[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66769-66770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27455]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory
Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and pursuant to the requirements of 42
CFR 83.15(a), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:
Board Public Meeting Times and Dates (All Times Are Mountain Time)
8:15 a.m.-5:15 p.m., November 16, 2010.
8:15 a.m.-5:15 p.m., November 17, 2010.
8:15 a.m.-12 p.m., November 18, 2010
Public Comment Times and Dates (All Times Are Mountain Time)
5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.,\*\ November 16, 2010.
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.,\*\ November 17, 2010.
\*\Please note that the public comment periods may end before the
times indicated, following the last call for comments. Members of the
public who wish to provide public comments should plan to attend public
comment sessions at the start times listed.
Place: Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza, 100 Sandoval Street, Santa
Fe, New Mexico; Phone: 505-988-2811; Fax: 505-986-6439. Audio
Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-free dial-in number
is 1-866-659-0537 with a pass code of 9933701.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting space accommodates approximately 150 people.
Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) 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 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 CDC. NIOSH implements this
responsibility for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 2001,
renewed at appropriate intervals, and will expire on August 3, 2011.
Purpose: This 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
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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.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Advisory Board meeting
includes: NIOSH Program Update and Program Evaluation; Department of
Labor (DOL) Program Update; Department of Energy (DOE) Program Update;
Los Alamos National Laboratory Work Group Update; Board Session to
Discuss Evaluating Exposure Potential for Radiological Materials in
Minor Quantities or Uses; SEC petitions for: Linde Ceramics Plant
(Tonawanda, New York), General Electric Company (Evendale, Ohio), Dow
Chemical (Madison, Illinois), Simonds Saw and Steel Company (Lockport,
New York), Hangar 481 of Kirkland Airforce Base (Albuquerque, New
Mexico), BWX Technologies (Lynchburg, Virginia), and Texas City
Chemicals Inc. (Texas City, Texas); SEC Petition Status Updates; SEC
Class Definition Assessment Report; Subcommittee and Work Group
Reports; and Board Work Sessions.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
In the event an individual cannot attend, written comments may be
submitted in accordance with the redaction policy provided below. Any
written comments received will be provided at the meeting and should be
submitted to the contact person below well in advance of the meeting.
Policy on Redaction of Board Meeting Transcripts (Public Comment):
(1) If a person making a comment gives his or her name, no attempt will
be made to redact that name; (2) NIOSH will take reasonable steps to
ensure that individuals making public comment are aware of the fact
that their comments (including their name, if provided) will appear in
a transcript of the meeting posted on a public Web site. Such
reasonable steps include: (a) A statement read at the start of each
public comment period stating that transcripts will be posted and names
of speakers will not be redacted; (b) A printed copy of the statement
mentioned in (a) above will be displayed on the table where individuals
sign up to make public comments; (c) A statement such as outlined in
(a) above will also appear with the agenda for a Board Meeting when it
is posted on the NIOSH Web site; (d) A statement such as in (a) above
will appear in the Federal Register Notice that announces Board and
Subcommittee meetings; (3) If an individual in making a statement
reveals personal information (e.g., medical information) about
themselves that information will not usually be redacted. The NIOSH
FOIA coordinator will, however, review such revelations in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act and the Federal Advisory Committee
Act and if deemed appropriate, will redact such information; (4) All
disclosures of information concerning third parties will be redacted;
and (5) If it comes to the attention of the DFO that an individual
wishes to share information with the Board but objects to doing so in a
public forum, the DFO will work with that individual, in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to find a way that the Board
can hear such comments.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, M.P.A.,
Designated Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE.,
Mailstop E-20, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone: (513) 533-6800, toll
free: 1 (800) CDC-INFO, e-mail: [email protected].
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register Notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: October 22, 2010.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-27455 Filed 10-28-10; 8:45 am]
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