Advisory Board Correspondence

Below are various letters and other correspondence received by the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board’s responses are also included when appropriate.

Public Correspondence

• Letter to Advisory Board members from private person regarding United Nuclear Corp. (NIOSH SEC-00116) [53 KB (2 pages)]
  May 10, 2012

  • Advisory Board response to letter from private person regarding United Nuclear Corp. (NIOSH SEC-00116) [80 KB (1 page)]
    May 16, 2012

• Advisory Board response to email from private person [48 KB (1 page)]
  April 27, 2012

• Email to Advisory Board members from private person [244 KB (2 pages)]
  March 23, 2012

• Advisory Board’s response to February 1, 2010, letter from private person, Andrew Evaskovich [41 KB (1 page)]
  February 26, 2010

• Advisory Board response to November 3, 2009, letter from Antoinette Bonsignore, Alliance of Nuclear Worker Advocacy Groups (ANWAG) [41 KB (1 page)]
  February 24, 2010

• Letter from Private Individual [652 KB (3 pages)]
  January 25, 2006

Secretary of Health and Human Services Correspondence

• Advisory Board’s Letter and Report to Alex M. Azar II, HHS Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding dose reconstruction case reviews [454 KB (26 pages)]
  December 11, 2019

• Draft Report to the Secretary on Dose Reconstruction Case Reviews Completed by the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health [246 KB (24 pages)]
  May 13, 2019

• Advisory Board’s Letter and Report to Sylvia M. Burwell, HHS Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding dose reconstruction reviews [438 KB (21 pages)]
  December 29, 2016

• Letter to Kathleen Sebelius, HHS Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding Revision of Guidelines on Non-Radiogenic Cancers (Docket Number NIOSH-209) [53 KB (2 pages)]
  July 19, 2011

• Advisory Board’s Letter and Report to Kathleen Sebelius, HHS Secretary of Health and Human Services, describing the activities and progress related to the Board’s Overview of the Procedures Developed by the NIOSH in Fulfilling the Requirement of EEOICPA [54 KB (5 pages)]
  January 29, 2010

• Advisory Board letter to Kathleen Sebilius, HHS Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding dose reconstruction reviews [100 KB (1 page)]
  July 31, 2009

  • Enclosure: Summary of Findings of the First 100 Dose Reconstruction Cases [340 KB (13 pages)]
    May 2009

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding dose reconstruction reviews [50 KB (1 page)]
  May 17, 2007

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding dose reconstruction reviews [29 KB (1 page)]
  November 20, 2006

• Advisory Board’s Letter to Michael O. Leavitt, HHS Secretary of Health and Human Services, 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 [95 KB (1 page)]
  February 7, 2006

• Advisory Board’s Comments on 42 CFR Part 83 to Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services (Special Exposure Cohort) [238 KB (5 pages)]
  May 5, 2003–during the second comment period

• Advisory Board’s Comments on 42 CFR Part 83 to Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services (Special Exposure Cohort) [878 KB (6 pages)]
  August 22, 2002–during the first comment period

• Advisory Board’s Comments on 42 CFR Part 82 to Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services (Dose Reconstruction) [150 KB (6 pages)]
  February 28, 2002

• Advisory Board’s Comments on 42 CFR Part 81 to Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services (Probability of Causation) [207 KB (5 pages)]
  February 6, 2002

Congressional Correspondence

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III regarding Metals and Controls Corp. Special Exposure Cohort Petition SEC-00236 [441 KB (2 pages)]
  August 11, 2020

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Representative Ben Ray Lujan, regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory (NIOSH SEC-00109) [279 KB (1 page)]
  June 19, 2012

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, regarding Linde Ceramics Plant (NIOSH SEC-00107 and 00154) [164 KB (2 pages)]
  November 12, 2010

  • Advisory Board’s response to November 12, 2010, letter from Senator Charles E. Schumer regarding Linde Ceramics Plant (NIOSH SEC-00107 and 00154) [44 KB (2 pages)]
    January 20, 2011

  • Advisory Board’s response to November 12, 2010, letter from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s regarding Linde Ceramics Plant (NIOSH SEC-00107 and 00154) [44 KB (2 pages)]
    January 20, 2011

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Congressman Pete Olson, regarding Texas City Chemicals SEC petition (NIOSH SEC-00088) [72 KB (2 pages)]
  October 1, 2010

  • Advisory Board’s response to October 1, 2010, letter from Congressman Pete Olson regarding the Texas City Chemicals SEC petition (NIOSH SEC-00088) [143 KB (2 pages)]
    November 3, 2010

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Congressman Brian Higgins on behalf of Bethlehem Steel workers [120 KB (1 page)]
  May 19, 2010

  • Advisory Board’s response to May 19, 2010, letter from Congressman Brian Higgins [41 KB (1 page)]
    June 2, 2010

• Advisory Board’s response to December 3, 2009, letter from Senator Richard Durbin [41 KB (1 page)]
  February 26, 2010

• Advisory Board’s response to February 3, 2010, letter from Senator Harry Reid [45 KB (2 pages)]
  February 24, 2010

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Charles Schumer, Congressman Brian Higgins, Congressman Chris Lee, Congressman Eric Massa, and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter [291 KB (1 page)]
  June 4, 2009

  • Advisory Board’s response to June 4, 2009, letter from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand [25 KB (1 page)]
    August 30, 2009

  • Advisory Board’s response to June 4, 2009, letter from Senator Charles Schumer [25 KB (1 page)]
    August 30, 2009

  • Advisory Board’s response to June 4, 2009, letter from Congressman Brian Higgins [25 KB (1 page)]
    August 30, 2009

  • Advisory Board’s response to June 4, 2009, letter from Congressman Chris Lee [25 KB (1 page)]
    August 30, 2009

  • Advisory Board’s response to June 4, 2009, letter from Congressman Eric Massa [25 KB (1 page)]
    August 30, 2009

  • Advisory Board’s response to June 4, 2009, letter from Congresswoman Louise Slaughter [25 KB (1 page)]
    August 30, 2009

• Fax/Letter to Paul Ziemer from Senator Charles Schumer [171 KB (3 pages)]
  June 21, 2007

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Senator Sherrod Brown [555 KB (1 page)]
  March 9, 2007

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Senator Ken Salazar, Congressman Mark Udall, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter [463 KB (2 pages)]
  January 9, 2007

  • Advisory Board’s response to January 9, 2006, letter from Senator Ken Salazar, Congressman Mark Udall, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter [236 KB (1 page)]
    January 20, 2007

• Letter to the Advisory Board from Congresswoman Louise Slaughter [86 KB (1 page)]
  December 21, 2006

  • Advisory Board’s response to December 21, 2006, letter from Congresswoman Louise Slaughter [260 KB (1 page)]
    January 13, 2007

• Letter from Senator Charles E. Schumer, New York [1 MB (6 pages)]
  January 19, 2006

• Letter from Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. and Senator Christopher S. Bond to the Honorable Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States [415 KB (4 pages)]
  June 9, 2005

• Advisory Board’s Letter to Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding the Final Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special Exposure Cohort [293 KB (2 pages)]
  February 10, 2004

Sanford Cohen and Associates (SC&A) Correspondence

• Memo from Stephen Ostrow, SC&A, to the Linde Work Group: Summary of SC&A White Paper Evaluating Various Documents Related to Linde Ceramics Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition 00107 and the Site Profile [51 KB (2 pages)]
  April 9, 2010

Union Correspondence

• 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 [65 KB (2 pages)]
  June 27, 2005

Other Correspondence

• Letter to the Advisory Board from the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council [1.7 MB (2 pages)]
  February 5, 2007