[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26288-26289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12149]
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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), Subcommittee on Dose Reconstruction Review (SDRR),
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC
announces the following meeting for the Subcommittee for Dose
Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR) of the Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH). This meeting is 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 toll-
free, dial-in number at 1-866-659-0537; the pass code is 9933701. The
conference line has 150 ports for callers.
DATES: The meeting will be held on July 24, 2018, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-
free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; the pass code is 9933701.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Katz, MPA, Designated Federal
Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-20, Atlanta, Georgia
30329, Telephone (513)533-6800, Toll Free 1(800)CDC-INFO, Email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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, rechartered on February 12, 2018,
pursuant to Executive Order 13708, and will terminate on September 30,
2019.
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
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the health of members of this class. SDRR was established to aid the
Advisory Board in carrying out its duty to advise the Secretary, HHS,
on dose reconstruction.
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on
the following dose reconstruction program quality management and
assurance activities: Dose reconstruction cases under review from Sets
19--24, including Iowa Ordinance Plant, Nevada Test Site, Los Alamos
National Laboratory, Feeds Material Production Center (Fernald), Pantex
Plant, Rocky Flats Plant, W.R. Grace, Hanford, Savannah River Site,
Fernald, GE Evendale, Texas City Chemicals, Canoga Avenue Facility, De
Soto Avenue Facility, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Amchitka
Island Nuclear Explosion Site, Oak Ridge facilities, Paducah Gaseous
Diffusion Plant, and potentially other Department of Energy and Atomic
Weapons Employers facilities.
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 Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-12149 Filed 6-5-18; 8:45 am]
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