Centers for Disease Control 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) 

Subcommittee for Procedures Review

May 25, 2022 

Summary Proceedings

The Subcommittee for Procedures Review meeting convened via teleconference at 11:00 a.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (EFT), Dr. Rashaun Roberts, Designated Federal Official, presiding.

Attendees

Members

Josie Beach, Member

Loretta Valerio, Member

Paul Ziemer, Member

Non-Members

Rashaun Roberts, Designated Federal Official

Nancy Adams, NIOSH Contractor

Bob Barton, SC&A

Kathy Behling, SC&A

Fin Black, SC&A

Ron Buchanan, SC&A

Grady Calhoun, DCAS

Rose Gogliotti, SC&A

Lori Marion-Moss, DCAS

Wade Morris, ORAU

Michael Rafky, HHS

Lavon Rutherford, DCAS

Tim Taulbee, DCAS

Roll Call/Welcome - Dr. Rashaun Roberts, DFO

Dr. Rashaun Roberts called to order the Subcommittee for Procedures Review at 11:00 a.m. EDT on May 

25, 2022, via teleconference. A roll call of all Subcommittee members confirmed that a quorum was present. 

The quorum was maintained throughout the meeting. Subcommittee members, DCAS staff, and SC&A staff

announced conflicts-of interest during roll call. Dr. Roberts turned the meeting over to Ms. Beach, 

Subcommittee chair.
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Carry Over Items from Feb 15, 2022 SCPR Meeting

Kathy Behling, SC&A, led a discussion of carry over items from February 2019 and 2021 SCPR 

meetings. Her presentation is in the meeting materials on the DCAS website. The presentation lists eight 

documents that the Subcommittee was working on when the Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative 

interrupted access to the Board Tracking System. It also lists the number of findings and observations 

that SC&A developed in reviewing those documents and how many of those findings and observations 

are still in progress. DCAS reported that they are working on the “in progress” findings and observations, 

but they were not prepared to present progress at this meeting, not realizing they were on the agenda. 

DCAS agreed to present relevant information at the next Subcommittee meeting.

An additional follow-up item was that DCAS was to provide SC&A with a list of sites which don’t have site 

profiles. Dose reconstructions at those sites are done according to instructions called templates. Lori 

Marion-Moss from DCAS reported that she was in the process of compiling a comprehensive set of 

templates but had not completed it. 

Newly Issued SC&A Reviews

DCAS PER-052, Subtask 4, “Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels Division” case reviews

Kathy Behling presented the results of SC&A’s review of the template for dose reconstructions, and the 

cases selected for examination as part of their review of PER-052. SC&A developed two findings in its 

review of the template. SC&A reviewed three cases. They did not develop any additional findings in their 

review of those cases. SC&A made one observation as a result of this review, suggesting that DCAS publish 

a list of all dose reconstruction templates, and inform the Board when templates are revised. DCAS agreed 

to the suggestions. Because of unresolved findings the Board kept this review “in progress.”

DCAS PER-059, Subtask 4, “Norton Company” case review

Kathy Behling presented the results of SC&A’s review of a single case selected for examination as part of 

their review of PER-059. SC&A’s review resulted in zero findings. The Subcommittee agreed to close this 

review.

DCAS PER-062, Subtask 4, “ORAUT-OTIB-052 Parameters to Consider When 

Processing Claims for Construction Trades Workers” case review

Kathy Behling presented the results of SC&A’s review of a single case selected for examination as part of 

their review of PER-062. SC&A’s review resulted in zero findings. The Subcommittee agreed to close this 

review. As part of this discussion, Ms. Behling noted that she had looked at transcripts from 2013 when the 

Subcommittee presented the results of their review of OTIB-052 to the full Board. At that meeting the Board 

had several questions that were not answered. As a result, the Subcommittee tasked SC&A to work with 

DCAS to identify if any of those comments have been resolved in the meantime, and if any additional 

answers are needed.

Document Tracking

Ms. Behling described the tracking matrix that is being used to record Subcommittee discussions until such 

time as a replacement application for the Board Review System is available. The Board Review System 

was disabled by the Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative.
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Preparation for August 2022 Full Board Meeting; Review of Technical 

Guidance Documents Ready for Full Board Approval

The Subcommittee decided to present their completed reviews for five documents at the next full Board 

meeting if the presentation can be completed in an hour. Those documents are PER-049, OTIB-0006, PER008, OTIB-0023 and PER-006. If the presentation is longer than an hour, PER-006 will not be included. 

Newly Issued Guidance Documents and Supplemental Topics

There are no newly issued guidance documents for SC&A to review. However, Kathy Behling from SC&A 

noted that there are a number of dose reconstruction templates that have not been reviewed. Consequently, 

the list of templates that SC&A will receive from DCAS should allow SC&A to review ones that they haven’t 

yet reviewed. DCAS will also provide the version numbers and issue dates of the current templates, so 

SC&A can determine if previous template reviews addressed the current version.

Tim Taulbee, DCAS, suggested that the Subcommittee and SC&A might want to review Report 87, 

“Applications for Regression of External Dose Reconstruction,” because that document is being used in 

recent site profile revisions. Bob Barton, SC&A, replied that SC&A was already reviewing that document.

Next Subcommittee Meeting Plans

DCAS indicated that they would provide responses to findings for four documents at the next meeting. 

Those documents are Peek Street dose reconstruction methodology (template), TBD-5000, Westinghouse 

Nuclear Fuels Division PER-052, and Birdsboro Steel and Foundry PER-073. SC&A indicated that they 

would present their review of the Grand Junction radon chamber and a report on the full Board’s unresolved 

comments from when the Subcommittee presented their work on OTIB-0052. The Subcommittee tentatively 

scheduled their next meeting for September 15, 2022, with an alternate date of September 29.

Meeting Adjourned

The meeting was adjourned at 1:37 p.m. EDT.