Notice2025-11348
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
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Published
June 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentWorkers' Compensation Programs Office
Abstract
The Secretary of Labor (Secretary) has approved the renewal of the charter of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Board). The renewed charter will expire two years from its filing date or until the Board terminates, whichever occurs first.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 117 (Friday, June 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26329-26330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11348]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor (Secretary) has approved the renewal of
the charter of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
(Board). The renewed charter will expire two years from its filing date
or until the Board terminates, whichever occurs first.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Douglas Pennington,
Acting
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Director, OWCP at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b5b4e454542454c5f4445054f445e4c474a586b4f4447054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cecf9f2f2f5f2fbe8f3f2b2f8f3e9fbf0fdefdcf8f3f0b2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>, or Carrie Rhoads,
Alternate Designated Federal Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6b4aea9a7a2b5e8a5a7b4b4afa386a2a9aae8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0d2c8cfc1c4d38ec3c1d2d2c9c5e0c4cfcc8ec7cfd6">[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: In accordance with section 3687 of Public
Law 106-398, which was added by section 3141(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015, Executive Order 13699 (June 26,
2015), and the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA),
as amended (5 U.S.C. 10) and its implementing regulations issued by the
General Services Administration (GSA), the Board was established on
July 2, 2015. The current charter expires on June 25, 2023. Pursuant to
FACA, Section 14(b)(2), the Secretary will renew the charter
biennially, which allows the Board to continue its operations. The
Board advises the Secretary with respect to: (1) the Site Exposure
Matrices (SEM) of the Department of Labor; (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 Department of Labor 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. 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.
The Secretary appoints 12 to 15 Board members, one of whom the
Secretary appoints as Chair. In accordance with Section 3687(a)(2),
Board appointments are made in consultation with organizations with
expertise on worker health issues to ensure that membership reflects a
proper balance of perspectives from the scientific, medical, and
claimant communities, and to address the tasks assigned to the Board.
Members serve two-year terms. At the discretion of the Secretary, they
may be appointed to successive terms or removed at any time.
The Board meets no less than twice per year and reports to the
Secretary. As specified in Section 3687(i), the Board will terminate
fifteen (15) years after the date of the enactment of the NDAA, which
was December 19, 2014. Thus, the Board will terminate on December 19,
2029.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. This notice, as well as the Board charter,
news releases, and other relevant information, are available on the
Board's web page at <a href="http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm">http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm</a>.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of June, 2025.
Douglas Pennington,
Acting Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2025-11348 Filed 6-18-25; 8:45 am]
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