[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 42525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16964]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting; Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews, 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: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, August 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 an oral public comment
period.
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.
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; and discussion of dose
reconstruction cases under review (sets 8-9, and Savannah River
Site, Rocky Flats Plant, and Los Alamos National Laboratory cases
from sets 10-13).
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. 2013-16964 Filed 7-15-13; 8:45 am]
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