[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1318]
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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 of 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: Any public written comments not submitted at the meeting of the
ABRWH must be received on or before Wednesday, January 23, 2002.
ABRWH must submit any comments and recommendations on the interim
final rule to DHHS by Wednesday, February 6, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Attention--DoseReconstruction
Comments, Department of Health and HumanServices, National Institute
for Occupational Safety andHealth (NIOSH), Robert A. Taft Laboratories,
MS-C34, 4676Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone: (513)
533-8450, Fax: (513) 533-8285, e-mail: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director,Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support, NationalInstitute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 4676 ColumbiaParkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226,
Telephone 513-841-4498(this is not a toll free number). Information
requests may also be submitted by e-mail to [email protected].
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 on November 5, 2001. However, DHHS is
requesting the ABRWH to conduct a review of its dose reconstruction
methods. ABRWH will be conducting its review during a meeting of the
ABRWH scheduled for Tuesday, January 22, 2002 and Wednesday, January
23, 2002.
To permit HHS to consider the ABRWH review and any comments and
recommendations of ABRWH in the rulemaking, DHHS will reopen the public
comment period. This will also provide the public with the opportunity
to participate in this review. The public comment period will be
reopened to include the ABRWH meeting transcript and any statements
submitted for the record of that meeting in the docket for this rule.
DHHS will also accept additional public written comments submitted to
its docket office on or beforeWednesday, January 23, 2002. The record
for this rulemaking will close on Wednesday, February 6, 2002, by which
time ABRWH must submit any comments and recommendations on the interim
final rule to DHHS.
Dated: January 14, 2002.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-1318 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
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