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James D. Seligman,
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Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Centers for Disease Control and
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National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH); Advisory
Board on Radiation and Worker Health
(ABRWH or Advisory Board),
Subcommittee for Dose
Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR)
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In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention announces the
following meeting of the
aforementioned subcommittee:
Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 10
a.m.–5 p.m., April 11, 2007.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395
Progress Drive, Hebron, KY 41018. Phone
859.334.4611, Fax 859.334.4619.
Conference Call Access: Phone
866.643.6504, Participant Pass Code
9448550.
Status: Open to the public.
Background: 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 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, 2007.
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, providing advice to the
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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: Need for Basic vs.
Advanced Reviews; How to Conduct Blind
Reviews; Status of Individual Dose
Reconstruction Audits; Planning Future Dose
Reconstruction Audits; and Assignment of
Two Board Member Teams to Oversee Audit
Process.
The agenda is subject to change as
priorities dictate. There is no public
comment period, however, written comments
may be submitted. 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.
Contact Person for Further Information: Dr.
Lewis V. Wade, Executive Secretary, NIOSH,
CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati,
OH 45226, Telephone 513.533.6825, Fax
513.533.6826.
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.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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The National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Announces the Following:
Implementation of New Record
Schedule
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NIOSH is implementing a
new record schedule governing the
retention of records transferred to the
agency by employers pursuant to the
regulations of the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA).
Pursuant to this schedule, NIOSH will
review these records to determine if
they document exposures or medical
conditions as required under the OSHA
regulations and have research value.
Those records that NIOSH determines
meet the OSHA regulations and have a
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research value will be retained for 30
years.
Those records that do not document
exposure or medical condition and
treatment or have no research value will
not be retained.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
hazard-specific standards of the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)(Title 29, Code
of Federal Regulations [CFR], Parts
1910.1001 through 1910.1450) contain
requirements stating that when a
company closes and leaves no successor
employer, it must transfer (or in some
instances, offer to transfer) its
employee’s medical and exposure
records to NIOSH. The OSHA
carcinogens standards (29 CFR
1910.1003–1910.1016) also require that
such records be transferred to NIOSH
when an employee resigns, retires, or
dies. The transfer of these records to
NIOSH is intended to preserve them for
research purposes.
NIOSH has amended its record
schedule pertaining to these records,
Employee Exposure and Medical
Records (NIOSH), (NARA job Number
N1–442–98–1, Item 2), Item 2–80 in the
CDC Records Control Schedule (RCS) B–
321, to reduce the retention period of
those records and permit the destruction
of the records which do not serve any
research purpose. Under the new
schedule, those records that meet the
requirements of the OSHA regulations
and serve a research purpose will now
be retained for 30 years, rather than 40
years (as under the previous record
schedule). However, if upon review
NIOSH determines that the records are
not medical records or exposure records
required to be transferred to NIOSH or
were not systematically collected and
will not serve a research purpose, the
records will not be retained and will be
destroyed.
On September 16, 2005, the National
Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) published in the Federal
Register [70(179):54774–54776] a notice
of availability of this proposed record
schedule, Employee Exposure and
Medical Records (NIOSH), (NARA job
number N1–442–2005–1, Item 1) and
request for comments. Following receipt
and review of comments, NARA
approved this revised record schedule
on December 16, 2005. This notice
announces adoption of the revised
schedule by NIOSH. A copy of the
revised record schedule can be obtained
from NIOSH.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rodger Tatken, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, Robert
A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH);
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory
Board), Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announces the following meeting of the aforementioned
subcommittee:
Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., April 11,
2007.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron,
KY 41018. Phone 859.334.4611, Fax 859.334.4619.
Conference Call Access: Phone 866.643.6504, Participant Pass
Code 9448550.
Status: Open to the public.
Background: 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 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, 2007.
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, providing advice to 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: Need for Basic vs. Advanced Reviews;
How to Conduct Blind Reviews; Status of Individual Dose
Reconstruction Audits; Planning Future Dose Reconstruction Audits;
and Assignment of Two Board Member Teams to Oversee Audit Process.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate. There is
no public comment period, however, written comments may be
submitted. 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.
Contact Person for Further Information: Dr. Lewis V. Wade,
Executive Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati,
OH 45226, Telephone 513.533.6825, Fax 513.533.6826.
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.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-5225 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]
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