Notice2021-20477
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews (SPR), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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Published
September 22, 2021
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC announces the following meeting for the Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews (SPR) of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board). 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 welcomed to listen to the meeting by joining the audio conference (information below). The audio conference line has 150 ports for callers.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52682-52683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20477]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH),
Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews (SPR), 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
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for the Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews (SPR) of the Advisory Board
on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board). 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 welcomed to listen to the meeting by joining the audio
conference (information below). The audio conference line has 150 ports
for callers.
DATES: The meeting will be held on November 3, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., EDT. The public may submit written comments from September
22, 2021 through October 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Sherri Diana, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS
C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. Meeting Information: 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: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-24,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, Toll Free 1(800)CDC-
INFO, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfd0dcdeccffdcdbdc91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5bab6b4a695b6b1b6fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Advisory Board's charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed
at appropriate intervals, and rechartered under Executive Order 13889
on March 22, 2020, and will terminate on March 22, 2022.
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 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 To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on
the following dose reconstruction procedures: (a) Procedures associated
specifically with the following sites: Grand Junction Facilities,
Aluminum Company of America, General Steel Industries; Clarksville and
Medina Modification Centers, (b) procedures associated with Atomic
Weapons Employers generally; and (c) general procedures for dose
reconstructions. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities
dictate.
The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
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.
Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-20477 Filed 9-21-21; 8:45 am]
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