[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37741-37742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15522]
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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), and pursuant to the requirements of 42
CFR 83.15(a), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:
Board Public Meeting Time and Date (All times are Mountain Time):
8:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m., July 29, 2014
Public Comment Time and Date (All times are Mountain Time):
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.*, July 29, 2014
*Please note that the public comment periods may end before the
times indicated, following the last call for comments. Members of the
public who wish to provide public comments should plan to attend public
comment sessions at the start times listed.
Place: Hotel On The Falls, 475 River Parkway, Idaho Falls, Idaho
83402; Phone: (208) 523-8000; Fax: (208) 529-9610. Audio Conference
Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-free, dial-in number is 1-866-
659-0537 with a pass code of 9933701. Live Meeting CONNECTION: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/cdc/join?id=988QJ4&role=attend&pw=ABRWH; Meeting
ID: 988QJ4; Entry Code: ABRWH
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting space accommodates approximately 100 people.
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, and will expire on August 3, 2015.
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 for Discussion: The agenda for the Advisory Board meeting
includes: NIOSH Program Update; Department of Labor Program Update;
Department of Energy Program Update; SEC petitions for: General Atomics
(La Jolla, CA), and Simonds Saw and Steel (Lockport, NY); SEC Issues
Work Group Report on ``Sufficient Accuracy''/Co-Worker Dose Modeling;
Worker Outreach Work Group Report; SEC Petitions Update; and Board Work
Session.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
In the event an individual cannot attend, written comments may be
submitted in accordance with the redaction policy provided below. 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.
Policy on Redaction of Board Meeting Transcripts (Public Comment):
(1) If a person making a comment gives his or her personal information,
no attempt will be made to redact the name; however, NIOSH will redact
other personally identifiable information, such as contact information,
social security numbers, case numbers, etc., of the commenter. (2) If
an individual in making a statement reveals personal information (e.g.,
medical or employment information) about themselves that information
will not usually be redacted. The NIOSH Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) coordinator will, however, review such revelations in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act and if deemed appropriate, will
redact such information. (3) If a commenter reveals personal
information concerning a living third party, that information will be
reviewed by the NIOSH FOIA coordinator, and upon determination, if
deemed appropriated, such information will be redacted, unless the
disclosure is made by the third party's authorized representative under
the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
(EEOICPA) program. (4) In general, information concerning a deceased
third party may be disclosed; however, such information will be
redacted if (a) the disclosure is made by an individual other than the
survivor claimant, a parent, spouse, or child, or the authorized
representative of the deceased third party; (b) if it is unclear
whether the third party is living or deceased; or (c) the information
is unrelated or irrelevant to the purpose of the disclosure. (5) The
Board will take reasonable steps to ensure that individuals making
public comment are aware of the fact that their comments (including
their name, if provided) will appear in a transcript of the meeting
posted on a public Web site. Such reasonable steps include: (a) A
statement read at the start of each public comment period stating that
transcripts will be posted and names of speakers will not be redacted;
(b) A printed copy of the statement mentioned in (a) above will be
displayed on the table where individuals sign up to make public
comments; (c) A statement such as outlined in (a) above will also
appear with the agenda for a Board Meeting when it is posted on the
NIOSH Web site; (d) A statement such as in (a) above will appear in the
Federal Register Notice that announces Board and Subcommittee meetings.
Contact Person For More Information: Theodore Katz, Designated
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE., MS 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
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Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Gary Johnson,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-15522 Filed 7-1-14; 8:45 am]
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