82 FR 16632 - Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 64 (April 5, 2017)

Page Range		16632-16633
FR Document		2017-06714

The Advisory Board will meet April 19-20, 2017, in Richland, Washington. Comments, requests to speak, submissions of materials for the record, and requests for special accommodations: You must submit (postmark, send, transmit) comments, requests to address the Advisory Board, speaker presentations, and requests for special accommodations for the meetings by April 12, 2017.

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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, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Announcement of meeting 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 Advisory Board will meet April 19-20, 2017, in Richland,
Washington. Comments, requests to speak, submissions of materials for
the record, and requests for special accommodations: You must submit
(postmark, send, transmit) comments, requests to address the Advisory
Board, speaker presentations, and requests for special accommodations
for the meetings by April 12, 2017.

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will meet at the Red Lion Richland
Hanford House, 802 George Washington Way, Richland, Washington 99352,
phone 509-946-7611.
Submission of comments, requests to speak and submissions of
materials for the record: You may submit comments, materials, and
requests to speak at the Advisory Board meeting, identified by the
Advisory Board name and the meeting date of April 19-20, 2017, 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.
Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for
special accommodations to attend the Advisory Board meeting by email,
telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Carrie Rhoads, OWCP, Room S-3524, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 343-5580; email EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov.
Your submissions must include the Agency name (OWCP), the committee
name (the Advisory Board), and the meeting date (April 19-20, 2017).
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 publically, 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 press inquiries: Ms. Amy Louviere,
Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1028, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-4672;
email Louviere.Amy@DOL.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board will meet: Tuesday, April
18, 2017, all day for a fact-finding site visit of the Hanford Site,
accompanied by the Designated Federal Officer; Wednesday, April 19,
2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pacific time; and Thursday, April 20,
2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Pacific time in Richland,
Washington. 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 Web site,
http://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, April 19, 2017, from 4:30 p.m.
to 6:00 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 attend the public comment session (in person or
remotely) 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; and

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(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.
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 Advisory Board meeting
includes:
Discussion by the subcommittee on the Site Exposure
Matrices (SEM);
Discussion by the subcommittee on Medical Advice re:
Weighing Medical Evidence;
Discussion by the subcommittee on Evidentiary Requirements
for Part B Lung Disease;
Discussion by the subcommittee on IH & CMC and Their
Reports;
Discussion by the Working Group on Presumptions;
Update on Recommendations submitted after the October 2016
Advisory Board meeting;
Consideration of any new issues;
Administrative issues raised by Advisory Board functions
and future Advisory Board activities; 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, http://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 Web site.
Individuals requesting special accommodations to attend the
Advisory Board meeting should contact Ms. Rhoads.
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 (April
19-20, 2017). OWCP will post your comments on the Advisory Board Web
site 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 April 12, 2017,
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
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, you may contact Douglas Fitzgerald,
Designated Federal Officer, at fitzgerald.douglas@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.

Dated: March 29, 2017.
Gary Steinberg,
Deputy Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
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(4) the work of industrial hygienists and regular mail may experience significant Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
staff physicians and consulting delays. (PRA95). This program helps to ensure
physicians of the Department of Labor Requests to speak and speaker that requested data can be provided in
and reports of such hygienists and presentations: If you want to address the the desired format, reporting burden
physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, Advisory Board at the meeting you must (time and financial resources) is
and consistency. The Advisory Board submit a request to speak, as well as any minimized, collection instruments are
sunsets on December 19, 2019. written or electronic presentation, by clearly understood, and the impact of
The Advisory Board operates in April 12, 2017, using one of the collection requirements on respondents
accordance with the Federal Advisory methods listed in the ADDRESSES can be properly assessed. Currently, the
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. section. Your request may include: Office of Workers’ Compensation
2) and its implementing regulations (41 • The amount of time requested to Programs is soliciting comments
CFR part 102–3). speak; concerning the proposed collection:
Agenda: The tentative agenda for the • The interest you represent (e.g., Claim for Continuance of Compensation
Advisory Board meeting includes: business, organization, affiliation), if (CA–12). A copy of the proposed
• Discussion by the subcommittee on any; and information collection request can be
the Site Exposure Matrices (SEM); • A brief outline of the presentation. obtained by contacting the office listed
• Discussion by the subcommittee on PowerPoint presentations and other below in the addresses section of this
Medical Advice re: Weighing Medical electronic materials must be compatible Notice.
Evidence; with PowerPoint 2010 and other
• Discussion by the subcommittee on Microsoft Office 2010 formats. The
DATES: Written comments must be
Evidentiary Requirements for Part B submitted to the office listed in the
Advisory Board Chair may grant
Lung Disease; addresses section below on or before
requests to address the Board as time
• Discussion by the subcommittee on and circumstances permit.
June 5, 2017.
IH & CMC and Their Reports; Electronic copies of this Federal ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S.
• Discussion by the Working Group Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Register notice are available at http://
on Presumptions; Ave. NW., Room S–3323, Washington,
• Update on Recommendations www.regulations.gov. This notice, as
well as news releases and other relevant DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354–
submitted after the October 2016 9647, Email Ferguson.Yoon@dol.gov.
Advisory Board meeting; information, are also available on the
Advisory Board’s Web page at http:// Please use only one method of
• Consideration of any new issues; transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
• Administrative issues raised by www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/
compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm. Email).
Advisory Board functions and future
Advisory Board activities; and For further information, you may SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Public comments. contact Douglas Fitzgerald, Designated I. Background
OWCP transcribes and prepares Federal Officer, at fitzgerald.douglas@
detailed minutes of Advisory Board dol.gov, or Carrie Rhoads, Alternate The Office of Workers’ Compensation
meetings. OWCP posts the transcripts Designated Federal Officer, at Programs administers the Federal
and minutes on the Advisory Board rhoads.carrie@dol.gov, U.S. Department Employees’ Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C.
Web page, http://www.dol.gov/owcp/ of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 8133. Under the Act, eligible
energy/regs/compliance/ Suite S–3524, Washington, DC 20210, dependents of deceased employees
AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written telephone (202) 343–5580. This is not a receive compensation benefits on
comments, speaker presentations, and toll-free number. account of the employee’s death. OWCP
other materials submitted to the has to monitor death benefits for current
Dated: March 29, 2017.
Advisory Board or presented at marital status, potential for dual
Gary Steinberg, benefits, and other criteria for qualifying
Advisory Board meetings.
Deputy Director, Office of Workers’ as a survivor under the law. The CA–12
Public Participation, Submissions and Compensation Programs. is sent annually to beneficiaries in death
Access to Public Record [FR Doc. 2017–06714 Filed 4–4–17; 8:45 am] cases to verify that their status has not
Advisory Board meetings: All BILLING CODE 4510–24–P changed and that they remain entitled to
Advisory Board meetings are open to benefits. The information collected is
the public. Information on how to used by OWCP claims examiners to help
participate in the meeting remotely will DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ensure that death benefits being paid are
be posted on the Advisory Board’s Web correct, and that payments are not made
Office of Workers’ Compensation
site. to ineligible survivors. This information
Individuals requesting special Programs
collection is currently approved for use
accommodations to attend the Advisory Division of Federal Employees’ through July 31, 2017.
Board meeting should contact Ms. Compensation Proposed Extension of
Rhoads. II. Review Focus
Existing Collection; Comment Request
Submission of comments: You may The Department of Labor is
submit comments using one of the ACTION: Notice. particularly interested in comments
methods listed in the ADDRESSES which:
section. Your submission must include SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as * Evaluate whether the proposed
part of its continuing effort to reduce collection of information is necessary
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the Agency name (OWCP) and date for
this Advisory Board meeting (April 19– paperwork and respondent burden, for the proper performance of the
20, 2017). OWCP will post your conducts a preclearance consultation functions of the agency, including
comments on the Advisory Board Web program to provide the general public whether the information will have
site and provide your submissions to and Federal agencies with an practical utility;
Advisory Board members. opportunity to comment on proposed * evaluate the accuracy of the
Because of security-related and/or continuing collections of agency’s estimate of the burden of the
procedures, receipt of submissions by information in accordance with the proposed collection of information,

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Announcement of meeting of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).
Contact		For press inquiries: Ms. Amy Louviere, 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]
FR Citation		82 FR 16632

82 FR 16632 - Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health

DEPARTMENT OF LABOROffice of Workers' Compensation Programs

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 64 (April 5, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs