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OMB to collect information via the RDC
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH), National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
AGENCY:
Notice of meeting and request
for comment.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
CDC announces the following meeting
of the Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory
Board). This meeting is open to the
public, limited only by the number of
audio conference lines and internet
conference accesses available, which is
200 combined. 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 welcomed to listen to the
meeting by joining a teleconference line
and/or computer connection
(information below).
SUMMARY:
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The meeting will be held on
December 8, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m., EST, and December 9, 2021,
from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., EST. A
public comment session will be held on
December 8, 2021 at 5:00 p.m., EST, and
will conclude at 6:00 p.m., EST, or
following the final call for public
comment, whichever comes first.
Written comments must be received
on or before December 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by mail to: Sherri Diana, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C–
34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Meeting Information: The USA tollfree dial-in numbers are: +1 669 254
5252 US (San Jose); +1 646 828 7666 US
(New York); +1 551 285 1373 US; +1
669 216 1590 US (San Jose); The
Meeting ID is: 161 731 2093 and the
Passcode is: 45481965; Web conference
by Zoom meeting connection: https://
cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1617312093?pwd=
eDREUG5JaGl6Y1Z2YUVyNnJmYll
HUT09.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1090
Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C–24,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone:
(513) 533–6800, Toll Free: 1(800) CDC–
INFO, Email: ocas@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
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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 Advisory Board’s charter was
issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at
appropriate intervals, rechartered on
March 22, 2020, and will terminate on
March 22, 2022.
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, 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.
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Matters To Be Considered: The agenda
will include discussions on the
following: NIOSH Program Update;
Department of Labor Program Update;
Department of Energy Program Update;
Pinellas Plant (SEC Petition #256)
Evaluation Report; SEC Petitions
Update; Procedures Review
Finalization/Document Approvals;
Subcommittee on Dose Reconstruction
Reviews Update, and a Board Work
Session. Agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate.
The Director, Strategic Business
Initiatives Unit, 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, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit,
Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
has submitted the information
collection request titled Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA) Dose Reconstruction
Interviews and Forms to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. CDC previously
published a ‘‘Proposed Data Collection
Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations’’ notice on July 12,
2021 to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies. CDC did
not receive comments related to the
previous notice. This notice serves to
allow an additional 30 days for public
and affected agency comments.
CDC will accept all comments for this
proposed information collection project.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
(a) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
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for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(d) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including, through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses; and
(e) Assess information collection
costs.
To request additional information on
the proposed project or to obtain a copy
of the information collection plan and
instruments, call (404) 639–7570.
Comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Direct written
comments and/or suggestions regarding
the items contained in this notice to the
Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by
fax to (202) 395–5806. Provide written
comments within 30 days of notice
publication.
Proposed Project
EEOICPA Dose Reconstruction
Interviews and Forms (OMB Control No.
0920–0530, Exp. 1/31/2022)—
Extension—National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
On October 30, 2000, the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42
U.S.C. 7384–7385) was enacted. This
Act established a federal compensation
program for employees of the
Department of Energy (DOE) and certain
of its contractors, subcontractors and
vendors, who have suffered cancers and
other designated illnesses as a result of
exposures sustained in the production
and testing of nuclear weapons.
Executive Order 13179, issued on
December 7, 2000, delegated authorities
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assigned to the President under the Act
to the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, Energy, and Justice.
The Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) was delegated the
responsibility of establishing methods
for estimating radiation doses received
by eligible claimants with cancer
applying for compensation. NIOSH is
applying the following methods to
estimate the radiation doses of
individuals applying for compensation.
In performance of its dose
reconstruction responsibilities, under
the Act, NIOSH is providing voluntary
interview opportunities to claimants (or
their survivors) individually, and
providing them with the opportunity to
assist NIOSH in documenting the work
history of the employee by
characterizing the actual work tasks
performed. In addition, NIOSH and the
claimant may identify incidents that
may have resulted in undocumented
radiation exposures, characterizing
radiological protection and monitoring
practices, and identification of coworkers and other witnesses as may be
necessary to confirm undocumented
information. In this process, NIOSH
uses a computer assisted telephone
interview (CATI) system, which allows
interviews to be conducted more
efficiently and quickly as opposed to a
paper-based interview instrument. Both
interviews are voluntary and failure to
participate in either or both interviews
will not have a negative effect on the
claim, although voluntary participation
may assist the claimant by adding
important information that may not be
otherwise available.
There are no changes to the questions
contained in the package, or the
estimated burden hours. NIOSH uses
the data collected in this process to
complete an individual dose
reconstruction that accounts, as fully as
possible, for the radiation dose incurred
by the employee in the line of duty for
DOE nuclear weapons production
programs. After dose reconstruction,
NIOSH also performs a brief, voluntary
final interview with the claimant to
explain the results and to allow the
claimant to confirm or question the
records NIOSH has compiled. This will
also be the final opportunity for the
claimant to supplement the dose
reconstruction record.
At the conclusion of the dose
reconstruction process, the claimant
submits a form to confirm that there is
no further information to provide to
NIOSH about the claim at this time. The
form notifies the claimant that signing
the form allows NIOSH to forward a
dose reconstruction report to DOL and
to the claimant, and closes the record on
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC
announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and
Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board). This meeting is open to
the public, limited only by the number of audio conference lines and
internet conference accesses available, which is 200 combined. 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 welcomed to listen to the meeting by joining a
teleconference line and/or computer connection (information below).
DATES: The meeting will be held on December 8, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m., EST, and December 9, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., EST.
A public comment session will be held on December 8, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.,
EST, and will conclude at 6:00 p.m., EST, or following the final call
for public comment, whichever comes first.
Written comments must be received on or before December 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Sherri Diana, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS
C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Meeting Information: The USA toll-free dial-in numbers are: +1 669
254 5252 US (San Jose); +1 646 828 7666 US (New York); +1 551 285 1373
US; +1 669 216 1590 US (San Jose); The Meeting ID is: 161 731 2093 and
the Passcode is: 45481965; Web conference by Zoom meeting connection:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/j/1617312093?pwd=eDREUG5JaGl6Y1Z2YUVyNnJmYllHUT09.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated
Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-24,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, Toll Free: 1(800)
CDC-INFO, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 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 Advisory Board's charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed
at appropriate intervals, rechartered on March 22, 2020, and will
terminate on March 22, 2022.
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,
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.
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Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on
the following: NIOSH Program Update; Department of Labor Program
Update; Department of Energy Program Update; Pinellas Plant (SEC
Petition #256) Evaluation Report; SEC Petitions Update; Procedures
Review Finalization/Document Approvals; Subcommittee on Dose
Reconstruction Reviews Update, and a Board Work Session. Agenda items
are subject to change as priorities dictate.
The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, 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, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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