[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64503-64504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25431]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, November 20,
2013.
Place: Teleconference.
Status: Open to the public, without a verbal public comment period.
The public is welcome to submit written comments in advance of the
meeting, to the contact person below. Written comments received in
advance of the meeting will be included in the official record of the
meeting. The public is also welcome to listen to the meeting by joining
the teleconference at the USA toll-free, dial-in number, 1-866-659-0537
and the passcode is 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, 2015.
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 (set 9, and Portsmouth, Hanford, and Oak Ridge
National Laboratory cases from sets 10-13).
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
[[Page 64504]]
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, Designated
Federal Official, 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.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-25431 Filed 10-28-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P