[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6007-6008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02081]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subcommittee on Procedures Review (SPR), Advisory Board on
Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health Meeting
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:
DATES: 11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m., EST, February 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing.
Status: Open to the public, but without a 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
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toll-free, dial-in number at 1-866-659-0537 and the pass code is
9933701.
Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(ABRWH or 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. National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) implements this responsibility
for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at
appropriate intervals, and will expire on August 3, 2017.
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. SPR was
established to aid the Advisory Board in carrying out its duty to
advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose reconstruction. SPR is responsible
for overseeing, tracking, and participating in the reviews of all
procedures used in the dose reconstruction process by the NIOSH
Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS) and its dose
reconstruction contractor (Oak Ridge Associated Universities--ORAU).
Matters for Discussion: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting
includes discussion of procedures in the following ORAU and DCAS
technical documents: OCAS Technical Information Bulletin (TIB) 0014
(``Rocky Flats Internal Dosimetry Coworker Extension''), ORAU OTIB 0013
(``Individual Dose Adjustment Procedures for Y-12 Dose
Reconstructions''), ORAU OTIB 0029 (``Internal Dose Reconstructions for
Y-12''), ORAU OTIB 0039 (``Internal Dose Reconstructions for
Hanford''), ORAU OTIB 0050 (``The Use of Rocky Flats Neutron Dose
Reconstruction Project Data in Dose Reconstructions''), ORAU OTIB 0060
(``Internal Dose Reconstructions''), Program Evaluation Report (PER)
003 (``The Effects of Adding Ingestion Intakes to Bethlehem Steel
Cases''), PER 004 (``Application of Photofluorography at the Pinellas
Plant''), PER 005 (``Misinterpreted Application of External Dose Factor
for Hanford Dose Reconstructions''), PER 029 (``Hanford TBD
Revision''), PER 042 (``Linde Ceramic Plant TBD Revision''), PER 045
(``Aliquippa Forge TBD Revision''), ORAU PROC 0042 (``Incomplete
Monitoring at Y-12''), ORAU RPRT 0044 (``Analysis of Bioassay Data with
Significant Fraction of Less-Than Results''); and a continuation of the
comment-resolution process for other dose reconstruction procedures
under review by the Subcommittee.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Katz, 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. 2016-02081 Filed 2-3-16; 8:45 am]
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