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81 FR 85265 - Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: Subcommittee on Industrial Hygienists (IH) & Contract Medical Consultants (CMC) and Their Reports

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 227 (November 25, 2016)

Page Range85265-85265
FR Document2016-28273

The subcommittee will meet via teleconference on December 16, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. For Press Inquiries Contact: For press inquiries: Ms. Amanda McClure, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S- 1028, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-4672; email [email protected]

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 227 (Friday, November 25, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 85265]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28273]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: 
Subcommittee on Industrial Hygienists (IH) & Contract Medical 
Consultants (CMC) and Their Reports

AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting of the subcommittee on IH & CMC and 
their reports of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker 
Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).

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SUMMARY: The subcommittee will meet via teleconference on December 16, 
2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
    For Press Inquiries Contact: For press inquiries: Ms. Amanda 
McClure, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-
1028, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone 
(202) 693-4672; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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; and (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. The Advisory Board 
sunsets on December 19, 2019. This subcommittee is being assembled to 
gather data and begin working on advice under Area #4, IH & CMC and 
Their Reports.
    The Advisory Board operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and its implementing regulations 
(41 CFR part 102-3).
    Agenda: The tentative agenda for the Subcommittee on IH & CMC and 
Their Reports meeting includes: Update on initial recommendations 
forwarded to the Secretary of Labor; discussion about follow-up from 
the public comments; review of status of board requests; discussion of 
committee members' review of additional case files.
    OWCP transcribes Advisory Board subcommittee meetings. OWCP posts 
the transcripts on the Advisory Board Web page, http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written 
comments and other materials submitted to the subcommittee or presented 
at subcommittee meetings.

Public Participation, Submissions, and Access to the Public Record

    Subcommittee meeting: The subcommittee will meet via teleconference 
on Friday, December 16, 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern 
Time. Advisory Board subcommittee meetings are open to the public. The 
teleconference number and other details for listening to the meeting 
will be posted on the Advisory Board's Web site no later than 72 hours 
prior to the meeting. This information will be posted at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm.
    Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for 
special accommodations to participate in the subcommittee meeting by 
email, telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Carrie Rhoads, OWCP, Room S-3524, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20210; telephone (202) 343-5580; email [email protected].
    Submission of written comments for the record: You may submit 
written comments, identified by the subcommittee name and the meeting 
date of December 16, 2016, by any of the following methods:
     Electronically: Send to: [email protected] 
(specify in the email subject line, ``Subcommittee on IH & CMC and 
Their Reports'').
     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. Due to security-related 
procedures, receipt of submissions by regular mail may experience 
significant delays.
    Comments must be received by December 9, 2016. OWCP will make 
available publically, without change, any written comments, including 
any personal information that you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions 
interested parties against submitting personal information such as 
Social Security numbers and birthdates.
    Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at 
http://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 http://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Antonio Rios, 
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.

Leonard J. Howie III,
Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-28273 Filed 11-23-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 227 / Friday, November 25, 2016 / Notices 85265 Having examined the petition and the (June 26, 2015). The purpose of the Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; supporting documents, the Commission Advisory Board is to advise the telephone (202) 343–5580; email has determined to institute a rescission Secretary with respect to: (1) The Site EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov. proceeding to determine whether the Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the Submission of written comments for March 17, 2016 limited exclusion order Department of Labor; (2) medical the record: You may submit written and cease and desist order should be guidance for claims examiners for comments, identified by the rescinded. The Commission has further claims with the EEOICPA program, with respect to the weighing of the medical subcommittee name and the meeting determined to delegate the rescission proceeding to the presiding ALJ and to evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary date of December 16, 2016, by any of the consolidate that proceeding with the requirements for claims under Part B of following methods: ongoing enforcement proceeding. EEOICPA related to lung disease; and • Electronically: Send to: Finally, the Commission has determined (4) the work of industrial hygienists and EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov (specify to delegate Eko Brands’s request to staff physicians and consulting in the email subject line, terminate the enforcement proceeding to physicians of the Department of Labor ‘‘Subcommittee on IH & CMC and Their the ALJ, and to deny Eko Brands’s and reports of such hygienists and Reports’’). motion for leave to file a reply. physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency. The Advisory Board • Mail, express delivery, hand The authority for the Commission’s delivery, messenger, or courier service: determination is contained in section sunsets on December 19, 2019. This subcommittee is being assembled to Submit one copy to the following 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as gather data and begin working on advice address: U.S. Department of Labor, amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in section 210.76 of the Commission’s under Area #4, IH & CMC and Their Office of Workers’ Compensation Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR Reports. Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic 210.76). The Advisory Board operates in Substances and Worker Health, Room accordance with the Federal Advisory S–3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., By order of the Commission. Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. Washington, DC 20210. Due to security- Issued: November 18, 2016. 2) and its implementing regulations (41 related procedures, receipt of Lisa R. Barton, CFR part 102–3). submissions by regular mail may Secretary to the Commission. Agenda: The tentative agenda for the experience significant delays. [FR Doc. 2016–28314 Filed 11–23–16; 8:45 am] Subcommittee on IH & CMC and Their Reports meeting includes: Update on Comments must be received by BILLING CODE 7020–02–P initial recommendations forwarded to December 9, 2016. OWCP will make the Secretary of Labor; discussion about available publically, without change, follow-up from the public comments; any written comments, including any DEPARTMENT OF LABOR personal information that you provide. review of status of board requests; Office of Workers’ Compensation discussion of committee members’ Therefore, OWCP cautions interested Programs review of additional case files. parties against submitting personal OWCP transcribes Advisory Board information such as Social Security Advisory Board on Toxic Substances subcommittee meetings. OWCP posts numbers and birthdates. and Worker Health: Subcommittee on the transcripts on the Advisory Board Electronic copies of this Federal Industrial Hygienists (IH) & Contract Web page, http://www.dol.gov/owcp/ Register notice are available at http:// Medical Consultants (CMC) and Their energy/regs/compliance/ www.regulations.gov. This notice, as Reports AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written well as news releases and other relevant comments and other materials AGENCY: Office of Workers’ information, are also available on the submitted to the subcommittee or Compensation Programs. Advisory Board’s Web page at http:// presented at subcommittee meetings. ACTION: Announcement of meeting of www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ the subcommittee on IH & CMC and Public Participation, Submissions, and compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm. their reports of the Advisory Board on Access to the Public Record FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You Toxic Substances and Worker Health Subcommittee meeting: The may contact Antonio Rios, Designated (Advisory Board) for the Energy subcommittee will meet via Federal Officer, at rios.antonio@dol.gov, Employees Occupational Illness teleconference on Friday, December 16, or Carrie Rhoads, Alternate Designated Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Federal Officer, at rhoads.carrie@ Eastern Time. Advisory Board SUMMARY: The subcommittee will meet dol.gov, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 subcommittee meetings are open to the via teleconference on December 16, public. The teleconference number and Constitution Avenue NW., Suite S– 2016, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. other details for listening to the meeting 3524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone Eastern Time. will be posted on the Advisory Board’s (202) 343–5580. For Press Inquiries Contact: For press Web site no later than 72 hours prior to This is not a toll-free number. inquiries: Ms. Amanda McClure, Office the meeting. This information will be of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Leonard J. Howie III, posted at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/ Labor, Room S–1028, 200 Constitution energy/regs/compliance/ Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; AdvisoryBoard.htm. Programs. telephone (202) 693–4672; email Requests for special accommodations: [FR Doc. 2016–28273 Filed 11–23–16; 8:45 am] mcclure.amanda.c@dol.gov. Please submit requests for special BILLING CODE 4510–24–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The accommodations to participate in the Advisory Board is mandated by Section subcommittee meeting by email, 3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Carrie Labor established the Board under this Rhoads, OWCP, Room S–3524, U.S. authority and Executive Order 13699 Department of Labor, 200 Constitution VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:57 Nov 23, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\25NON1.SGM 25NON1


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ActionAnnouncement of meeting of the subcommittee on IH & CMC and their reports of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).
ContactYou may contact Antonio Rios, 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.
FR Citation81 FR 85265 
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