Notice2023-18452
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Published
August 28, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with regulatory provisions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (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 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58587-58588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18452]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, Subcommittee on
Procedures Reviews, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
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 regulatory provisions, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (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.
DATES: The meeting will be held on November 16, 2023, from 11 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., EST. Written comments must be received on or before November
9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts,
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-24,
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, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-
24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. Telephone: (513) 533-6800; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#026d616371426166612c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="533c303220133037307d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(ABRWH or 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. In
December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for funding,
staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which subsequently
delegated this authority to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (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,
2022, and will terminate on March 22, 2024.
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,
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. The ABRWH
Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews (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: 1. Carry-over items from June 21, 2023, SPR Meeting
including a. Sandford Cohen & Associates (SC&A) follow-up review of
PER-049 (Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant) internal dose assessment
using hypothetical intakes versus bioassay data and b. SC&A's Peek
Street memo on the review of two additional cases provided by NIOSH; 2.
Newly issued SC&A reviews including a. DCAS-PER-040 ``Mallinckrodt TBD
Revisions,'' b. DCAS-PER-051 ``Weldon Spring Plant,'' c. DCAS-PER-083
``Weldon Spring Plant TBD Revision,'' d. DCAS-PER-067 ``Allegheny
Ludlum Appendix Q Revisions,'' and e. ORAUT-RPRT-0097 ``Breathing Zone
to General Area Air Concentration Ratios in Small Workrooms''; 3.
Preparation for the December 2023 Full ABRWH Meeting: Review of SPR
accomplishments and current activities; 4. Preparation for the April
2024 Full ABRWH Meeting: Review of technical guidance documents ready
for full Board approval; and 5. Newly Issued Guidance and Supplemental
Topics. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. For
additional information, please contact Toll Free 1(800) 232-4636.
The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, 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, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-18452 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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