[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31598]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Notice of Intent To Establish the Worker Advocacy Advisory 
Committee

    Pursuant to Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. No. 92-463), and in accordance with title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, section 101-6.1015(a), this is notice of intent to 
establish the Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee. This intent to 
establish follows consultation with the Committee Management 
Secretariat of the General Services Administration, pursuant to 41 CFR 
Subpart 101-6.10.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide the Secretary of Energy 
and the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health with 
advice, information, and recommendations on programs to assist workers 
who have been diagnosed with work-related illnesses under the 
Department of Energy's former worker medical surveillance program and 
ongoing beryllium medical surveillance programs in filing state 
workers' compensation claims. The Committee will: (1) Provide advice to 
the Department of Energy on workers' compensation policy issues of 
concern to the Department; (2) periodically review worker advocacy 
program initiatives and recommendations; and, (3) provide advice on 
plans, priorities, and strategies to improve advocacy practices and 
procedures of the worker advocacy program.
    Committee members will be chosen to ensure an appropriately 
balanced membership to bring into account a diversity of viewpoints, 
including state and federal workers' compensation specialists, workers, 
union representatives, occupational physicians, representatives of 
medical and public health organizations, academic researchers and the 
public at large who may significantly contribute to the deliberations 
of the Committee. All meetings of this Committee will be published 
ahead of time in the Federal Register.
    Additionally, the establishment of the Worker Advocacy Advisory 
Committee is essential to the conduct of Department of Energy business, 
and is in the public interest.
    Further information regarding this committee may be obtained from 
Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and 
Health, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, phone (202) 
586-6151.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 7, 2000.
James N. Solit,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-31598 Filed 12-11-00; 8:45 am]
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