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Help Fellow Workers and Attend the DOL Advisory Board Meeting

April 11, 2017

CWP Admin

News & Events

The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health is holding a public meeting at the Red Lion Hotel Richland Hanford House, located at 802 George Washington Way, in Richland.

Your attendance is valuable to the mission of Cold War Patriots and our effort to advocate for the health and compensation of nuclear weapons workers. You will also have the opportunity to share comments with the Board.

Date and Times

Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Public comments welcome)
Thursday, April 20, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Agenda

Full agenda here

Discussion by the subcommittee on the Site Exposure Matrices (SEM)
Discussion by the subcommittee on Medical Advice re: Weighing Medical Evidence
Discussion by the subcommittee on Evidentiary Requirements for Part B Lung Disease
Discussion by the subcommittee on IH & CMC and their reports
Discussion by the Working Group on Presumptions
Update on recommendations submitted after the October 2016 Advisory Board meeting
Consideration of any new issues
Administrative issues raised by Advisory Board function and future Advisory Board activites

Virtual Meeting Participation:

If you cannot join the meeting in person, please follow these 5 steps to join us virtually. Also, if you wish to only participate via telephone call, you only need to complete Steps 1 and 5 below. Please note that the links and passwords are NOT the same for all three days, so please read the steps below carefully and make sure you are clicking on the correct date column.

Steps	Wednesday (4/19)	Thursday (4/20)
1	Meeting starts at: 8:30am PST Call: 1-877-602-3905 Enter Code: 154 283 0 #	Meeting starts at: 8:00am PST Call: 1-877-602-3905 Enter Code: 154 283 0 #
2	Click on this Webex link	Click on this Webex link
3	When prompted, enter your name, & email address. The password is pre-filled, but if prompted use: ABHanford19! Then click “Join Now”	When prompted, enter your name, & email address. The password is pre-filled, but if prompted use: ABHanford20! Then click “Join Now”
4	When prompted, either click “Run” or download the Cisco WebEx app (make sure ad-blocking software is turned off).	When prompted, either click “Run” or download the Cisco WebEx app (make sure ad-blocking software is turned off)
5	At 4:30pm PST, there will be a public comment period and to participate in that process, hang up when directed by the Chair and call 1-888-957-9863 and enter Code: 193 022 1# The public comment session will last for one hour and thirty minutes.	There is no public comment session scheduled for today.

The current agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.

If you would like to share comments with the Board, please sign up to comment when you arrive, so that you can comment during the designated public comment period.

If you know other former nuclear weapons workers or have family members who would like to join the meeting, please send their contact information to [email protected].