Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 78965 [2013-30908]
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NIOSH implements this responsibility for
CDC. The charter was issued on August 3,
2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, and
will expire on August 3, 2015.
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, advise the Secretary on
whether there is a class of employees at any
Department of Energy (DOE) 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. The Subcommittee for Dose
Reconstruction Reviews was established to
aid the Advisory Board in carrying out its
duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose
reconstruction.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for
the Subcommittee meeting includes the
following dose reconstruction program
quality management and assurance activities:
Discussion of current findings from NIOSH
internal dose reconstruction blind reviews;
discussion of dose reconstruction cases
under review (set 9, and cases involving
Portsmouth, Hanford, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Y–12, K–25, and other DOE and
Atomic Weapons Employer sites from sets
10–13); and preparation of the Advisory
Board’s next report to the Secretary, HHS,
summarizing the results of completed dose
reconstruction reviews.
The agenda is subject to change as
priorities dictate.
Contact Person For More Information:
Theodore Katz, Designated Federal Officer,
NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E–
20, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (513)
533–6800, Toll Free 1 (800) CDC–INFO,
Email ocas@cdc.gov.
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.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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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: 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, February 13, 2014.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS
Conferencing. The USA toll-free, dial-in
number is 1–866–659–0537 and the pass
code is 9933701.
Status: Open to the public, without a
verbal public comment period. The public is
welcome to submit written comments in
advance of the meeting, to the contact person
below. Written comments received in
advance of the meeting will be included in
the official record of the meeting. The public
is also welcome to listen to the meeting by
joining the teleconference at the USA tollfree, dial-in number, 1–866–659–0537 and
the passcode is 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.
The charter was issued on August 3, 2001,
renewed at appropriate intervals, and will
expire on August 3, 2015.
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 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
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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 (Oak Ridge
Associated Universities—ORAU).
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for
the Subcommittee meeting includes
discussion of the following ORAU and DCAS
procedures: ORAU Team Technical
Information Bulletin (OTIB) 0034 (‘‘Internal
Dose Coworker Data for X–10’’), OTIB 0054
(‘‘Fission and Activation Product Assignment
for Internal Dose-Related Gross Beta and
Gross Gamma Analyses’’), OTIB 0083
(Dissolution Models for Insoluble Plutonium
238’’), Program Evaluation Report (PER) 011
(‘‘K–25 TBD and TIB Revisions’’), PER 014
(‘‘Construction Trades Workers’’), PER 020
(‘‘Blockson TBD Revision’’), PER 25
(‘‘Huntington Pilot Plant TBD Revision’’),
PER 031 (‘‘Y–12 TBD Revisions’’), PER 033
(‘‘Reduction Pilot Plant TBD Revision’’), PER
038 (‘‘Hooker Electrochemical TBD
Revisions’’); Update on Review of ORAU
Team Report 0053 (‘‘Stratified Co-Worker
Sets); estimating radiation doses associated
with localized skin exposures to uranium 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.
Contact Person for More Information:
Theodore Katz, Designated Federal Officer,
NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E–
20, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (513)
533–6800, Toll Free 1 (800) CDC–INFO,
Email dcas@cdc.gov.
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.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services
Office, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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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: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, February 13,
2014.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll-
free, dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537 and the pass code is 9933701.
Status: Open to the public, without a verbal public comment
period. The public is welcome to submit written comments in advance
of the meeting, to the contact person below. Written comments
received in advance of the meeting will be included in the official
record of the meeting. The public is also welcome to listen to the
meeting by joining the teleconference at the USA toll-free, dial-in
number, 1-866-659-0537 and the passcode is 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. The charter was issued
on August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, and will expire
on August 3, 2015.
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 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 (Oak Ridge Associated
Universities--ORAU).
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting
includes discussion of the following ORAU and DCAS procedures: ORAU
Team Technical Information Bulletin (OTIB) 0034 (``Internal Dose
Coworker Data for X-10''), OTIB 0054 (``Fission and Activation
Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related Gross Beta and Gross
Gamma Analyses''), OTIB 0083 (Dissolution Models for Insoluble
Plutonium 238''), Program Evaluation Report (PER) 011 (``K-25 TBD
and TIB Revisions''), PER 014 (``Construction Trades Workers''), PER
020 (``Blockson TBD Revision''), PER 25 (``Huntington Pilot Plant
TBD Revision''), PER 031 (``Y-12 TBD Revisions''), PER 033
(``Reduction Pilot Plant TBD Revision''), PER 038 (``Hooker
Electrochemical TBD Revisions''); Update on Review of ORAU Team
Report 0053 (``Stratified Co-Worker Sets); estimating radiation
doses associated with localized skin exposures to uranium 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.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, Designated
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-20,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (513) 533-6800, Toll Free 1 (800)
CDC-INFO, Email dcas@cdc.gov.
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.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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