[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54775-54776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22501]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation
and Worker Health (ABRWH), 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), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting for the
aforementioned subcommittee:
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 19, 2011.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron,
Kentucky 41018, Telephone: (859) 334-4611, Fax: (859) 334-4619.
Status: Open to the public. In the event an individual wishes to
provide comments, written comments must be submitted prior to the
meeting. To access by conference call dial the following information:
(866) 659-0537, Participant Pass Code 9933701.
Background: The 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 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 (SEC).
In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for
funding, staffing, and operating the ABRWH to HHS, which subsequently
delegated this authority to 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, 2013.
Purpose: The ABRWH 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
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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 a reasonable likelihood that
such radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of this
class. The Subcommittee on Procedures Review was established to aid the
ABRWH in carrying out its duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose
reconstructions. The Subcommittee on Procedures Review 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.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting
includes discussion of the following ORAU and OCAS procedures: ORAUT-
RPRT-0044 (``Analysis of Bioassay Data with a Significant Fraction of
Less-Than Results''), OCAS TIB-0013 (``Special External Dose
Reconstruction Considerations for Mallinckrodt Workers''), OTIB-0019
(``Analysis of Coworker Bioassay Data for Internal Dose Assignment''),
OTIB-0021 (External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the X-10 Site), OTIB-
0029 (``Internal Dosimetry Coworker Data for Y-12''), OTIB-0047
(``External Radiation Monitoring at the Y-12 Facility During the 1948-
1949 Period''), OTIB-0049 (``Estimating Doses for Plutonium Strongly
Retained in the Lung''), OTIB-0052 (``Parameters to Consider When
Processing Claims for Construction Trade Workers''), OTIB-0054
(``Fission and Activation Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related
Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses''), and OTIB-0070 (``Dose
Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic Weapons
Employer Facilities''); and a continuation of the comment-resolution
process for other dose reconstruction procedures under review by the
Subcommittee.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
This meeting is open to the public. In the event an individual
wishes to provide comments, written comments must be submitted prior to
the meeting. Any written comments received will be provided at the
meeting and should be submitted to the contact person below in advance
of the meeting.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, Executive
Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, 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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: August 29, 2011.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-22501 Filed 9-1-11; 8:45 am]
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