Notice2025-21212
Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Published
November 26, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH). This meeting is open to the public. The public is welcome to submit written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact person listed in the Addresses section below. The public is also welcome to listen to the meeting by joining the teleconference (information below), limited only by the number of audio conference lines available (150). Public comment will not be accepted during the meeting.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54326-54327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21212]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health,
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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the
following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(ABRWH). This meeting is open to the public. The public is welcome to
submit written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact
person listed in the Addresses section below. The public is also
welcome to listen to the
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meeting by joining the teleconference (information below), limited only
by the number of audio conference lines available (150). Public comment
will not be accepted during the meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on December 18, 2025, from 2 p.m. to 4
p.m., EST.
Written comments must be received on or before December 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D.,
Designated Federal Officer, National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum
Avenue, Mailstop C-24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. Written comments
received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official
record of the meeting.
Meeting Information: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing.
The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; the passcode 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,
Mailstop C-24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. Telephone: (513) 533-6800;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2cdc1c3d1e2c1c6c18cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c131f1d0f3c1f181f521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(ABRWH) 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 compensation program. Key functions of the ABRWH include
providing advice on the development of probability of causation
guidelines, which 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 the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health implements this responsibility for CDC.
The ABRWH charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at
appropriate intervals, and rechartered under Executive Order 14109
(September 29, 2023) on March 22, 2024. Unless continued by the
President, the Advisory Board will terminate on September 30, 2027,
consistent with Executive Order 14031 of September 29, 2025.
Purpose: The Advisory Board is charged with (a) providing advice to
the Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under Executive
Order 13179 (December 7, 2000); (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.
Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on
the following: Update on new processes and procedures; workgroup and
subcommittee reports; update on the status of SEC petitions; and
tentative dates for 2026 Advisory Board meetings. 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. 2025-21212 Filed 11-25-25; 8:45 am]
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