Notice2023-09992
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
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Published
May 11, 2023
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentWorkers' Compensation Programs Office
Abstract
Due to a recent vacancy, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) invites interested parties to submit nominations for individuals to serve on the Advisory Board for the EEOICPA. The nominee shall serve as a member from the claimant community, under the Board's statute and Charter.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30347-30348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09992]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
ACTION: Extension of deadline for nominations to serve on the Advisory
Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
(EEOICPA) from May 12, 2023, to May 27, 2023.
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SUMMARY: Due to a recent vacancy, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary)
invites interested parties to submit nominations for individuals to
serve on the Advisory Board for the EEOICPA. The nominee shall serve as
a member from the claimant community, under the Board's statute and
Charter.
DATES: Nominations for individuals to serve on the Board must be
submitted (postmarked, if sending by mail; submitted electronically; or
received, if hand delivered) by May 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: People interested in being nominated for the Board are
encouraged to review the Federal Register notice on nominations for
membership and submit the requested information by May 27, 2023.
Nominations may be submitted, including attachments, by any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Electronically: Send to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#41042f2433263800253728322e3338032e20332501252e2d6f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c580aba0b7a2bc84a1b3acb6aab7bc87aaa4b7a185a1aaa9eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>
(specify in the email subject line, ``Advisory Board on Toxic
Substances and Worker Health Nomination'').
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<bullet> Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger, or
courier service: Submit one copy of the documents listed above to the
following address: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker
Health, Room S-3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Follow-up communications with nominees may occur as necessary
through the process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Ryan Jansen,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3c9c2cdd0c6cd8dd1dac2cde3c7cccf8dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066c676875636828747f67684662696a28616970">[email protected]</span></a>, or Carrie
Rhoads, Alternate DFO, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#04766c6b6560772a676576766d6144606b682a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f1d07000e0b1c410c0e1d1d060a2f0b000341080019">[email protected]</span></a>, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Suite S-3524, Washington, DC 20210,
telephone (202) 343-5580. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is mandated by section 3687 of
EEOICPA. The Secretary established the Board under this authority and
Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 2015) and in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5
U.S.C. app. 2. The purpose of the Board is to advise the Secretary with
respect to: (1) the Site Exposure Matrices of the Department of Labor
(DOL); (2) medical guidance for claims examiners for claims with the
EEOICPA program, with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence
of claimants; (3) evidentiary requirements for claims under Part B of
EEOICPA related to lung disease; (4) the work of industrial hygienists
and staff physicians and consulting physicians of the DOL and reports
of such hygienists and physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and
consistency; (5) the claims adjudication process generally, including
review of procedure manual changes prior to incorporation into the
manual and claims for medical benefits; and (6) such other matters as
the Secretary considers appropriate. In addition, the Board, when
necessary, coordinates exchanges of data and findings with the
Department of Health and Human Services' Advisory Board on Radiation
and Worker Health, which advises the Department of Health and Human
Services' National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on
various aspects of causation in radiogenic cancer cases under part B of
the EEOICPA program.
Notice of solicitation for nominations to serve on the Advisory
Board was published on April 12, 2023. The deadline for submission of
nominations was 30 days from the date of publication, or May 12, 2023.
The Secretary now extends the deadline for nomination by an additional
15 days, to May 27, 2023.
Signed at Washington, DC.
Christopher Godfrey,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-09992 Filed 5-10-23; 8:45 am]
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