[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4262-4263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2189]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health: Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting.

    Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) 
Teleconference.
    Time and Date: 1:00 p.m.--3:00 p.m., February 5, 2002.
    Place: Teleconference call will originate at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Occupational 
Safety and Health, Atlanta, Georgia. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for details on accessing the teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only 
by ports available.
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(``the Board'') was established under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program

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Act of 2000 to advise the President on a variety of policy and 
technical functions required to implement and effectively manage the 
new compensation program. Key functions of the Board include 
providing advice on the development of probability of causation 
guidelines which are being promulgated by Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS), advice on methods of dose reconstruction which 
have been promulgated as an interim final rule, evaluation of the 
validity and quality of dose reconstructions conducted by the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for 
qualified cancer claimants, and advice on the addition of classes of 
workers to the Special Exposure Cohort.
    In December, 2000, the President delegated responsibility for 
funding, staffing, and operating the Board to HHS, which 
subsequently delegated this authority to the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH implements this responsibility 
for CDC. The charter was signed on August 3, 2001 and in November, 
2001, the President completed the appointment of an initial roster 
of 10 Board members. The initial tasks of the Board will be to 
review and provide advice on the proposed and interim rules of HHS.
    Purpose: This board is charged with (a) providing advice to the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on the 
development of guidelines under Executive Order 13179; (b) providing 
advice to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on 
the scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts 
performed for this Program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, 
Department of Health and Human Services, advise the Secretary on 
whether there is a class of employees at any Department of Energy 
facility who were exposed to radiation but for whom it is not 
feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and on whether there is 
reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered 
the health of members of this class.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda for this meeting will focus on 
the Board providing final comments and a vote on probability of 
causation rule (42 CFR, part 81). The period for comment closes on 
February 6, 2002, and the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 
Health is required to comment as mandated by Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    This request has been submitted late as this conference call was 
scheduled on January 23, 2002. This conference call cannot be 
delayed as the open comment period for the rules on probability of 
causation closes February 6, 2002, the day after this conference 
call takes place.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled for 
1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. To access the teleconference you 
must dial 1/800-457-0183. To be automatically connected to the call, 
you will need to provide the operator with the participant code 
``134986'' and you will be connected to the call.
    For Further Information Contact: Larry Elliott, Executive 
Secretary, ABRWH, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226, telephone 513/841-4498, fax 513/458-7125.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: January 24, 2002.
Alvin Hall,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-2189 Filed 1-25-02; 10:19 am]
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