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The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health was appointed by the President to advise the Department of Health and Human Services on its activities under The Act. The Act specified that the Board will include a balance of perspectives from scientists, physicians, and workers.
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Row 1 (seated): Phillip Schofield, Bradley Clawson, Paul Ziemer, James Lockey, James Melius, Robert Presley
Row 2 (standing): John Poston, Christine Branche (NIOSH),
Lew Wade (NIOSH), Wanda Munn, Genevieve Roessler,
Josie Beach, Michael Gibson, Mark Griffin, Steven
Ray Green (Court Reporter) |
Advisory Board Charter
Purpose
The President is authorized by Public Law 106-398 to carry out the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. Since World War II, many men and women have served in building the Nation's nuclear defense and, in the course of this work, have been exposed to beryllium, ionizing radiation, and other hazards unique to nuclear weapons production and testing. The purpose of the compensation program is to provide for timely, uniform, and adequate compensation of covered employees and, where applicable, survivors of such employees, suffering from illnesses incurred by such employees in the performance of duty for the Department of Energy (DOE) and certain of its contractors and subcontractors.
The Secretaries of Energy, Health and Human Services, and Labor share responsibilities for administering the compensation program. Section 3624 of Public Law 106-398 authorizes the President to establish and appoint an Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, and by Executive Order 13179, the President has designated responsibility of the Advisory Board to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Authority
Executive Order 13179, dated December 7, 2000, and Public Law 106-398, Section 3624(a)(1). The Board is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.
Function
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health shall (a) advise the Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under section 2(b)(i) of Executive Order 13179; (b) advise 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, 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 doses may have endangered the health of members of the class.
Structure
The Advisory Board shall consist of no more than 20 public members to be appointed by the President. Members shall include affected workers and their representatives, and representatives from scientific and medical communities. The President shall designate a Chair for the Board from among its members.
Members shall be invited to serve for overlapping terms of up to four years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term shall be appointed for the remainder of that term. Terms of more than two years are contingent upon the renewal of the Board by appropriate action prior to its termination.
Subcommittees composed of members of the parent committee may be established from time to time. The Department Committee Management Officer will be notified upon establishment of each subcommittee, and will be provided information on its name, membership, functions, and estimated frequency of meetings.
The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide administrative services, funds, facilities, staff, and other necessary support services, and perform the administrative functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), with respect to the Advisory Board.
Meetings
The Advisory Board meets approximately seven times per year. The frequency of meetings shall be determined by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on agency needs. The Designated Federal Official shall determine and approve the agenda for the meetings in consultation with the Chair. A government official shall be present at all meetings.
Meetings shall be open to the public except as determined otherwise by the Secretary, HHS, or other official to whom the authority has been delegated; notice of all meetings shall be given to the public.
Meetings shall be conducted, and records of the proceedings kept, as required by applicable laws and Departmental regulations.
Compensation
Members who are not full-time Federal employees shall be paid at the rate of $250 per day, or at the rate of $31.25 per hour, as determined by the agency, but not to exceed $250 per day; plus per diem and travel expenses in accordance with Standard Government Travel Regulations.
Annual Cost Estimate
Estimated annual cost for operating the Board, including compensation and travel expenses for members, but excluding staff support, is $4,388,661. Estimate of annual person-years of staff support required is 3.0, at an estimated annual cost of $524,564.
Reports
In the event a portion of a meeting is closed to the public, a report shall be prepared annually and shall contain, at a minimum, a list of members and their business addresses; the Board's functions, dates, and places of meetings; and a summary of Board activities and recommendation made during the fiscal year. A copy of the report shall be provided to the Department Committee Management Officer.
Termination Date
Unless renewed by appropriate action prior to its expiration, the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health will terminate on August 3, 2009.
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Information Regarding the Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews
Discussion
The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health has a need to establish the Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews to facilitate the work of advising the Secretary of Health and Human Services and in assisting in the performance of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health's statutory requirement to "very a reasonable sample" of estimated radiation doses for "scientific validity and quality" by advising and reporting to the Board according to the requirements of HHS and this memo.
The Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (hereinafter referred to as the "Subcommittee") will consist of a minimum of a chair, plus three members and the Designated Federal Official (DFO) of the ABRWH (hereinafter referred to as the "Board"). The DFO may appoint an Executive Secretary to serve in his place at subcommittee meetings, as needed. The membership shall be as specified on the attached roster and is intended to reflect an appropriate balance of Board perspectives. Members will be appointed or replaced from time to time as deemed necessary by the Board Chair. Conflict of interest requirements shall apply to all Board members involved in conducting Subcommittee activities.
The Subcommittee will be responsible for coordinating all of the detailed work associated with the Board's task of reviewing individual dose reconstructions. The Board is currently reviewing sixty such individual dose reconstructions per year. This coordination activity involves a significant amount of interaction between the Board's contractor and the agency doing the dose reconstructions, NIOSH, as well as a significant amount of record keeping relative to interactions between those entities. It would not be an efficient use of the Board's time to have the entire Board undertake this detailed work.
Membership
- Mark Griffon-Chair
- Ted Katz-Designated Federal Official
- Michael Gibson
- Wanda Munn
- John Poston
- Bradley Clawson-Alternate
- Robert Presley-Alternate
Function
The subcommittee is charged to perform the following tasks related to dose reconstruction and reviews.
- Review, and recommended for Board action, audit contractor procedures (including revisions) related to dose reconstruction as appropriate.
- Clarify Board intent regarding technical scope of dose reconstruction tasks assigned to the audit contractor.
- Select cases for individual dose reconstruction review consistent with Board procedures, taking into consideration conflict of interest matters.
- Assign cases for individual reviews
to Board "review panels" (taking into account Board members'
conflict of interest standing, and ensuring a balance
of scientific, medical, and worker perspectives).
- Compile the review panels' recommendations/findings
(including dose reconstruction review summary reports) for submission the
Board.
- Review correspondence to the Board related to dose reconstruction reviews, and prepare responses for the Board Chair's signature in accordance with Board procedures.
- Review findings of the Board's audit contractor regarding dose reconstruction cases.
Structure
The subcommittee is subject to Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) requirements, including open meetings and appropriate announcements in the Federal Register. The subcommittee may meet in closed session, in accordance with the same FACA procedures that apply to the Board itself. The subcommittee will take direction from, and will report back to, the full board for consideration and appropriate action on all matters.
Frequency of Meetings
The subcommittee will meet approximately 12 times per year with additional meetings on an as-needed basis. Meetings may be called by the Designated Federal Official with the concurrence of the Board Chair or the Subcommittee Chair.
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Advisory Board Members
The Board has been appointed by the President. Below is the current roster of members:
- Chair
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Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Health Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Dr. Paul Ziemer is Professor Emeritus and former Head of the School of Health Sciences at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. From 1990 to 1993, Dr. Ziemer served as the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health during the Bush Administration. From 1995-2001, Dr. Ziemer was a consultant for the Advanced Technologies and Laboratories, Inc., and served as Chairman of the Board from 1999-2001. He earlier served as a health physicist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a Radiological Physics Fellow at Vanderbilt University, and a physicist at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He is a Certified Health Physicist and has been President of the Health Physics Society and of the American Academy of Health Physics. He has also served a term as a member of the American Board of Health Physics. Dr. Ziemer currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Hiroshima,
Japan) and as a member of the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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- Designated Federal Official
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Christine Branche
Principal Associate Director
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Washington, DC
- Membership
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Josie Beach
Nuclear Chemical Operator
Lead Hazardous Waste Trainer
Lead Respiratory Trainer
Ch2M Hill Hanford Group, Inc.
Hanford
Richland, Washington
Ms. Josie Beach is a Nuclear Chemical Operator with 20 years of experience at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. She started her Hanford career in 1987, at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) as an active participant in the plants final plutonium production campaign. In 1994, Ms. Beach became involved in the worker trainer worker program instructing and developing Health and Safety classes. Ms. Beach currently works for CH2M Hill in the Tank Farms waste operations group and is a member of the United Steel Workers Union Local 12-369.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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Bradley P. Clawson
Senior Operator Nuclear Fuel Handling
CMH2H-WG
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Mr. Clawson has been a Senior Operator in the Spent Nuclear fuels program at the Idaho National Laboratory since 1989. He has been involved in the shipping and receiving of the Nuclear Naval fuels, the recovery and storage of the Three Mile Island fuel, and received and stored Foreign Research Reactor fuels, as well as numerous other types of nuclear fuels. He also serves as the Nuclear Material Custodian. Mr. Clawson is involved in the troubleshooting and problem solving of daily problems and resolution of fuel handling as well as the design and fabrication of tools for the ongoing inventory of the fuels. He is a member as well as holding several offices in the United Steelworkers Union Local 8-652. Mr. Clawson was the former Secretary-Treasurer of the Atomic Energy Workers Council.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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Michael H. Gibson
Retired Journeyman Electrician, Babcock & Wilcox
of Ohio,
E.G. & G., Mound Applied Technologies and
Monsanto Research Corporation at the DOE
Mound Facility
Past President, Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical
and
Energy International Union, Local 5-4200
Miamisburg, Ohio
Mr. Gibson, now retired, served as a Journeyman Electrician
at Babcock & Wilcox of Ohio, E.G. & G., Mound
Applied Technologies and Monsanto Research Corporation
at the DOE Mound Facility since 1981. He was
responsible for installation, maintenance, demolition,
and decontamination of radiological laboratories throughout
the site.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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Mark Griffon
President, Health Physicist
Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc.
Salem, New Hampshire
On March 18, 2002, the White House announced that the President intends to appoint Mark Griffon to be a member of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. Mr. Griffon has served as the President of Creative Pollution Solutions in New Hampshire since 1992 where he performs consulting services in the radiation and hazardous waste fields. He also recently served as a Member of the Advisory Committee for U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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James E. Lockey, M.D., M.S.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Professor of Environmental Health and Internal Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
Dr. Lockey served as the Director of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati from 1986 to 2005. Current appointments and activities of Dr. Lockey include Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary Medicine) and Professor Environmental Health (Occupational and Environmental Medicine) University of Cincinnati; Member of the Expert Panel of Fernald II Worker Settlement Fund; Member of United Auto Workers - GM and United Auto Workers - Delphi Occupational Health Advisory Boards.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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James Malcolm Melius, M.D., Dr. P.H.
Director
New York State Laborers' Health and Safety Trust Fund
Albany, New York
Dr. Melius has served as Director for the New York
State Laborers' Health and Safety Trust Fund in Albany,
New York since 1996. Other current appointments and
activities of Dr. Melius include: Director, New York
State Laborers' Employers Cooperation and Education
Trust Fund since 1997; Research Director, Laborers'
Health and Safety Fund of North America since 1995;
and Lecturer, Department of Community and Preventive
Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine since 1997.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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Wanda I. Munn
Senior Nuclear Engineer (Retired)
Richland, Washington
Ms. Munn is retired from the Advanced Reactor Development Division of Westinghouse Hanford Company in Richland, Washington. She has 20 years of experience in nuclear engineering disciplines, design, construction, acceptance testing, startup, nuclear safety, and operation of the Fast Flux Test Facility.
Ms. Munn has served on the Richland City Council, is a member of her local Health Physics chapter, a life member of the American Nuclear Society, and a Fellow of the Society of Women Engineers.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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John W. Poston, Sr.
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Dr. Poston has served on the faculty of Texas A&M University in the
Department of Nuclear Engineering for 21 years, including 10 years as Head of the Department. His
service on various advisory committees and activities also include the Radiation Advisory Committee,
Science Advisory Board, Environmental Protection Agency; the National Academies Committee on
Transportation of Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain; and the National Academies Committee on
Controlling International Radiological Terrorism. He is a Fellow of the Health Physics Society, the
American Nuclear Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is an
Honorary Member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Dr. Poston is also
an Associate Editor of the Health Physics Journal.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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Robert W. Presley
Manufacturing Engineer
Pro2Serve
Professional Project Services, Inc.
Nuclear Weapons Engineer (retired)
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Robert W. Presley has been employed by Pro2Serve, Professional Project Services, Inc., of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as a Manufacturing Engineer since February 2003. He serves as a Derivative Classifier and Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Reviewing Official at BWXT Y-12. His fields of responsibility are modernization, infrastructure reduction, and general nuclear weapons production activities associated with the Y-12 National Security Complex. Prior to his current employment, Mr. Presley had 36 years of work experience at the Y-12 Plant, hiring in as an Animal Handler for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Biology Division in 1966. His experience includes working in the Dispatching Department as a Parts Dispatcher and Procedure Writer; Senior Engineering Assistant in the Product Engineering Department, working in the Livermore Special Projects Pre-Production Group; Engineering Technologist in the Product Engineering and Scheduling Division, working with the Los Alamos Special Projects Group; Staff Engineer/Engineer II in the Product Engineering Department, Los Alamos Special Projects and Nuclear Device Group; Group Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Weapons Dismantlement and Nuclear Device Group, Program Management Department. Mr. Presley served as the Protocol Officer, managing activities associated with special visits and tours for the Y-12 Complex, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, East Tennessee Technology Park, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Executive Offices, National Nuclear Security Agency's Y-12 Operations Office, DOE-Oak Ridge Operations Offices, and DOE-Headquarters Offices in Washington, D.C. Special assignments included working with the Advanced Strategic Computer Initiative Team, the Department of Energy and the Department of Justice as a Subject Matter Expert. Mr. Presley retired from BWXT Y-12, L.L.C. on December 31, 2002.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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Genevieve S. Roessler, Ph.D.
Radiation Consultant
Professor Emeritus
University of Florida
Elysian, Minnesota
Dr. Roessler was on the faculty, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Florida for 22 years as Head of Health Physics and Medical Physics. Various advisory committees include the Radiation Advisory Committee, Science Advisory Board, Environmental Protection Agency, 1997-2004; Technical Steering Panel, Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project, 1988-1996; and Bi-national Advisory Group, Chernobyl Health Effects Study, National Cancer Institute, 2001-present. Dr. Roessler is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Health Physics Society's Newsletter and Web Site.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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Phillip Schofield
Bosque Farm, New Mexico
Mr. Schofield worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory for twenty one
years. He has extensive experience in handling and processing of
plutonium and americium. Some of the areas of actinide chemistry and
processing include: 1) making fuel and fuel pins for the FFTF program
using plutonium, uranium, and thorium, 2) hydrogen fluoride reduction
of Pu O2, direct oxide reduction, americium extraction, and recovery
of Pu metal. Mr. Schofield spent the last five years as an Operations
Center Specialist , running and monitoring all systems at the (TA-55)
plutonium facility. He has been on medical disability since 1996. He
has since worked as a volunteer with the Los Alamos Project on Worker
Safety.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement
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- Previous Board Members
- Henry Anderson (January 2002 through January 2006)
- Antonio Andrade (January 2002 through February 2005)
- Roy DeHart (January 2002 through August 2006)
- Larry Elliott (January 2002 through February 2005)
- Richard Espinosa (January 2002 through January 2006)
- Sally Gadola (January 2002 through November 2002)
- Lew Wade (February 2005 through April 2008)
- Charles Leon Owens (October 2002 through September 2006)
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Contacting the Advisory Board
The Advisory Board welcomes written comments from claimants, advocates, energy employees, Congressional offices, and the general public. Comments can be faxed to the attention of the Advisory Board at 513-533-6826 or submitted electronically by e-mail to ocas@cdc.gov.
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Advisory Board Subcommittee and Work Group Information
Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board's Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. Where documents have been finalized, they may be reviewed, and protected information is removed so that the documents may be provided to the SEC petitioners. These finalized, reviewed and redacted documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- Subcommittee on Dose Reconstruction
Mark Griffon-Chair
Michael Gibson
Wanda Munn
John Poston
Bradley Clawson-Alternate
Robert Presley-Alternate
- Work Group on Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Site Profile and SEC
This Work Group is responsible reviewing the SEC petition from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory petitioners, reviewing the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, considering issues that may be raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A) concerning the NIOSH Evaluation Report, and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should strive to develop a recommendation to the Board on adding a class to the SEC.
Michael Gibson-Chair
Josie Beach
Wanda Munn
Phillip Schofield
Mark Griffon--Alternate
- Work Group on Blockson Chemical SEC
This Work Group (WG) is responsible for reviewing the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petition from Blockson Chemical petitioners, reviewing the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, considering issues raised by the Board's contractor S. Cohen & Associates (SC&A), and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should strive to develop a recommendation to the Board on whether a class should be added to the SEC.
Wanda Munn-Chair
Michael Gibson
James Melius
Genevieve Roessler
Bradley Clawson--Alternate
- Work Group on Chapman Valve SEC Petition
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the SEC petition from the Chapman Valve petitioners, reviewing the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, considering issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A), and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should strive to develop a recommendation to the Board on whether a class should be added to the SEC.
John Poston-Chair
Bradley Clawson
Michael Gibson
Mark Griffon
Genevieve Roessler
- Work Group on Conflict of Interest Policy for the Board
(Inactive)
This Work Group was intended to assist the Board in developing a Conflict of Interest Policy within the parameters of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) COI policy. However, HHS has determined that its Department's ethics policies are adequate to cover the Board. Hence, the WG was not activated.
James Lockey-Chair
James Melius
Robert Presley
Paul Ziemer
- Work Group on Fernald Site Profile and SEC
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the Fernald site profile, the SEC petition from Fernald petitioners, the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, the SC&A Review of the Fernald Site Profile, considering issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A) concerning the site profile and the petition Evaluation Report, and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should strive to develop a recommendation to the Board on whether a class should be added to the SEC.
Bradley Clawson-Chair
Mark Griffon
Robert Presley
Phillip Schofield
Paul Ziemer
- Work Group on Hanford Site Profile
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the Hanford site profile (as revised), the SEC petition(s) from Hanford petitioners, the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, and the SC&A Review of the Hanford Site Profile. It is also responsible for considering issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A) concerning the site profile and the petition Evaluation Report, and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should also strive to develop recommendations to the Board on adding one or more classes to the SEC.
James Melius-Chair
Bradley Clawson
John Poston
Phillip Schofield
Paul Ziemer
- Work Group on LANL Site Profile and SEC
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the Los Alamos site profile (as revised), the SEC petition(s) from Los Alamos petitioners, the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, the SC&A Review of the Los Alamos Site Profile. It is also responsible for considering issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A) concerning the site profile and the petition Evaluation Report, and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should also strive to develop recommendations to the Board on adding one or more classes to the SEC.
Mark Griffon-Chair
Josie Beach
Wanda Munn
John Poston
Robert Presley
- Work Group on Linde Ceramics Site Profile
(Task completed June 26, 2008)
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the Linde Ceramics Site Profile, reviewing the SC&A Review of the Linde Ceramics Site Profile, considering issues raised by SC&A concerning the site profile, and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should also strive to develop recommendations to the Board on adding one or more classes to the SEC.
Genevieve Roessler-Chair
Josie Beach
Michael Gibson
James Lockey
- Work Group on Nevada Test Site, Site Profile
The Nevada Test Site (NTS) Site Profile Working Group was formed in the Spring of 2006. The Working Group was formed to review the NTS Site Profile document for accuracy and authenticity. In January, 2008, the Board tasked the WG with reviewing the petition from NTS for adding a class to the Special Exposure Cohort. The WG is responsible for reviewing the NIOSH Evaluation Report (ER), the SC&A review of the ER, reviewing the SC&A Site Profile Review, and for tracking the resolution process for SC&A findings and NIOSH responses. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should also strive to develop recommendations to the Board on adding one or more classes to the SEC.
Robert Presley-Chair
Bradley Clawson
Wanda Munn
Genevieve Roessler
Phillip Schofield
- Work Group on Rocky Flats Site, Site Profile and SEC Petition
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the Rocky Flats Site Profile (as revised), reviewing the SEC petition(s) from Rocky Flats petitioners, reviewing the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, reviewing the SC&A Review of the Rocky Flats Site Profile. It is also responsible for considering issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A) concerning the site profile and the petition Evaluation Report, and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should also strive to develop recommendations to the Board on adding one or more classes to the SEC.
Mark Griffon-Chair
Michael Gibson
Wanda Munn
Robert Presley
- Work Group on Savannah River Site, Site Profile
This Work Group is responsible for a review of the Savannah River Site Profile (as revised) and a review of the Site Profile by the Board's contractor (SC&A). The Work Group shall consider issues identified by SC&A concerning the site profile and shall assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The Work Group may recommend to the Board changes in the site profile as appropriate. The Work Group is also responsible for a review of SEC petitions from Savannah River Site petitioners, the resultant SEC Petition Evaluations from NIOSH, and any SC&A reviews of the SEC Petitions and NIOSH Petition Evaluations. The Work Group shall assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of issues concerning the petitions and shall strive to develop recommendations to the Board concerning the addition of classes of employees at Savannah River Site to the SEC.
Mark Griffon-Chair
Bradley Clawson
Michael Gibson
James Lockey
Phillip Schofield
- Work Group on SEC Issues (including the 250 day issue)
This Work Group has two primary responsibilities: 1) To serve as a review body for SEC petitions that result from NIOSH determining that it is unable to reconstruct dose for one or more individuals at a given site (83.14 SEC petition process);
2) To consider potential conditions under which significant personnel exposures might occur (in addition to criticality accidents) in short periods of time (less than 250 days) resulting in health effects. In the case of specific 83.14 petitions, the WG may make a recommendation to the Board either in support of the NIOSH recommendation to add a class to the SEC, or in opposition to such. In the case of the 250 day issue, the
WG should strive to develop a position paper that can be adopted by the Board. In addition, this WG is also responsible for reviewing the Dow-Madison SEC petition and related documents, and developing a recommendation for the Board.
James Melius-Chair
Josie Beach
Mark Griffon
Genevieve Roessler
Paul Ziemer
- Work Group on TBD 6000/6001, Appendix BB
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the specified Technical Bases Documents (TBDs), as well as the Appendices that apply to specific work sites. They will also review any reports developed by the Board's contractor (SC&A) pertaining to these TBDs and the appendices, and will assist NIOSH and SC&A in resolving issues that arise through the review process. The initial focus of the WG will be on Appendix BB of TBD 6000 dealing with General Steel Industries. The WG will make recommendations to the Board in cases where Appendices involve sites with SEC petitions.
Paul Ziemer-Chair
Josie Beach
Mark Griffon
John Poston
Wanda Munn--Alternate
- Work Group on the Idaho National Laboratory
This Work Group is responsible for a review of the Idaho National Laboratory Site Profile and a review of the Site Profile by the Board's contractor (SC&A). The Work Group shall consider issues identified by SC&A concerning the site profile and shall assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The Work Group may recommend to the Board changes in the site profile as appropriate.
Phillip Schofield-Chair
Josie Beach
James Melius
Genevieve Roessler
Wanda Munn--Alternate
- Work Group on the Mound Plant
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the SEC petition from the Mound petitioners, reviewing the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, considering issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A), and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The Work Group must independently evaluate the integrity and completeness of the data upon which dose reconstructions are based. The WG will consider the assumptions and judgments of historical facts provided in the Evaluation Report and develop appropriate recommendations for the Board's consideration. The WG will also consider any reviews provided by SC&A regarding the petition, and will use a deliberative process to narrow the scope of the SEC important issues and questions. The WG should strive to develop a recommendation to the Board on adding a class to the SEC.
Josie Beach-Chair
Bradley Clawson
Robert Presley
Phillip Schofield
Paul Ziemer--Alternate
- Work Group on the Pantex Plant
This Work Group is responsible for a review of the SEC petition from Pantex Plant petitioners, the resultant SEC Petition Evaluation from NIOSH, and any review of the SEC Petition and the NIOSH Petition Evaluation by the Board's contractor (SC&A). The Work Group shall assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of issues concerning the petition and shall strive to develop recommendations to the Board concerning the addition of classes of employees at Pantex Plant to the SEC.
Bradley Clawson-Chair
Mark Griffon
John Poston
Robert Presley
Phillip Schofield
Josie Beach--Alternate
- Work Group on the Pinellas Plant SEC
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the Pinellas Plant Site Profile (as revised), reviewing the SC&A Review of the Pinellas Site Profile, considering issues raised by the Board's contractor (SC&A) concerning the site profile, and for assisting NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The WG may recommend to the Board, changes in the site profile as appropriate. The WG should also strive to develop recommendations to the Board on adding one or more classes to the SEC.
Phillip Schofield-Chair
Bradley Clawson
John Poston
Robert Presley
Michael Gibson--Alternate
- Work Group on the Use of Surrogate Data
This Work Group will consider the conditions under which "surrogate" data can be used as a valid substitute for actual data for a given site. The WG will seek to establish the type and importance of various parameters (e.g., type of nuclide, amounts of material, chemical and physical forms, processes, working conditions, and other such parameters) that impact on worker dose, and will consider the extent to which such parameters at one site may apply to other sites. The WG may also consider the extent to which theoretical considerations can be properly used to bound dosed in the absence of actual workplace measurements. The WG should strive to develop a policy recommendation that can be adopted by the Board regarding the use of surrogate data. This WG was asked to consider the application of surrogate data criteria to the Texas Chemical site in relation to the SEC petition for that facility.
James Melius-Chair
Josie Beach
Mark Griffon
James Lockey
Wanda Munn
- Work Group on Worker Outreach
This Work Group will monitor the NIOSH Worker Outreach program and evaluate its effectiveness. To do so, WG members will attend outreach meetings as appropriate, review minutes and related documents that are generated at such meetings, and talk to workers and other participants when necessary. The WG should consider developing a formal assessment instrument (such as a follow-up questionnaire). The WG should report its findings to the
Board from time to time, and make recommendations to the Board as it deems appropriate.
Michael Gibson-Chair
Josie Beach
Wanda Munn
Phillip Schofield
- Work Group Procedures Review
This WG is responsible for reviewing the outcomes of SC&A Task 3 and related assignments, which are the review of all NIOSH/OCAS and ORAU procedures used in the dose reconstruction process. The SC&A findings shall be used to establish a findings matrix, and the WG will work with NIOSH and SC&A to bring each finding or issue to some type of mutually satisfactory closure. The WG should develop one or more reports for the Board, to advise the Secretary on the scientific validity and appropriateness of the procedures used by NIOSH and ORAU for dose reconstruction and related activities.
Wanda Munn-Chair
Michael Gibson
Mark Griffon
Paul Ziemer
Robert Presley-Alternate
- Work Group to Review SEC Petitions that Did Not Qualify for Evaluation
(Task completed on May 2, 2007)
The charge of this Working Group (WG) was to review disqualified special exposure cohort petitions and the process followed by NIOSH and the rationale for petition disqualification. The conclusions of the WG were that the final rule as reflected in the legislation was followed, and NIOSH's review of the petition was claimant friendly. The WG provided a number of recommendations with regard to making the process of submitting a Special Exposure Cohort more user friendly.
James Lockey-Chair
Bradley Clawson
James Melius
Wanda Munn
Genevieve Roessler
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2009 Advisory Board Meetings (includes agendas, minutes, and transcripts)
The Advisory Board must adhere to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). FACA ensures that advice rendered by the Advisory Board be both objective and accessible to the public. In addition, FACA requires that notices for committee meetings are published with adequate advance notice in the Federal Register. The Advisory Board has established both subcommittees and work groups. While FACA does not require a notice to be published in the Federal Register for work group meetings, we will make every attempt to provide advanced notice of work group meetings held by the Advisory Board.
NOTE: Transcripts posted to the Web site after December 12, 2007, will be posted in accordance with the following policy:
Policy on Redaction of Board Meeting Transcripts
(Public Comment)
- If a person making a comment gives his or her name, no attempt will be made to redact that
name.
- NIOSH will take reasonable steps to ensure that individuals making public comment are
aware of the fact that their comments (including their name, if provided) will appear in a transcript of the meeting posted on a public Web site. Such reasonable steps include:
- A statement read at the start of each public comment period stating that transcripts
will be posted and names of speakers will not be redacted;
- A printed copy of the statement mentioned in (a) above will be displayed on the table
where individuals sign up to make public comment;
- A statement such
as outlined in (a) above will also appears
with the agenda for a Board Meeting when
it is posted on the NIOSH Web site;
- A statement such as in (a) above will appear in the Federal Register Notice that
announces Board and Subcommittee meetings.
- If an individual in making a statement reveals personal
information (e.g., medical information) about
themselves that information will not usually
be redacted. The NIOSH FOIA coordinator will,
however, review such revelations in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act and if deemed
appropriate, will redact such information.
- All disclosures of information concerning third parties will be redacted.
- If it comes to the attention of the Designated Federal Official (DFO) that an individual wishes
to share information with the Board but objects to doing so in a public forum, the DFO will work with that individual, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to find a way that the Board can hear such comments.
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- February 17-19
Advisory Board meeting
Doubletree Hotel Albuquerque
201 Marquette, NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
(505) 247-7000
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
- January 29
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
- January 28
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Procedures
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. Teleconference call access is available for this meeting and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the meeting via the teleconference call access, you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board's Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- January 12
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on Outreach
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. Teleconference call access is available for this meeting and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the meeting via the teleconference call access, you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board's Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- January 8--Postponed
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on the Pinellas Plant
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. Teleconference call access is available for this meeting and it is limited only by the number of ports available. To access the meeting via the teleconference call access, you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board's Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
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Technical Support for the Board's Review of NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Program
CDC has a requirement to provide technical assistance to the
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. The work involves
conducting individual dose reconstruction reviews, site profile
and worker profile reviews, and review of Special Exposure Cohort
(SEC) petitions.
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Reports from the Technical Support Contractor
- Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0027
August 2008
PDF 1.0 MB (57 pages)
- AWE Site Wide Documents
Draft Review of Battelle-TBD-6001, Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium And Thorium Metals, Revision FO Dated December 13, 2006
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0026
February 2008
PDF 378 KB (53 pages)
- Bethlehem Steel Company
Review of NIOSH Site Profile for Bethlehem Steel Plant, Lackawanna, NY
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0001
October 2004
PDF 512 KB (87 pages)
NIOSH Comments on the SC&A Review of the Bethlehem Steel Site Profile
Specific Responses to Findings, Observations, and Procedural Non-conformances
PDF 65 KB (14 pages)
- Blockson Chemical Company
Memo and Draft Report: Focused Review of the NIOSH Evaluation Report for the Blockson Chemical Company SEC Petition
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
January 10, 2007
PDF 471 KB (38 pages)
Draft: Evaluation of Radon Levels in Building 40 at Blockson Chemical
August 12, 2008
PDF 546 KB (35 pages)
- Chapman Valve
Draft: Issues Connected to the Chapman Valve Exposure Matrix and the SEC Petition Evaluation Report
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
SCA-SEC-TASK5-0054
December 6, 2006
PDF 2.1 MB (120 pages)
- Close-Out Interview Procedure
Draft: Review of Close-Out Interview Procedure
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 3
SCA-SEC-TASK3-0005
September 2007
PDF 535 KB (68 pages)
NIOSH response to the Board's contractor's review of PROC-0092, "Close-out Interview Procedure."
November 14, 2007
PDF 19 KB (2 pages)
- Dose Reconstruction Case Reviews
Cases 1-20
Note: All Privacy Act information has been removed
from the files listed below. The case review number
listed does not represent an actual
case number. It has been used for ease of presenting
this information on this Web site.
- Dose Reconstruction Procedures and Methods
Final Draft Report: Review of NIOSH/ORAU Procedures and Methods Used for Dose Reconstruction
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 3
January 17, 2005
PDF 1.3 MB (261 pages)
Supplement 1--REVISED
August 2007
PDF 2.2 MB (199 pages)
Supplement 1
June 8, 2006
PDF 1.0 MB (195 pages)
- Dow Chemical Company
Draft: Addendum 2. A Focused Review of Addendum 2 to the Dow Chemical - Madison Plant SEC Petition Evaluation Report
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
September 2008
PDF 270 KB (22 pages)
Draft: A Focused Review of Operations and Thorium Exposures at the Dow Chemical Company Madison Plant
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
August 2007
PDF 3.2 MB (66 pages)
- Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC)
Review of the Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC) Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition-000046 and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
SCA-TR-TASK5-0056, Rev. 1
June 2007
Pages 1-55
PDF 2.7 MB (55 pages)
Pages 56-75
PDF 5.2 MB (20 pages)
Pages 76-100
PDF 4.1 MB (25 pages)
Pages 101-120
PDF 3.0 MB (20 pages)
Pages 121-143
PDF 2.5 MB (23 pages)
Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Fernald Environmental Management Project (Feed Materials Production Center)
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0010
November 10, 2006
PDF 766 KB (170 pages)
- General Steel Industries
Memo and Draft Report: Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals - Appendix BB: General Steel Industries, Battelle-TBD-
6000, Appendix BB, Rev. 0
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
April 2008
PDF 1.7 MB (92 pages)
Dr. Robert Anigstein of Sanford Cohen & Associates (SC&A) Interviewing Former Employees of General Steel Industries (GSI)
October 9, 2007
PDF 378 KB (53 pages)
- Hanford
Draft: Review of NIOSH Site Profile for the
Hanford Site, Richland, Washington
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0004
June 2005
PDF 4 MB (222 pages)
- Idaho National Laboratory
Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho--REVISION 1
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0005
January 25, 2006
PDF 2 MB (250 pages)
Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0005
September 23, 2005
PDF 2 MB (187 pages)
- Iowa Ordnance Plant (IOP)
Final Draft: Review of NIOSH Site Profile for the Atomic Energy Operations at the Iowa Army
Ammunition Plant (IAAP)
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0009
June 2005
PDF 972 KB (93 pages)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Working Draft: SC&A Review of the Evaluation Report for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Special Exposure Cohort: In-Vivo Counting Time Period Issue
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
April 11, 2008
PDF 90 KB (10 pages)
- Linde Ceramics (including Tonawanda Laboratory)
Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Linde Ceramics Plant and Tonawanda Laboratory, Tonawanda, New York
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0014
July 14, 2006
PDF 1.43 MB (126 pages)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Draft: Los Alamos National Laboratory Site Profile Review
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0011
August 2006
PDF 2.1 MB (214 pages)
- Mallinckrodt Chemical Co., Destrehan St. Plant
Review of NIOSH Site Profile
for Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, St. Louis Downtown Site,
St. Louis, Mo.
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0002
January 31, 2005
PDF 420 KB (102 pages)
- Mound Plant
Draft Review of NIOSH Site Profile for the Mound Laboratory Site
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0012
July 16, 2006
PDF 783 KB (192 pages)
- Nevada Test Site
Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Nevada Test Site
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0006
December 13, 2005
PDF 2 MB (159 pages)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL or X-10)
Draft: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Site Profile Review
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0013
September 29, 2006
PDF 1.36 MB (116 pages)
- Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Draft: Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile Review
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0016
October 20, 2006
PDF 2.42 MB (154 pages)
- Pantex Plant
Draft: Pantex Plant Site Profile Review
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0019
July 2008
PDF 1.1 MB (136 pages)
- Program Evaluation Reports
Draft: A Preliminary Review of NIOSH's Evaluation Report OCAS-PER-009, Target Organs for Lymphoma
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 3
SCA-TR-TASK3-0008
June 2008
PDF 809 KB (44 pages)
- Pinellas Plant
Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Pinellas Plant Site
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0015
September 15, 2006
PDF 485 KB (71 pages)
- Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Memo and Draft Report: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
February 2008
PDF 4 MB (90 pages)
- Rocky Flats Plant
Draft: Rocky Flats Plant Site Profile Review
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0008
December 8, 2005
PDF 3 MB (263 pages)
Attachment 2: Site Expert Interview Summary
PDF 122 KB (24 pages)
Preliminary Draft sections of SC&A's Rocky Flats SEC Petition Evaluation Report Review report sections for Working Group review and discussions:
Draft: Review of the Rocky Flats Plant Special Exposure Cohort Petition, SEC-00030. Volume 1: Main Report
PDF 1.6 MB (231 pages)
Draft: Review of the Rocky Flats Plant Special Exposure Cohort Petition, SEC-00030. Volume 2: Attachments
PDF 3.1 MB (537 pages)
Revised Draft: Supplemental Report on Neutron Doses at Rocky Flats, 1952 to 1970
PDF 708 KB (91 pages)
Draft: Second Supplemental Report on the Rocky Flats SEC Petition
PDF 668 KB (66 pages)
Draft: Other Radionuclides (including Thorium)
PDF 146 KB (21 pages)
Draft: Data Completeness Evaluation
PDF 114 KB (10 pages)
Draft: Review of External Dose for 32 Cases of Randomly Sampled Workers
PDF 538 KB (13 pages)
Draft: Completeness of Records for 1969 and 1970
PDF 534 KB (20 pages)
Draft: Safety Concerns
PDF 367 KB (35 pages)
Draft: Data Integrity Examples Analysis--This document is currently being updated and will be reposted once the update is complete.
Draft: Logbook Analysis
PDF 137 KB (18 pages)
Draft: Logbook Analysis Attachments 1-5
PDF 1.2 MB (89 pages)
- Savannah River Site
Draft: Review of NIOSH Site Profile
for Savannah River Site
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0003
March 21, 2005
PDF 787 KB (187 pages)
Draft: Status Report on the Resolution of the Savannah River Site Issues Resolution Matrix
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0003
October 2007
PDF 810 KB (147 pages)
- Site Profiles (General)
A Draft Report for Consideration by the Advisory Board Regarding the Closeout of Findings from Selected Site Profile Reviews
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
May 5, 2008
PDF 409 KB (49 pages)
- Special Exposure Cohort
Draft: Board Procedures for Review of Special Exposure Cohort Petitions and Petition Evaluation Reports
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
SCA-TR-TASK5-0002
November 30, 2005
PDF 209 KB (33 pages)
Draft: Review of NIOSH/ORAU Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Procedures
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
SCA-TR-TASK5-0001
November 23, 2005
PDF 272 KB (36 pages)
- Texas City Chemicals, Inc.
Draft: A Focused Review of the NIOSH Evaluation Report for the Texas City Chemical Company SEC Petition
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 5
July 2008
PDF 440 KB (44 pages)
- Worker Outreach Program Procedures
Draft: Conduct of the Worker Outreach Program Procedure
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 3
SCA-TR-TASK3-0003, Addendum 1 - Revision 1
November 2007
PDF 364 KB (36 pages)
- Y-12 Plant
Draft: Y-12 National Security Complex Site Profile Review
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0007
September 19, 2005
PDF 2 MB (204 pages)
Attachment 6: Site Expert Review Summary
PDF 95 KB (22 pages)
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Recommendations on SEC Petitions
- Allied Chemical Corporation
Advisory Board recommendation regarding Allied Chemical Corporation SEC Petition (January 1, 1959 through December 31, 1976)
PDF 393 KB (2 pages)
- Ames Laboratory
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Ames Laboratory SEC petition (January 1, 1942 through December 31, 1954)
PDF 254 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Ames Laboratory SEC petition (January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1970)
PDF 161 KB (2 pages)
- Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the CANEL SEC Petition
PDF 92 KB (2 pages)
- Combustion Engineering
Advisory Board recommendation regarding Combustion Engineering SEC Petition
PDF 437 KB (2 pages)
- General Atomics
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the General Atomics SEC Petition
PDF 342 KB (2 pages)
- Hanford
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Hanford SEC Petition (October 1, 1943 through August 31, 1946)
PDF 81 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Hanford SEC Petition (September 1, 1946 through December 31, 1968)
PDF 477 KB (2 pages)
- Harshaw Chemical Company
Advisory Board recommendation regarding Harshaw Chemical Company SEC Petition (August 14, 1942 through November 30, 1949)
PDF 386 KB (2 pages)
- Horizons, Inc.
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Horizons, Inc., SEC Petition
PDF 481 KB (2 pages)
- Iowa Ordnance Plant
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Iowa Ordnance Plant SEC petition (radiographers)
PDF 97 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Iowa Ordnance Plant SEC petition
PDF 141 KB (2 pages)
- Kellex/Pierpont
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Kellex/Pierpont SEC Petition
PDF 465 KB (2 pages)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the LLNL SEC Petition
PDF 446 KB (2 pages)
- Linde Ceramics
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Linde Ceramics Plant SEC petition (October 1, 1942 through October 31, 1947)
PDF 227 KB (2 pages)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the LANL Radioactive Lanthanum SEC Petition (September 1, 1944 through July 18, 1963)
PDF 517 KB (2 pages)
- Mallinckrodt Chemical Co., Destrehan St. Plant
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Mallinckrodt Chemical Plant SEC petition (1942-1948)
PDF 109 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Mallinckrodt Chemical Plant SEC petition (1949-1957)
PDF 475 KB (3 pages)
- Mound Plant
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Mound Plant SEC Petition
PDF 435 KB (2 pages)
- National Bureau of Standards
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the National Bureau of Standards SEC petition (1943-1952)
PDF 259 KB (2 pages)
- Nevada Test Site
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Nevada Test Site SEC petition (January 27, 1951 to December 3, 1962)
PDF 687 KB (2 pages)
- Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the NUMEC SEC Petition
PDF 314 KB (2 pages)
- Nuclear Materials and Equipment
Corp. (NUMEC)--Parks Township
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the NUMEC--Parks Township SEC Petition
PDF 474 KB (2 pages)
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education (ORISE)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the ORINS Plant SEC Petition (May 15, 1950 through December 31, 1963)
PDF 479 KB (2 pages)
- Pacific Proving Grounds
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Pacific Proving Grounds SEC petition (1946 to 1962)
PDF 548 KB (2 pages)
- Rocky Flats Plant
Rocky Flats Plant SEC petition (1952-1958)
PDF 77 KB (2 pages)
Rocky Flats Plant SEC petition (1959-1966)
PDF 107 KB (2 pages)
- S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant (July 9, 1944 through December 31, 1951)
PDF 465 KB (2 pages)
- SAM Laboratories, Columbia University
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the SAM Laboratories, Columbia University SEC Petition
PDF 473 KB (2 pages)
- Sandia National Laboratory--Livermore
Advisory Board recommendation regarding Sandia National Laboratory--Livermore SEC Petition
PDF 278 KB (1 page)
- Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works
Advisory Board recommendation regarding Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works (January 1, 1956 through December 31, 1961)
PDF 39 KB (2 pages)
- Y-12 Plant
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Y-12 Facility SEC petition (March 1943 through December 1947)
PDF 94 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Y-12 Plant SEC petition (March 1, 1943 through December 31, 1947)
PDF 39 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Y-12 Plant SEC petition (January 1948 through December 1957)
PDF 258 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board recommendation regarding the Y-12 Plant SEC petition (January 1, 1958 through June 30, 1958)
PDF 258 KB (1 page)
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Board Correspondence and Miscellaneous Items
- Fax/Letter
to Paul Ziemer from Senator Charles Schumer (dated June 21, 2007)
PDF 171 KB (3 pages)
- Letter
to the Advisory Board from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary
of Health and Human Services (dated May 17, 2007)
PDF 50 KB (1 page)
- Letter to the Advisory Board from Senator Sherrod Brown (dated March 9, 2007)
PDF 555 KB (1 page)
- Letter to the Advisory Board from the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council (dated February 5, 2007)
PDF 1.7 MB (2 pages)
- Letter to the Advisory Board from Senator Ken Salazar, Congressman Mark Udall, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter (dated January 9, 2007)
PDF 463 KB (2 pages)
Advisory Board response to January 9, 2006, letter from Senator Ken Salazar, Congressman Mark Udall, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter
PDF 236 KB (1 page)
- Letter to the Advisory Board from Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (dated December 21, 2006)
PDF 86 KB (1 page)
Advisory Board response to December 21, 2006, letter from Congresswoman Louise Slaughter
PDF 260 KB (1 page)
- Letter
to the Advisory Board from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary
of Health and Human Services
PDF 86 KB (1 page)
- Advisory Board Working Group Draft comments on the July 18, 2006 Draft NIOSH
Statement of Policy: Conflict of Interest document
PDF 76 KB (2 pages)
- Advisory
Board's Comments on the Proposed Amendments to 42 CFR
Part 83 (Special Exposure Cohort)
March 14, 2006
PDF 47 KB (3 pages)
- Advisory Board's Letter to Michael O. Leavitt regarding legal advice from the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel regarding the procedures for the utilization of classified or restricted information for the qualification of claimants for the Special Exposure Cohort
February 7, 2006
PDF 95 KB (1 page)
- Letter from Jim Phelps
January 25, 2006
PDF 2 MB (3 pages)
- Letter from Senator Charles E. Schumer, New York
January 19, 2006
PDF 1 MB (6 pages)
- Letter from Michael J. Wright; Director; Health, Safety and Environment Department; United Steelworkers; United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
June 27, 2005
PDF 65 KB (2 pages)
- Letter from Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. and Senator Christopher S. Bond to the Honorable Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
June 9, 2005
PDF 415 KB (4 pages)
- Memo: Establishment of a Subcommittee for the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
June 21, 2004
PDF 580 KB (5 pages)
- Advisory Board's Letter to Tommy Thompson regarding the Final Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort
February 10, 2004
PDF 293 KB (2 pages)
- Advisory Board's Comments on 42 CFR Part 83 (Special Exposure Cohort)
May 5, 2003--during the second comment period
PDF 240 KB (5 pages)
- Advisory Board's Comments on 42 CFR Part 83 (Special Exposure Cohort)
August 22, 2002--during the first comment period
PDF 878 KB (6 pages)
- Advisory Board's Comments on 42 CFR Part 82 (Dose Reconstruction)
February 28, 2002
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- Advisory Board's Comments on 42 CFR Part 81 (Probability of Causation)
February 6, 2002
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- Operational Guidelines for the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
January 2002
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