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HHS - 10766 - Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health - Presidential

GENERAL INFORMATION

Committee Name	Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health	Agency Name	Department of Health and Human Services
Fiscal Year	2025	Committee Number	10766
Original Establishment Date	10/30/2000	Committee Status	Chartered
Actual Termination Date		Committee URL	http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas/ocasadv.html
Actual Merged Date		Presidential Appointments*	Yes
New Committee This FY	No	Max Number of Members*	20
Terminated This FY	No	Designated Fed Officer Position Title*	Public Health Analyst
Merged This FY		Designated Federal Officer Prefix	Dr.
Current Charter Date	3/22/2024	Designated Federal Officer First Name*	Rashaun
Date Of Renewal Charter	3/22/2026	Designated Federal Officer Middle Name
Projected Termination Date		Designated Federal Officer Last Name*	Roberts
Exempt From Renewal*	No	Designated Federal Officer Suffix
Specific Termination Authority		Designated Federal Officer Phone*	(513) 533-8346
Establishment Authority*	Presidential	Designated Federal Officer Fax*	(513) 328-8136
Specific Establishment Authority*	Sec. 3624 of P.L. 106-398 and Sec. 4 of EO 14109; 42 U.S.C. §7384o	Designated Federal Officer Email*	rsr3@cdc.gov
Effective Date Of Authority*	10/30/2000
Exempt From EO 13875 Discretionary Cmte	Not Applicable
Committee Type*	Continuing
Presidential*	No
Committee Function*	Scientific Technical Program Advisory Board

RECOMMENDATION/JUSTIFICATIONS

Agency Recommendation*	Continue
Legislation to Terminate Required	Not Applicable
Legislation Status	Not Applicable
How does cmte accomplish its purpose?*	The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) addresses its statutory responsibilities by holding regular scheduled public meetings to provide consensus review and recommendations on the scientific validity and quality of the agency's completed radiation dose reconstructions for adjudication of cancer-related compensation claims and upon request by the Secretary, HHS; advise the Secretary on whether there is a class of employees at any DOE 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 dose may have endangered the health of members of the class.
How is membership balanced?*	As required by statute, the membership of the ABRWH is made up of scientific, medical, and worker perspectives. The President appoints the members to the ABRWH.
How frequent & relevant are cmte mtgs?*	The ABRWH was established in 2002 and meets 6 times annually. In 2024, the ABRWH has met 4 times virtually, 2 times by teleconference, and 2 times virtually. The ABRWH also has two subcommittees, the Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Review (2003) and the Subcommittee on Procedure Review (2009), which meet 2-4 times annually (each). The Board has 27 workgroups and a subset of these groups meet between 1 to 3 times per year. A total of 12 meetings have been held in FY24 including 6 full Board meetings, 3 subcommittee meetings, and 3 workgroup meetings.
Why advice can't be obtained elsewhere?*	The ABRWH is required by statute under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000.
Why close or partially close meetings?	The ABRWH does not have closed workgroup, subcommittee or full board meetings.
Recommendation Remarks	The Board does not produce any formal reports.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Outcome Improvement To Health Or Safety*	No	Action Reorganize Priorities*	Yes
Outcome Trust In Government	Yes	Action Reallocate Resources	Yes
Outcome Major Policy Changes	No	Action Issued New Regulations	Yes
Outcome Advance In Scientific Research	No	Action Proposed Legislation	No
Outcome Effective Grant Making	No	Action Approved Grants Or Other Payments	No
Outcome Improved Service Delivery	Yes	Action Other	Yes
Outcome Increased Customer Satisfaction	Yes	Action Comment	NIOSH has made revisions to a large number of dose reconstruction procedures (site specific and generic) as a result of recommendations/peer review comments and related deliberation of Board Subcommittees and work groups. Regulations in prior years were developed based in part on Board review and comment.
Outcome Implement Laws/Reg Requirements	Yes	Grants Review*	No
Outcome Other	Yes	Number Of Grants Reviewed	0
Outcome Comment	Provides independent policy advice, scientific and technical peer review, and transparency for public stakeholders of a complex technical process which without the ABRWH would be difficult if not impossibe for the agency to achieve.	Number Of Grants Recommended	0
Cost Savings*	None	Dollar Value Of Grants Recommended	$0.00
Cost Savings Comment	NA	Grants Review Comment	This is not a grant review committee.
Number Of Recommendations*	168	Access Contact Designated Fed. Officer*	Yes
Number Of Recommendations Comment	Recommendations tracked here address adding or denying the addition of classes to the Special Exposure Cohort Petitions, a statuory charge under EEOICPA. As discussed below, the Board makes other recommendations associated with its reviews of the validity and quality of dose reconstructions that cannot be tracked quantitatively. Also, the Board has made recommendations on all of the regulatory actions taken by HHS under EEOICPA. The Board has made a total of 168 recommendations on SEC petitions since its inception, 1 in FY24.	Access Agency Website	Yes
% of Recs Fully Implemented*	98.00%	Access Committee Website	No
% of Recs Fully Implemented Comment	Two recommendations were reversed by the Secretary subsequent to their approval by the Secretary based on appeals, as discussed below.	Access GSA FACA Website	Yes
% of Recs Partially Implemented*	2.00%	Access Publications	Yes
% of Recs Partially Implemented Comment	In 2015, the Secretary reversed the HHS decision implementing one Board recommendation (Hooker Electrochemical Corp.) two years after its implementation. In 2016, the Secretary reversed the HHS decision implementing one Board recommendation (Pantex Plant) two years after its implementation.	Access Other	No
Agency Feedback*	Yes	Access Comment	Documents, minutes, and meeting transcripts of the Board, its subcommittees and work groups are all posted on the Agency Web site, including reports and analyses produced by the Board's technical support contractor and reports produced by NIOSH at the request of the Board.
Agency Feedback Comment*	The agency provides feedback by correspondence and verbal direction from the DFO/Executive Secretary to the Board. In addition, the public can obtain information from documents and meeting minutes posted on the NIOSH website.	Narrative Description*	The ABRWH, through its statutory responsibilities, provides an independant review of the scientific quality and validity of the NIOSH radiation dose reconstructions for ajudication of Federal cancer-related compensation claims under Part B of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act. The ABRWH also provides independent recommendations to the Secretary, HHS on the addition of classes of employees at nuclear weapons production and testing sites to the Special Exposure Cohort, a designation that allows for presumptive compensation for employees with cancer claims determined by DOL to be eligible members of these classes.

COSTS

1. Payments to Non-Federal Members*		1. Est Paymnts to Non-Fed Membrs Nxt FY*
2. Payments to Federal Members*		2. Est. Payments to Fed Members Next FY*
3. Payments to Federal Staff*		3. Estimated Payments to Federal Staff*
4. Payments to Consultants*		4. Est. Payments to Consultants Next FY*
5. Travel Reimb. For Non-Federal Membrs*		5. Est Travel Reimb Non-Fed Membr nxtFY*
6. Travel Reimb. For Federal Members*		6. Est Travel Reimb For Fed Members*
7. Travel Reimb. For Federal Staff*		7. Est. Travel Reimb to Fed Staf Nxt FY*
8. Travel Reimb. For Consultants*		8. Est Travel Reimb to Consltnts Nxt FY*
10. Other Costs		10. Est. Other Costs Next FY*
11. Total Costs	$0.00	11. Est. Total Next FY*	$0.00
Date Cost Last Modified	3/14/2025 9:37 AM	Est. Fed Staff Support Next FY*
Federal Staff Support (FTE)*		Est Cost Remarks
Cost Remarks

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