Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 131 / Tuesday, July 9, 2019 / Notices 32783 

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: Advisory Board on Toxic 

Substances and Worker Health; notice of 

Advisory Board Charter renewal. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

3687 of Public Law 106–398, which was 

added by section 3141(a) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 

2015, Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 

2015), and the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 

amended (5 U.S.C. A. 2) and its 

implementing regulations issued by the 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances 

and Worker Health was established on 

July 2, 2015. The current Charter was 

signed on June 29, 2017 and expires on 

June 28, 2019. Pursuant to FACA, 

Section 14(b)(2), the Secretary of Labor 

has renewed the Charter for two years. 

The Charter renewal allows the 

Advisory Board on Toxic Substances 

and Worker Health (Board) to continue 

its operations. The Board advises the 

Secretary of Labor (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 Board, 

when necessary, coordinates exchanges 

of data and findings with the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ Advisory Board on Radiation 

and Worker Health. 

Membership of the Board currently 

consists of 12 members appointed by 

the Secretary (eleven sitting members 

and one replacement member pending), 

who also appointed a Chair. Public Law 

106–398, Section 3687(a)(3). Pursuant to 

Section 3687(a)(2), membership is 

balanced and includes members from 

the scientific, medical and claimant 

communities. The members serve twoyear terms. At the discretion of the 

Secretary, members may be appointed to 

successive terms or removed at any 

time. The Board meets no less than 

twice per year. 

The Board reports to the Secretary of 

Labor. As specified in Section 3687(i), 

the Board shall terminate ten (10) years 

after the date of the enactment of the 

NDAA, which was December 19, 2014. 

Thus, the Board shall terminate on 

December 19, 2024. 

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 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. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

July, 2019. 

Julia K. Hearthway, 

Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

Cost Accounting Standards Board 

Meeting Agenda 

AGENCY: Cost Accounting Standards 

Board, Office Federal Procurement 

Policy, Office of Management and 

Budget. 

ACTION: Notice of agenda for closed Cost 

Accounting Standards Board meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Federal 

Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost 

Accounting Standards Board (CAS 

Board) is publishing this notice to 

advise the public of planned meetings 

on July 25, 2019, and August 21, 2019. 

The notice is published pursuant to 

section 820(a) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2017, which requires the CAS 

Board to publish agendas of its meetings 

in the Federal Register. The meetings 

are closed to the public. 

DATES: July 25, 2019, August 21, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: New Executive Office 

Building, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raymond Wong, Staff Director, Cost 

Accounting Standards Board (telephone: 

202–395–6805; email: rwong@

omb.eop.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

820 amended section 1501(d) of title 41 

of the United States Code to require that 

the CAS Board meet at least quarterly 

and publish a notice of its meeting, 

including the meeting agenda, in the 

Federal Register. To date, the CAS 

Board has convened five times in FY 

2019, on (i) November 24, 2018, (ii) 

February 28, 2019, (iii) March 21, 2019, 

(iv) April 18, 2019, and (v) June 27, 

2019. Due to the lapse in 

appropriations, the meeting originally 

scheduled for January 24, 2019 was 

rescheduled to February 28, 2019. The 

Board held a brief status teleconference 

on January 24, 2019. The Notice of 

agenda for closed Cost Accounting 

Standards Board meetings, 83 FR 59422 

(November 23, 2018), provides a 

description of agenda items covered at 

these meetings in November as well as 

the meeting in February that was 

rescheduled from January. The topics 

discussed at the March and April 

meetings fell within the same general 

scope as those described in the 

November notice. The topics discussed 

at the June meeting fell within the scope 

as those described in this notice. 

The CAS Board is issuing this notice 

for public awareness of upcoming 

meetings to be held on July 25, 2019, 

and August 21, 2019. The list of agenda 

items for these meetings is set forth 

below. While CAS Board meetings are 

closed to the public, the Board 

welcomes comments and inquiries, 

which may be directed to the staff 

director using the contact information 

provided above. The CAS Board will 

discuss its accomplishments and 

activities for FY 2019 in its annual 

report to Congress, which will be 

transmitted after the end of the fiscal 

year, in accordance with section 820(e). 

Planned Agenda for CAS Board 

Meetings on July 25, 2019, and August 

21, 2019 

1. Conformance of CAS to Generally 

Accepted Accounting Principles 

(GAAP). Section 820 requires the CAS 

Board to review and conform CAS, 

where practicable, to GAAP. The CAS 

Board will continue its discussion of the 

Staff Discussion Paper (SDP) addressing 

conformance of CAS 411, Accounting 

for Acquisition Costs of Material and 

CAS 404, Capitalization of Tangible 

Assets, to GAAP. The Board will also 

review public comments received in 

response to the publication of the first 


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