Notice2022-05428
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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Published
March 15, 2022
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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 for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR) 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14533-14534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05428]
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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 for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (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 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.
DATES: The meeting will be held on April 20, 2022, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., EDT. Written comments must be received on or before April 13,
2022.
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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.
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.
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, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#422d212331022126216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9868a889aa98a8d8ac78e869f">[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 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. 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 Set
30, possibly including cases involving the Hanford site and discussion
of changes in SDRR selection criteria based on SC&A document, ``Summary
Dose Reconstruction Information,'' dated December 20, 2021. Agenda
items are subject to change as priorities dictate. For additional
information, please contact Toll Free 1 (800) CDC-INFO.
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. 2022-05428 Filed 3-14-22; 8:45 am]
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