[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 61756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24964]
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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 of the aforementioned
subcommittee:
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Eastern Time, November 1, 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 an oral public comment
period. 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 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 DCAS procedures: OCAS TIB-0009 (``Estimation
of Ingestion Intakes'') and its application for the Du Pont
Deepwater Works facility, DCAS TIB-0013 (``Selected Geometric
Exposure Scenario Considerations for External Dose Reconstruction at
Uranium Facilities''), DCAS OTIB-0010 (``Best Estimate External Dose
Reconstruction for Glovebox Workers''), ORAUT OTIB-0070 (``Dose
Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic
Weapons Employer Facilities''), DCAS IG-003 (``Radiation Exposures
Covered for Dose Reconstructions under Part B of the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act''), and DCAS
IG-005 (``Use of Classified Information''); Identification of
Overarching Dose Reconstruction Issues; Discussion of New Summaries
of Completed Procedure Reviews; Assignment of Additional Procedure
Reviews by the Board's Technical Support Contractor; 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.
This meeting is open to the public, but without an oral public
comment period. In the event an individual wishes to provide
comments, written comments may be submitted. Any written comments
received will be provided at the meeting and should be submitted to
the contact person below in advance of the meeting.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, Designated
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-20,
Atlanta Georgia 30333, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, Toll 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: October 1, 2012.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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