[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15761-15762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6475]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation
and Worker Health (ABRWH), 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), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting for the aforementioned
subcommittee:
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., April 11, 2012.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron,
Kentucky 41018, Telephone (859) 334-4611, Fax (859) 334-4619.
Status: Open to the public, but without a verbal public comment
period. Written comment should be provided to the contact person below
in advance of the meeting. To access by conference call dial the
following information 1 (866) 659-0537, Participant Pass Code 9933701.
Background: The ABRWH 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
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compensation program. Key functions of the ABRWH 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 ABRWH 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 will expire on August 3, 2013.
Purpose: The ABRWH 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 facility who were exposed to radiation but for whom it is not
feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and on whether there is a
reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the
health of members of this class. The Subcommittee on Procedures Review
was established to aid the ABRWH in carrying out its duty to advise the
Secretary, HHS, on dose reconstructions. The Subcommittee on Procedures
Review 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.
Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting
includes discussion of the following Oak Ridge Associated Universities
(ORAU) and Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS)
procedures: Office of Compensation Analysis and Support (OCAS) TIB-0010
``Best Estimate External Dose Reconstruction for Glovebox Workers'');
DCAS TIB-0013 (``Selected Geometric Exposure Scenario Considerations
for External Dose Reconstruction at Uranium Facilities''), OTIB-0052
(``Parameters to Consider When Processing Claims for Construction Trade
Workers''), OTIB-0054 (``Fission and Activation Product Assignment for
Internal Dose-Related Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses''), and PER
20 (``Blockson TBD Revision''); Identification of Overarching Dose
Reconstruction Issues; Discussion of Completed Procedure Reviews for
Summarization; and a continuation of the comment-resolution process for
other dose reconstruction procedures under review by the Subcommittee.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
In the event an individual cannot attend, written comments may be
submitted. 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.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, Executive
Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E-20, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, Telephone (513) 533-6800, Toll Free 1 (800) CDC-INFO,
Email dcas@cdc.gov.
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: March 9, 2012.
John Kastenbauer,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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