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Director, NCHS, regarding the scientific
and technical program goals and
objectives, strategies, and priorities of
NCHS.
Matters To Be Considered: The
meeting agenda will include a Center
update by the NCHS Director in
addition to updates on NCHS data
collection, analysis, and reporting
activities, including upcoming changes
to the National Hospital Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS); status
of a National Ambulatory Medical Care
Survey (NAMCS) pilot and plans for
obtaining clinician visit data; a new
project to improve metadata and
catalogs for the public to access
restricted use data files; and new
releases of linked data sets. The Board’s
Workgroup to Consider and Assess
Measures of Discrimination for Use in
NCHS Surveys will brief the Board with
findings from 6 months of informationgathering and assessment work. The
Committee will reserve time for public
comment at the end of the day. Meeting
times and topics are subject to change
as priorities dictate.
Meeting Information: Please visit the
BSC, NCHS website for details: https://
www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/bsc/bsc_
meetings.htm. Further information and
the meeting agenda will be available on
the BSC website, including instructions
for accessing the live meeting broadcast.
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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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).
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ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
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, but without a 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 welcomed to listen to the
meeting by joining the teleconference
(information below). The audio
conference line has 150 ports for callers.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
October 20, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m., EDT. Written comments must
be received on or before October 13,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by mail to: Sherri Diana, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), CDC, 1090 Tusculum
Avenue, Mailstop C–34, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45226.
Meeting Information: Audio
Conference Call via FTS Conferencing.
The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1–
866–659–0537; the passcode is 9933701.
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
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,
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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 rechartered under Executive Order
13889 on March 22, 2022, and will
terminate on March 22, 2024.
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
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.
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda
will include discussions on the
following: Work Group and
Subcommittee Reports; Update on the
Status of SEC Petitions; and plans for
the December 2022 Advisory Board
Meeting. Agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate. For
additional information, please contact
Toll Free 1(800) 232–4636.
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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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.
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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, but without a 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
welcomed to listen to the meeting by joining the teleconference
(information below). The audio conference line has 150 ports for
callers.
DATES: The meeting will be held on October 20, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m., EDT. Written comments must be received on or before October
13, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Sherri Diana, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), CDC, 1090
Tusculum Avenue, Mailstop C-34, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.
Meeting Information: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing.
The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; the passcode is
9933701.
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 charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate
intervals, and rechartered under Executive Order 13889 on March 22,
2022, and will terminate on March 22, 2024.
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 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.
Matters To Be Considered: The agenda will include discussions on
the following: Work Group and Subcommittee Reports; Update on the
Status of SEC Petitions; and plans for the December 2022 Advisory Board
Meeting. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. For
additional information, please contact Toll Free 1(800) 232-4636.
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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