[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 72684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28636]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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 announces the following committee meeting:
Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, January 6,
2015
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. 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,
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,
2013, 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 conference call
includes: Work Group and Subcommittee Reports; SEC Petitions Update
for the March 2014 Advisory Board Meeting; Plans for the March 2015
Advisory Board Meeting; and Advisory Board Correspondence.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore M. Katz, M.P.A.,
Designated Federal Officer, 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. 2014-28636 Filed 12-5-14; 8:45 am]
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