72684 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the National Preparedness 

and Response Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 

that the National Preparedness and 

Response Science Board (NPRSB), also 

known as the National Biodefense 

Science Board will be holding a public 

meeting on January 30, 2015. 

DATES: The January 30, 2015, NPRSB 

public meeting is scheduled from 9:00 

a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST. The agenda is 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Please check the NPRSB Web site, 

located at WWW.PHE.GOV/NPRSB, for 

the most up-to-date information on the 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Thomas P. O’Neil Federal 

Office Building, 200 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. To attend via 

teleconference, call toll-free 888–946– 

7304, international dial-in 1–212–547– 

0362, pass-code 7491964. Please call 15 

minutes prior to the beginning of the 

conference call to facilitate attendance. 

Pre-registration is required for public 

attendance. Individuals who wish to 

attend the meeting in person should 

submit an inquiry via the NPRSB 

Contact Form located at www.phe.gov/

NPRSBComments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please submit an inquiry via the NPRSB 

Contact Form located at www.phe.gov/

NPRSBComments. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 319M of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f) and 

section 222 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), HHS established 

the NPRSB. The Board shall provide 

expert advice and guidance to the 

Secretary on scientific, technical, and 

other matters of special interest to HHS 

regarding current and future chemical, 

biological, nuclear, and radiological 

agents, whether naturally occurring, 

accidental, or deliberate. The Board may 

also provide advice and guidance to the 

Secretary and/or the Assistant Secretary 

for Preparedness and Response on other 

matters related to public health 

emergency preparedness and response. 

Background: This public meeting will 

be dedicated to swearing in the six new 

voting members who will replace the 

members whose 3-year terms will expire 

on December 31, 2014, and the reappointment of two current members. 

Subsequent agenda topics will be added 

as priorities dictate. 

Availability of Materials: The meeting 

agenda and materials will be posted on 

the NPRSB Web site at www.phe.gov/

nprsb prior to the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

All written comments must be received 

prior to January 30, 2015. Please submit 

comments via the NPRSB Contact Form 

located at www.phe.gov/

NPRSBComments. Individuals who plan 

to attend in-person and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should submit a 

request via the NPRSB Contact Form 

located at www.phe.gov/

NPRSBcomments. 

Dated: December 1, 2014. 

Nicole Lurie, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH or the 

Advisory Board), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention announces the 

following committee meeting: 

Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. EDT, 

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 

Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS 

Conferencing. The USA toll-free, dial-in 

number is 1–866–659–0537 and the pass 

code is 9933701. 

Status: Open to the public. The public is 

welcome to submit written comments in 

advance of the meeting, to the contact person 

below. Written comments received in 

advance of the meeting will be included in 

the official record of the meeting. The public 

is also welcome to listen to the meeting by 

joining the teleconference at the USA tollfree, dial-in number, 1–866–659–0537 and 

the passcode is 9933701. 

Background: The Advisory Board was 

established under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

Act of 2000 to advise the President on a 

variety of policy and technical functions 

required to implement and effectively 

manage the new compensation program. Key 

functions of the Advisory Board include 

providing advice on the development of 

probability of causation guidelines, which 

have been promulgated by the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) as a final 

rule; advice on methods of dose 

reconstruction, which have also been 

promulgated by HHS as a final rule; advice 

on the scientific validity and quality of dose 

estimation and reconstruction efforts being 

performed for purposes of the compensation 

program; and advice on petitions to add 

classes of workers to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC). 

In December 2000, the President delegated 

responsibility for funding, staffing, and 

operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 

subsequently delegated this authority to the 

CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility 

for CDC. The charter was issued on August 

3, 2001, renewed at appropriate intervals, 

most recently, August 3, 2013, and will 

expire on August 3, 2015. 

Purpose: This Advisory Board is charged 

with (a) providing advice to the Secretary, 

HHS, on the development of guidelines 

under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing 

advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 

scientific validity and quality of dose 

reconstruction efforts performed for this 

program; and (c) upon request by the 

Secretary, HHS, advising the Secretary on 

whether there is a class of employees at any 

Department of Energy facility who were 

exposed to radiation but for whom it is not 

feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and 

on whether there is reasonable likelihood 

that such radiation doses may have 

endangered the health of members of this 

class. 

Matters For Discussion: The agenda for the 

conference call includes: Work Group and 

Subcommittee Reports; SEC Petitions Update 

for the March 2014 Advisory Board Meeting; 

Plans for the March 2015 Advisory Board 

Meeting; and Advisory Board 

Correspondence. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Theodore M. Katz, M.P.A., Designated 

Federal Officer, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE., Mailstop: E–20, Atlanta, Georgia 

30333, Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll Free 

1–800–CDC–INFO, Email ocas@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities for 

both the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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