Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, 26942-26943 [2024-08059]

Download as PDF 26942 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 16, 2024 / Notices Department of Labor. These materials also are generally available online at https://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042 (for further information, see the ‘‘Docket’’ heading in the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES). OSHA staff will review all comments to the docket submitted in a timely manner. After addressing the issues raised by these comments, staff will make a recommendation to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health on whether to grant TUVRNA’s application for expansion of the scope of recognition. The Assistant Secretary will make the final decision on granting the applications. In making this decision, the Assistant Secretary may undertake other proceedings prescribed in appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. OSHA will publish a public notice of the final decision in the Federal Register. V. Authority and Signature James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, authorized the preparation of this notice. Accordingly, the agency is issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1910.7. Signed at Washington, DC, on April 10, 2024. James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2024–07976 Filed 4–15–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, DOL. ACTION: Announcement of meeting. AGENCY: The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) will meet May 8–9, 2024, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge covered facilities. ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will meet at the Comfort Inn Oak Ridge, 433 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:09 Apr 15, 2024 Jkt 262001 S Rutgers Ave., Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Telephone: 865–481–8200. Submission of comments, requests to speak, materials for the record, and requests for special accommodations: You must submit comments, materials, requests to speak at the Advisory Board meeting, and requests for accommodations by May 1, 2024, identified by the Advisory Board name and the meeting date of May 8–9, 2024, by any of the following methods: • Electronically: Send to: EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov (specify in the email subject line, for example ‘‘Request to Speak: Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health’’). • Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger, or courier service: Submit one copy to the following address: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, Room S–3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Your submissions must include the Agency name (OWCP), the committee name (the Advisory Board), and the meeting date (May 8–9, 2024). Due to security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by regular mail may experience significant delays. For additional information about submissions, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. OWCP will make available publicly, without change, any comments, requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal information that you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions interested parties against submitting personal information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding this meeting, you may contact Ryan Jansen, Designated Federal Officer, at jansen.ryan@dol.gov, or Carrie Rhoads, Alternate Designated Federal Officer, at rhoads.carrie@dol.gov, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Suite S–3524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 343–5580. This is not a toll-free number. For press inquiries: Ms. Laura McGinnis, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–1028, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–4672; email Mcginnis.Laura@DOL.GOV. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board will meet: Tuesday, May 7, 2024, for a fact-finding site visit to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other facilities, accompanied by the Designated Federal Officer; Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Pacific time; and Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight time in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Some Advisory Board members may attend the meeting by teleconference. The teleconference number and other details for participating remotely will be posted on the Advisory Board’s website, https:// www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, 72 hours prior to the commencement of the first meeting date. Advisory Board meetings are open to the public. Public comment session: Wednesday, May 8, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time. Please note that the public comment session ends at the time indicated or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. Members of the public who wish to provide public comments should plan to either be at the meeting location or call in to the public comment session at the start time listed. The Advisory Board is mandated by section 3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of Labor established the Board under this authority and Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 2015). The purpose of the Advisory Board is to advise the Secretary with respect to: (1) the Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the Department of Labor; (2) medical guidance for claims examiners for claims with the EEOICPA program, with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary requirements for claims under part B of EEOICPA related to lung disease; (4) the work of industrial hygienists and staff physicians and consulting physicians of the Department of Labor and reports of such hygienists and physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency; (5) the claims adjudication process generally, including review of procedure manual changes prior to incorporation into the manual and claims for medical benefits; and 6) such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. The Advisory Board sunsets on December 19, 2029. The Advisory Board operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 10) and its implementing regulations (41 CFR part 102–3). Agenda: The tentative agenda for the Advisory Board meeting includes: • Review and follow-up on Advisory Board’s previous recommendations, data requests, and action items; • Review responses to submitted Board questions; • Working group presentations; • Review of Board tasks, structure and work agenda; E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 16, 2024 / Notices • Consideration of any new issues; and • Public comments. OWCP transcribes and prepares detailed minutes of Advisory Board meetings. OWCP posts the transcripts and minutes on the Advisory Board web page, https://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/ regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written comments, speaker presentations, and other materials submitted to the Advisory Board or presented at Advisory Board meetings. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Public Participation, Submissions and Access to Public Record Advisory Board meetings: All Advisory Board meetings are open to the public. Information on how to participate in the meeting remotely will be posted on the Advisory Board’s website. Submission of comments: You may submit comments using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your submission must include the Agency name (OWCP) and date for this Advisory Board meeting (May 8–9, 2024). OWCP will post your comments on the Advisory Board website and provide your submissions to Advisory Board members. Because of security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by regular mail may experience significant delays. Requests to speak and speaker presentations: If you want to address the Advisory Board at the meeting you must submit a request to speak, as well as any written or electronic presentation, by May 1, 2024, using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your request may include: • The amount of time requested to speak; • The interest you represent (e.g., business, organization, affiliation), if any; and • A brief outline of the presentation. PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010 formats. The Advisory Board Chair may grant requests to address the Board as time and circumstances permit. Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at https:// www.regulations.gov. This notice, as well as news releases and other relevant information, are also available on the Advisory Board’s web page at https:// www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:09 Apr 15, 2024 Jkt 262001 Signed at Washington, DC. Christopher Godfrey, Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. 26943 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION Sunshine Act Meetings [FR Doc. 2024–08059 Filed 4–15–24; 8:45 am] TIME AND DATE: BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P 10 a.m., Thursday, April 18, 2024. Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 7B, 1775 Duke Street (All visitors must use Diagonal Road Entrance), Alexandria, VA 22314–3428. PLACE: NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION STATUS: [NARA–2024–028] National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC); Meeting Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). AGENCY: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee meeting. ACTION: Open. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. NCUA Rules and Regulations, Part 749, Records Preservation Program. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, Secretary of the Board, Telephone: 703–518–6304. Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2024–08107 Filed 4–12–24; 11:15 am] We are announcing an upcoming National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) meeting in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act and implementing regulations. SUMMARY: The meeting will be on May 1, 2024 from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. EDT. DATES: This meeting will be a virtual meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Harris Paga´n, ISOO Program Analyst, by telephone at 202.357.5351 or by email at ISOO@nara.gov. Contact ISOO at ISOO@nara.gov and the NISPPAC at NISPPAC@nara.gov. This meeting is open to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 2) and implementing regulations at 41 CFR 102–3. The Committee will discuss National Industrial Security Program policy matters. Procedures: Members of the public must register in advance for the virtual meeting through the Intellor link https://events.intellor.com/ ?do=register&t=7&p=507793 if they wish to attend. NISPPAC members, ISOO employees, and speakers should send an email to NISPPAC@nara.gov for the appropriate registration information instead of registering with the above link. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BILLING CODE 7535–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Sunshine Act Meetings The National Science Board hereby gives notice of the scheduling of a teleconference of the National Science Board/National Science Foundation Commission on Merit Review (MRX) for the transaction of National Science Board business pursuant to the NSF Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act. Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 4–6 p.m. EDT. TIME AND DATE: This meeting will be via videoconference through the National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. PLACE: STATUS: Closed. The agenda is: Commission Chair’s remarks about the agenda; Discussion of Preliminary Recommendations; Commission Chair’s closing remarks. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Point of contact for this meeting is: Chris Blair, cblair@nsf.gov, 703/292– 7000. Meeting information and updates may be found at www.nsf.gov/nsb. Merrily Harris, Committee Management Officer. Ann E. Bushmiller, Senior Counsel to the National Science Board Office. [FR Doc. 2024–07959 Filed 4–15–24; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2024–08126 Filed 4–12–24; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 7515–01–P BILLING CODE 7555–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16APN1.SGM 16APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26942-26943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08059]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health

AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, DOL.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health 
(Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) will meet May 8-9, 2024, in Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge covered facilities.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will meet at the Comfort Inn Oak Ridge, 
433 S Rutgers Ave., Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Telephone: 865-481-
8200.
    Submission of comments, requests to speak, materials for the 
record, and requests for special accommodations: You must submit 
comments, materials, requests to speak at the Advisory Board meeting, 
and requests for accommodations by May 1, 2024, identified by the 
Advisory Board name and the meeting date of May 8-9, 2024, by any of 
the following methods:
     Electronically: Send to: [email protected] 
(specify in the email subject line, for example ``Request to Speak: 
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health'').
     Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger, or 
courier service: Submit one copy to the following address: U.S. 
Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Advisory 
Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, Room S-3522, 200 
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
    Instructions: Your submissions must include the Agency name (OWCP), 
the committee name (the Advisory Board), and the meeting date (May 8-9, 
2024). Due to security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by 
regular mail may experience significant delays. For additional 
information about submissions, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this notice.
    OWCP will make available publicly, without change, any comments, 
requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal 
information that you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions interested 
parties against submitting personal information such as Social Security 
numbers and birthdates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding this 
meeting, you may contact Ryan Jansen, Designated Federal Officer, at 
[email protected], or Carrie Rhoads, Alternate Designated Federal 
Officer, at [email protected], U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW, Suite S-3524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 343-5580. This is not a toll-free number.
    For press inquiries: Ms. Laura McGinnis, Office of Public Affairs, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1028, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-4672; email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board will meet: Tuesday, May 
7, 2024, for a fact-finding site visit to the Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory and other facilities, accompanied by the Designated Federal 
Officer; Wednesday, May 8, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific 
time; and Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern 
Daylight time in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Some Advisory Board members may 
attend the meeting by teleconference. The teleconference number and 
other details for participating remotely will be posted on the Advisory 
Board's website, https://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, 72 hours prior to the commencement of the first 
meeting date. Advisory Board meetings are open to the public.
    Public comment session: Wednesday, May 8, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 
p.m. Pacific time. Please note that the public comment session ends at 
the time indicated or following the last call for comments, whichever 
is earlier. Members of the public who wish to provide public comments 
should plan to either be at the meeting location or call in to the 
public comment session at the start time listed.
    The Advisory Board is mandated by section 3687 of EEOICPA. The 
Secretary of Labor established the Board under this authority and 
Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 2015). The purpose of the Advisory 
Board is to advise the Secretary with respect to: (1) the Site Exposure 
Matrices (SEM) of the Department of Labor; (2) medical guidance for 
claims examiners for claims with the EEOICPA program, with respect to 
the weighing of the medical evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary 
requirements for claims under part B of EEOICPA related to lung 
disease; (4) the work of industrial hygienists and staff physicians and 
consulting physicians of the Department of Labor and reports of such 
hygienists and physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and 
consistency; (5) the claims adjudication process generally, including 
review of procedure manual changes prior to incorporation into the 
manual and claims for medical benefits; and 6) such other matters as 
the Secretary considers appropriate. The Advisory Board sunsets on 
December 19, 2029.
    The Advisory Board operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 10) and its implementing regulations (41 
CFR part 102-3).
    Agenda: The tentative agenda for the Advisory Board meeting 
includes:
     Review and follow-up on Advisory Board's previous 
recommendations, data requests, and action items;
     Review responses to submitted Board questions;
     Working group presentations;
     Review of Board tasks, structure and work agenda;

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     Consideration of any new issues; and
     Public comments.
    OWCP transcribes and prepares detailed minutes of Advisory Board 
meetings. OWCP posts the transcripts and minutes on the Advisory Board 
web page, https://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written comments, speaker presentations, 
and other materials submitted to the Advisory Board or presented at 
Advisory Board meetings.

Public Participation, Submissions and Access to Public Record

    Advisory Board meetings: All Advisory Board meetings are open to 
the public. Information on how to participate in the meeting remotely 
will be posted on the Advisory Board's website.
    Submission of comments: You may submit comments using one of the 
methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your submission must include 
the Agency name (OWCP) and date for this Advisory Board meeting (May 8-
9, 2024). OWCP will post your comments on the Advisory Board website 
and provide your submissions to Advisory Board members.
    Because of security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by 
regular mail may experience significant delays.
    Requests to speak and speaker presentations: If you want to address 
the Advisory Board at the meeting you must submit a request to speak, 
as well as any written or electronic presentation, by May 1, 2024, 
using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your request 
may include:
     The amount of time requested to speak;
     The interest you represent (e.g., business, organization, 
affiliation), if any; and
     A brief outline of the presentation.
    PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be 
compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010 
formats. The Advisory Board Chair may grant requests to address the 
Board as time and circumstances permit.
    Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at 
https://www.regulations.gov. This notice, as well as news releases and 
other relevant information, are also available on the Advisory Board's 
web page at https://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm.

    Signed at Washington, DC.
Christopher Godfrey,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2024-08059 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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