individuals
sign up to make public comments; (c) A statement such as outlined in
(a) above will also appear with the agenda for a Board Meeting when it
is posted on the NIOSH Web site; (d) A statement such as in (a) above
will appear in the Federal Register Notice that announces Board and
Subcommittee meetings. (3) If an individual in making a statement
reveals personal information (e.g., medical information) about
themselves that information will not usually be redacted. The NIOSH
FOIA coordinator will, however, review such revelations in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Advisory Committee
Act and if deemed appropriate, will redact such information. (4) All
disclosures of information concerning third parties will be redacted.
(5) If it comes to the attention of the DFO that an individual wishes
to share information with the Board but objects to doing so in a public
forum, the Designated Federal Officer will work with that individual,
in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to find a way
that the Board can hear such comments.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, M.P.A.,
Executive Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS E-20,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, toll
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free: 1-800-CDC-INFO, email: [email protected].
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, 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.
Dated: February 7, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-3587 Filed 2-15-12; 8:45 am]
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