Public Docket for 42 CFR 81 (Probability of Causation)

Public Comments – In Order of Received

• Comments from Rhonda Bogard. NIOSH Comments, 3 pp. Received on March 1, 2002. [123 KB (3 pages)]

• Comments from the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 5 pp. Received on February 7, 2002. [207 KB (5 pages)]

• Comments from Louis Clark, Executive Director, Government Accountability Project. Comments of the Government Accountability Project on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Proposed Rule: “Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 CFR Part 81),” 8 pp. Received on January 23, 2002. [390 KB (8 pages)]

• Comments from Private Citizen. Causation, 1 pg. Received on January 23, 2002.[12 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Private Citizen. Comments on 42 CFR 81 and 82, 2 pp. Received on January 23, 2002. [69 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from Private Citizen. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program of 2000, 4 pp. Received on December 5, 2001. [103 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from Michael Schaeffer, Program Manager/Senior Health Physicist, Nuclear Test Personnel Review, Technology Development Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Comments on 42 CFR 81 from Department of Defense, 3 pp. Received on December 5, 2001. [95 KB (3 pages)]

• Comments from Mark Griffon, PACE HP Consultant. PC Comments, 6 pp. Received on December 5, 2001. [305 KB (6 pages)]

• Comments from William Slattery, President, Atlantic Legal Foundation. Comments on Proposed 42CFR81, 3 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[76 KB (3 pages)]

• Comments from Frank M. Roddy. Comments on 42CFR81, 2 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[67 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CAREs. EEOICPA: Probability of Causation Comments, 10 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[449 KB (10 pages)]

• Comments from Timothy K. Takaro, William C. Griffith, and John Abbotts of the University of Washington. Comments, Guidelines for Probability of Causation, 4 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[182 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from Sheryl Burrows. Comments on Proposed 42CFR Part 81, 2 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[56 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from The Building Construction Trade Department, AFL-CIO. Comments on Guidelines for Determining Causation Under EEOICPA, 8 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[363 KB (8 pages)]

• Comments from George Anastas, President, Health Physics Society. HPS Comments on 42CFR81, 11 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[449 KB (11 pages)]

• Comments from Kenneth W. Crase, Technical Advisor, Health Physics Technology, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Savannah River Site. Comments on 42 CFR 81 and 82, 2 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[70 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from James F. Koonce, Executive Director of Operations, University of California. University of California Comments, 3 pp. Received on December 4, 2001.[102 KB (3 pages)]

• Comments from Private Citizen, 3 pp. Received on December 3, 2001.[77 KB (3 pages)]

• Comments from Dorothy C. Clayton. Proposed Rulemaking on Probability of Causation, 56 pp. Received on December 3, 2001.[2 MB (56 pages)]

• Comments from Charles Land, NCI. IREP, 2 pp. Received on November 26, 2001.[110 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from Chauncey Starr, President Emeritus, Electric Power Research Institute. NIOSH-IREP, 1 pg. Received on November 26, 2001.[20 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Richard Wilson. IREP, 2 pp. Received on November 25, 2001.[100 2KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from Beat Hintermann and Marvin Resnikoff, Radioactive Waste Management Associates. Comments on Proposed 42 CFR Parts 81 and 82, 5 pp. Received on November 8, 2001.[171 KB (5 pages)]

• Comments from Dianne Lentz. Compensation Payments, 1 page. Received on November 5, 2001.[21 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Louis Clark, Executive Director, Government Accountability Project. Comments of the Government Accountability Project on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Proposed Rules, 9 pp. Received on November 5, 2001.[460 KB (9 pages)]

• Comments from Craig Anderson. Comments on Probability of Causation, 5 pp. Received on November 4, 2001.[168 KB (5 pages)]

• Comments from Roger Shaw. Information Request, 1 pg. Received on November 2, 2001.[27 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Alexandre Klementiev. Comments on Probability of Causation, 2 pp. Received on October 29, 2001.[42 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from Linda Love Yeiser. Comments on 42 CFR Part 81, 42 CFR Part 82, and the Collection of Information Requirements, 2 pp. Received on October 23, 2001.[98 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from Carter K. Kirk, URS Corporation. NOPRM Comments 42 CFR Part 81, 1 page. Received on October 22, 2001.[43 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Charles B. Meinhold, President, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement. Comments on “Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation,” 1 page. Received on October 19, 2001.[25 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Lauretta Herrick. Procedures for Filing Form for My Deceased Husband DOE Employee, 1 pg. Received on October 18, 2001.[21 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Sander Greenland, Professor of Epidemiology and Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles. Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation, 1 page. Received on October 16, 2001.[31 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Candace Elizabeth Benson Peyer-Bellows. Work Related Radiation Exposure, 2 pp. Received on October 12, 2001.[99 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from Mindy Newby, Compensation for Nuclear Workers, 1 pg. Received on October 07, 2001.[33 KB (1 page)]

• Comments from Private Citizen. Compensation for Direct Workers of Nuclear Energy Materials, 1 pg. Received on October 5, 2001.[18 KB (1 page)]

Subject Matter Expert Reviews of NIOSH-IREP

• Comments from David G. Hoel, Ph.D., University Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, 6 pp.[157 KB (6 pages)]

• Comments from Richard Hornung, University of Cincinnati, 4 pp.[157 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from David Richardson, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 6 pp.[52 KB (6 pages)
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• Comments from Roy E. Shore, Ph.D., Dr. P.H., Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Director, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, New York University, School of Medicine, 4 pp.[164 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from Daniel O. Stram, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, University of Southern California, 5 pp.[439 KB (5 pages)]

Subject Matter Expert Reviews of Proposed Radiation Weighting Factors

• Comments from David J. Brenner, Ph.D., D. Sc., Director, Radiological Research Accelerator Facility, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Public Health, Columbia University, 4 pp.[134 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from Robert L. Ullrich, Professor, Department of Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 2 pp.[70 KB (2 pages)]

Meeting Reports

• OCAS Trip/Meeting Report; Washington, D.C.; 04/02/2001. Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences committee that is reviewing the dose reconstruction program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), 3 pp.[121 KB (3 pages)]

• OCAS Trip/Meeting Report; Washington, D.C.; 04/03/2001. Discussion with Administrator of Veteran’s Administration “Atomic Workers” Compensation Program, 3 pp.[176 KB (3 pages)]

• OCAS Meeting Report; Cincinnati, Ohio; 04/10/2001. Discussion and demonstration of IREP, 4 pp.[184 KB (4 pages)]

• OCAS Trip/Meeting Report; Washington, D.C.; 05/16/2001. Discussion with AFL/CIO representatives of NIOSH role and plans for EEOICPA, 28 pp.[790 KB (28 pages)]

Stakeholder Correspondence

• Letter from LJ Elliott to Stakeholders requesting input into the development of a new occupational illness compensation program (01/01/2001), 3 pp.[90 KB (3 pages)]

• Comments from JJ Fix (04/17/2001), 2 pp.[80 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments with enclosure from G Bell (04/17/2001), 5 pp.[208 KB (5 pages)]

  • Enclosure, 36 pp.[1.3 MB (36 pages)]

• Comments from AC Upton of the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (04/17/2001), 1 pg.[38 KB (1 pages)]

• Comments with enclosure from WJ Klemm (04/25/2001), 9 pp.[436 KB (9 pages)]

  • Enclosure, 11 pp.[720 KB (11 pages)]

• Comments from DO Stram of the University of Southern California (04/26/2001), 3 pp.[167 KB (3 pages)]

• Comments from PL Ziemer of Purdue University (04/30/2001), 4 pp.[157 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from WK Sinclair of NCRP (05/01/2001), 2 pp.[57 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from K Ringen of the Center to Protect Workers’ Rights (05/01/2001), 4 pp.[168 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from PS Rohwer of the Health Physics Society (05/02/2001), 17 pp.[760 KB (17 pages)]

• Comments from JE Till of the Risk Assessment Corporation (05/07/2001), 2 pp.[105 KB (2 pages)]

• Comments from R Wilson of Harvard University (05/24/2001), 4 pp.[79 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from AC Thadani of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (05/31/2001), 4 pp.[171 KB (4 pages)]

• Comments from R Miller of the Government Accountability Project (06/17/2001), 19 pp.[1.01 MB (19 pages)]

• Memo to the file from LJ Elliott regarding the public comments on the development of rules on individual dose reconstruction and probability of causation (09/25/2001), 3 pp.[78 KB (3 pages)]

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