[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31689]
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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), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting of the aforementioned
committee:
Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., February 7, 2013.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-
free, dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537 and the pass code is 9933701.
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.
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, most recently, August 3,
2011, 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, 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 Discussed: The agenda for the conference call
includes: General Steel Industries SEC Petition Board
Recommendation; Review of Responses to Public Comments from the
September 2012 Advisory Board Meeting; Subcommittee and Work Group
Updates; SEC Petition Evaluations Update for the March 2013 Advisory
Board Meeting; Plans for the March 2013 Advisory Board Meeting; and
Advisory Board Correspondence.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
Because there is not an oral public comment period, written
comments may be submitted. Any written comments received will be
included in the official record of the meeting and should be
submitted to the contact person below in advance of the meeting.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore M. Katz, M.P.A.,
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 [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.
Dana Redford,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2012-31689 Filed 1-3-13; 8:45 am]
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