[Federal Register: February 14, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 31)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
42 CFR Part 82
RIN 0920-ZA00
Methods for Radiation Dose Reconstruction Under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act of 2000
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Interim Final Rule; Reopening of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is
reopening the comment period for the interim final rule for dose
reconstruction for certain claims for cancer under the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Program Act (EEOICPA) that was published in the
Federal Register on Friday, October 5, 2001. After considering these
comments, comments previously received, and comments from the Advisory
Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) DHHS will publish a final
rule.
DATES: Public written comments must be received on or before Friday,
March 1, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Attention--Dose Reconstruction
Comments, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Robert A. Taft
Laboratories, MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226,
Telephone: (513) 533-8450, Fax: (513) 533-8285, email:
NIOCINDOCKET@CDC.GOV.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226,
Telephone (513) 841-4498 (this is not a toll free number). Information
requests may also be submitted by e-mail to OCAS@CDC.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 5, 2001, HHS published an interim
final rule establishing methods for radiation dose reconstruction to be
conducted for certain cancer claims filed under EEOICPA, Public Law
106-398 [See FR Vol. 66, No. 194, 50978]. The notice included a public
comment period that ended November 5, 2001. However, DHHS requested the
ABRWH to conduct a review of its dose reconstruction methods.
The ABRWH held its first meeting in Washington, DC on January 22-
23, 2002. Due to the ABRWH's intensive work on the statutorily required
technical review of the proposed probability of causation rule, the
ABRWH was unable to complete the requested review of the interim final
rule. Public comments, both written and oral, were accepted for
inclusion in the docket on both the interim final rule and proposed
rulemaking prior to and during the ABRWH meeting. The public comment
period closed on the last day of the ABRWH meeting, January 23, 2002.
To allow the ABRWH ample opportunity to complete their review of
and comments on the interim final rule, the public comment period for
the interim final rule on dose reconstruction will be re-opened until
Friday, March 1, 2002. This will allow the ABRWH to have at least one
more meeting to prepare their comments on the interim final rule, and
to accept further written and oral comments from the general public at
its next meeting.
All written comments on the interim final rule for dose
reconstruction must be received at the Docket Office on or before
Friday, March 1, 2002. Written and oral comments made during the
meeting(s) of the ABRWH prior to Friday, March 1, 2002 will also be
included in the docket for the interim final rule.
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Dated: February 12, 2002.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3809 Filed 2-12-02; 3:00 pm]
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