81 FR 92857 - Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: Working Group on Presumptions
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 244 (December 20, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 244 (December 20, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-30516 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 92857-92858] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-30516] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health: Working Group on Presumptions AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor. ACTION: Announcement of meeting of the Working Group on Presumptions of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The working group will meet via teleconference on January 10, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 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 working group is being assembled to gather and analyze data and continue working on providing EEOICP with updated presumptions. 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). [[Page 92858]] Agenda: The tentative agenda for the meeting of the Working Group on Presumptions includes: general comments on use of disease and exposure presumptions in compensation programs; current use of presumptions in EEOICP; expanding/improving the use of presumptions in EEOICP; any new business as proposed by working group members. OWCP will transcribe the Advisory Board working group meeting. OWCP will post 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 working group or presented at the working group meeting. Public Participation, Submissions, and Access to the Public Record Working group meeting: The working group will meet via teleconference on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Advisory Board working group 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 working group 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 working group name and the meeting date of January 10, 2017, by any of the following methods:Electronically: Send to: [email protected] (specify in the email subject line, ``Working Group on Presumptions''). 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 January 3, 2017. 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. Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of December, 2016. Leonard J. Howie III, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. [FR Doc. 2016-30516 Filed 12-19-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-24-P
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numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_ information collection under Control Michel Smyth,
PUBLIC@dol.gov. Number 1205–0309. Departmental Clearance Officer.
Submit comments about this request OMB authorization for an ICR cannot [FR Doc. 2016–30524 Filed 12–19–16; 8:45 am]
by mail or courier to the Office of be for more than three (3) years without BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P
Information and Regulatory Affairs, renewal, and the current approval for
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Office of Management and Budget, December 31, 2016. The DOL seeks to DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., extend PRA authorization for this
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202– information collection for three (3) more Office of Workers’ Compensation
395–5806 (this is not a toll-free years, without any change to existing Programs
number); or by email: OIRA_ requirements. The DOL notes that
submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters existing information collection Advisory Board on Toxic Substances
are encouraged, but not required, to requirements submitted to the OMB and Worker Health: Working Group on
send a courtesy copy of any comments receive a month-to-month extension Presumptions
by mail or courier to the U.S. while they undergo review. For AGENCY: Office of Workers’
Department of Labor—OASAM, Office additional substantive information Compensation Programs, Labor.
of the Chief Information Officer, Attn: about this ICR, see the related notice ACTION: Announcement of meeting of
Departmental Information Compliance published in the Federal Register on the Working Group on Presumptions of
Management Program, Room N1301, June 30, 2016 (81 FR 42730). the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Interested parties are encouraged to
and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: send comments to the OMB, Office of
the Energy Employees Occupational
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. Information and Regulatory Affairs at
Illness Compensation Program Act
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the address shown in the ADDRESSES
(EEOICPA).
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– section within thirty (30) days of
4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not publication of this notice in the Federal SUMMARY: The working group will meet
toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_ Register. In order to help ensure via teleconference on January 10, 2017,
PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. appropriate consideration, comments from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern
should mention OMB Control Number Time.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 1205–0309. The OMB is particularly FOR PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: For press
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR interested in comments that: inquiries: Ms. Amanda McClure, Office
• Evaluate whether the proposed of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
collection of information is necessary Labor, Room S–1028, 200 Constitution
Attestation by Employers Using Alien
for the proper performance of the Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210;
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities
functions of the agency, including telephone (202) 693–4672; email
in U.S. Ports information collection
whether the information will have mcclure.amanda.c@dol.gov.
(Employers’ Attestation to Use Alien
practical utility;
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
in U.S. Ports, Form ETA–9033, and Advisory Board is mandated by Section
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Employers’ Attestation to Use Alien 3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of
proposed collection of information,
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities Labor established the Board under this
including the validity of the
in the State of Alaska, Form ETA– authority and Executive Order 13699
methodology and assumptions used;
9033A). The ETA collects attestations • Enhance the quality, utility, and (June 26, 2015). The purpose of the
from shipping companies seeking to use clarity of the information to be Advisory Board is to advise the
foreign crewmembers for longshore collected; and Secretary with respect to: (1) The Site
work when no U.S. workers are • Minimize the burden of the Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the
available. The information employers collection of information on those who Department of Labor; (2) medical
provide on these forms permits the DOL are to respond, including through the guidance for claims examiners for
to meet federal responsibilities for use of appropriate automated, claims with the EEOICPA program, with
program administration, management, electronic, mechanical, or other respect to the weighing of the medical
and oversight. Immigration and technological collection techniques or evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary
Nationality Act section 258 authorizes other forms of information technology, requirements for claims under Part B of
this information collection. See 8 U.S.C. e.g., permitting electronic submission of EEOICPA related to lung disease; and
1288. responses. (4) the work of industrial hygienists and
This information collection is subject Agency: DOL–ETA. staff physicians and consulting
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally Title of Collection: Attestation by physicians of the Department of Labor
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection Employers Using Alien Crewmembers and reports of such hygienists and
of information, and the public is for Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports. physicians to ensure quality, objectivity,
generally not required to respond to an OMB Control Number: 1205–0309. and consistency. The Advisory Board
information collection, unless it is Affected Public: Private Sector— sunsets on December 19, 2019. This
approved by the OMB under the PRA businesses or other for-profits. working group is being assembled to
and displays a currently valid OMB gather and analyze data and continue
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Total Estimated Number of
Control Number. In addition, Respondents: 7. working on providing EEOICP with
notwithstanding any other provisions of Total Estimated Number of updated presumptions.
law, no person shall generally be subject Responses: 7. The Advisory Board operates in
to penalty for failing to comply with a Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: accordance with the Federal Advisory
collection of information that does not 23 hours. Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.
display a valid Control Number. See 5 Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 2) and its implementing regulations (41
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL Burden: $0. CFR part 102–3).
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Agenda: The tentative agenda for the Comments must be received by and Concentrations’’; ARC–16902–1,
meeting of the Working Group on January 3, 2017. OWCP will make entitled ‘‘Nanosensor for Medical
Presumptions includes: general available publically, without change, Diagnoses’’; ARC–17110–1 entitled
comments on use of disease and any written comments, including any ‘‘Detection of Gases and Vapors at Low
exposure presumptions in personal information that you provide. Concentrations’’ to ENDO Medical Inc.,
compensation programs; current use of Therefore, OWCP cautions interested having its principal place of business at
presumptions in EEOICP; expanding/ parties against submitting personal 2345 Yale Street, 1st Floor, Palo Alto,
improving the use of presumptions in information such as Social Security CA 94306. The patent rights in this
EEOICP; any new business as proposed numbers and birthdates. invention have been assigned to the
by working group members. Electronic copies of this Federal United States of America as represented
OWCP will transcribe the Advisory Register notice are available at http://
by the Administrator of the National
Board working group meeting. OWCP www.regulations.gov. This notice, as
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
will post the transcripts on the Advisory well as news releases and other relevant
information, are also available on the The prospective partially exclusive
Board Web page, http://www.dol.gov/
Advisory Board’s Web page at http:// license will comply with the terms and
owcp/energy/regs/compliance/
www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR
AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written
comments and other materials compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm. 404.7.
submitted to the working group or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You DATES: The prospective partially
presented at the working group meeting. may contact Antonio Rios, Designated exclusive license may be granted unless,
Federal Officer, at rios.antonio@dol.gov, within fifteen (15) days from the date of
Public Participation, Submissions, and
or Carrie Rhoads, Alternate Designated this published notice, NASA receives
Access to the Public Record
Federal Officer, at rhoads.carrie@ written objections including evidence
Working group meeting: The working dol.gov, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 and argument that establish that the
group will meet via teleconference on Constitution Avenue NW., Suite S– grant of the license would not be
Tuesday, January 10, 2017, from 1:00 3524, Washington, DC 20210, telephone consistent with the requirements of 35
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. (202) 343–5580. This is not a toll-free U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Advisory Board working group meetings number. Competing applications completed and
are open to the public. The Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of received by NASA within fifteen (15)
teleconference number and other details December, 2016.
for listening to the meeting will be days of the date of this published notice
Leonard J. Howie III, will also be treated as objections to the
posted on the Advisory Board’s Web site
Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation grant of the contemplated partially
no later than 72 hours prior to the Programs.
meeting. This information will be exclusive license.
[FR Doc. 2016–30516 Filed 12–19–16; 8:45 am]
posted at http://www.dol.gov/owcp/ Objections submitted in response to
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AdvisoryBoard.htm. the public for inspection and, to the
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Please submit requests for special NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
released under the Freedom of
accommodations to participate in the SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
working group meeting by email, [Notice (16–089)]
telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Carrie ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the
Rhoads, OWCP, Room S–3524, U.S. Notice of Intent to Grant Partially prospective license may be submitted to
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Exclusive License Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel,
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claimed in U.S. Patent No. 7,623,972
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Submit one copy to the following Using Coated Or Doped Carbon Agency Counsel for Intellectual Property.
address: U.S. Department of Labor, Nanotube Networks’’; U.S. Patent No.
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Office of Workers’ Compensation 7,968,054 entitled ‘‘Nanostructure
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Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic Sensing and Transmission of Gas Data’’;
Substances and Worker Health, Room U.S. Patent No. 8,000,903 entitled
S–3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., ‘‘Coated or Doped Carbon Nanotube
Washington, DC 20210. Due to security- Network Sensors as Affected by
related procedures, receipt of Environmental Parameters’’; ARC–
submissions by regular mail may 16292–1 entitled ‘‘Nanosensor/Cell
experience significant delays. Phone Hybrid for Detecting Chemicals
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| 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. | |
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