[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21545-21546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09321]
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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 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, June 6, 2017.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing.
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).
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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, rechartered on March 22, 2016
pursuant to Executive Order 13708, and will expire on September 30,
2017.
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: Reporting Final SEC Petition Vote Count from March ABRWH
Meeting for Rocky Flats Plant SEC petition (Golden, CO) and Carborundum
Company SEC petition (Niagara Falls, NY); Follow-up on ABRWH March
Meeting Discussion on General Steel Industries Site Profile Review;
Work Group and Subcommittee Reports; Status of SEC Petitions Update;
Plans for the August 2017 Advisory Board Meeting; and Advisory Board
Correspondence. The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
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 30329, 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. 2017-09321 Filed 5-8-17; 8:45 am]
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