[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2397-2398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1319]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
42 CFR Part 81
RIN: 0920-ZA00
Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation Under the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS) is reopening
the comment period for the proposed rule on the guidelines for
determining probability of causation 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 the
technical review 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
probability of causation to DHHS by Wednesday, February 6, 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, e-mail:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, 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 a notice
of proposed rulemaking proposing guidelines for determining the
probability of causation for certain cancer claims filed under EEOICPA,
Public Law 106-398 [See FR Vol. 66, No. 194, 50967]. The notice
included a public comment period that ended on December 4, 2001.
However, EEOICPA requires ABRWH to complete a technical review of the
proposed guidelines before they are promulgated as an effective
regulation. ABRWH will be conducting its technical review during a
meeting of the ABRWH scheduled for Tuesday, January 22, 2002 and
Wednesday, January 23, 2002.
To provide the public with the opportunity to participate in this
review, HHS will reopen the public comment period to include the ABRWH
Meeting transcript and any statements submitted for the record of that
meeting in the docket of this rule. DHHS will also accept additional
public written
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comments submitted to its docket office on or before Wednesday, January
23, 2002. The record for this rulemaking will close on Wednesday,
February 6, 2002, by which time ABRWH must submit its final
recommendations on the probability of causation to DHHS.
Dated: January 14, 2002.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-1319 Filed 1-16-02; 8:45 am]
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