[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14303-14304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04969]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory
Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the 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 for the
aforementioned subcommittee:
Time and Date: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, March 25, 2013.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron,
Kentucky
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41018, Telephone (859) 334-4611, Fax (859) 334-4619.
Status: Open to the public, but without an oral public comment
period.
The USA toll-free, dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537 with a pass
code of 9933701.
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 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 Advisory Board 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 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. The Subcommittee
for Dose Reconstruction Reviews was established to aid the Advisory
Board in carrying out its duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose
reconstruction.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting
includes: dose reconstruction program quality management and assurance
activities, including: Current findings from NIOSH internal dose
reconstruction blind reviews; discussion of dose reconstruction cases
under review (sets 8-9, Savannah River Site, Rocky Flats Plant, and Los
Alamos National Laboratory cases from sets 10-13); and selection of
``blind dose reconstructions'' from set 16.
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, Designated
Federal Official, 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 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. 2013-04969 Filed 3-4-13; 8:45 am]
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