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Beryllium Rule Advisory
Committee
DOE is convening a Beryllium Rule Advisory
Committee of select DOE employees and contractor
employees with expertise in beryllium operations,
representatives from health professions, physicians,
and representatives from other Federal agencies,
private industry and academic institutions who
have expertise in health effects, exposure monitoring,
appropriate controls, and medical monitoring
for beryllium to assist in developing the Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking that would establish
a comprehensive and effective worker health
protection program. The Notice of Intent to
Establish a Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee
was published in the Federal
Register on May 23, 1997.
The Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee (members)
will provide the Office of Environment, Safety
and Health advice, scientific and technical
information, and recommendations on issues pertinent
to the development of a beryllium health standard,
as outlined in the Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee
charter, approved on June 9, 1997.
Beryllium Rule Advisory Committee meeting information
is included in Federal Register Notices dated
September 5, 1997
and September 10, 1997.
A BRAC meeting summary
report is available that includes a complete
list of the recommendations presented to the
Department by the committee members.
Beryllium Public Forums
The Office of Worker Health and Safety held
two public forums to gather scientific data,
information, and views to assist in the development
of a notice of proposed rulemaking intended
to help establish a health standard to protect
DOE and contractor employees from occupational
exposure to beryllium. The Forums, held January
15 and 16, 1997, in Albuquerque, NM and January
22 and 23, 1997, in Oak Ridge, TN, were announced
in the Federal Register
Notice on December 30, 1996. Informal transcriptions
were made of both the Albuquerque
and Oak Ridge forum
proceedings.
Request for Written
Comments and Scientific Data
The Department urged those individuals with
an interest in beryllium-related activities
to submit written comments and data on this
subject. The Office of Worker Health and Safety
prepared a set of questions covering a variety
of beryllium-related topics which were included
in the Federal Register
Notice, dated December 30, 1996. The original
written comment period was extended to March
14, 1997, per Federal
Register Notice, dated February 6, 1997.
The comment period is now closed.
CBDPP Proposed Rule
Public Comment Period and Hearings
DOE’s chronic beryllium disease prevention
program (CBDPP) proposed rule, 10
CFR Part 850, was published in the Federal
Register for public comment on December 3, 1998.
The public comment period closed on March 9,
1999. Written comments
received, transcripts from oral presentations,
technical reference materials referred to in
the proposed rule, and any other docket material
may be reviewed and copied at the DOE public
reading rooms in:
Washington, DC—1000 Independence Avenue,
SW, Room 1E-190, 202-586-3142, 9:00am - 4:00pm;
Oak Ridge, TN—230 Warehouse Road, Building
1916-T-2, Suite 300, 423-241-4780, 9:00am -
4:00pm; and
Westminster, CO (Rocky Flats)—Front Range
Community College, College Hill Library, 3705
West 112th Avenue, 303-469-4435, 8:00am - 5:00pm
(M-Th), 9:00am - 5:00pm (Fri)
The docket file material for this rulemaking
is filed under EH-RM-98-BRYLM.
Public hearings were held on February 3, 1999,
in Oak Ridge, TN; February 9, 1999, in Golden,
CO (Denver); and February 11, 1999, in Washington,
DC.
Opening Remarks
2/3/99 Hearing Agenda,
Attendees, &
Testimony
2/9/99 Hearing Agenda,
Attendees, &
Testimony
2/11/99 Hearing Agenda,
Attendees, &
Testimony
For additional information regarding the proposed
rule, contact Jacqueline Rogers at 301-903-5684
or Edward LeDuc at 202-586-6947.
Beryllium Survey Project
The Office of Worker Health and Safety distributed
a beryllium survey form throughout DOE in September
1996 to characterize beryllium operations and
tasks, identify the number of workers involved
in beryllium operations, and obtain information
regarding their exposure levels. Responses received
have been analyzed and incorporated into a draft
survey report.
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