[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78809-78810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32511]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice of 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), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., January 7, 2003. 8 a.m.-12:30 
p.m., January 8, 2003.
    Place: The Westin Cincinnati, 21 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45202, telephone 513/621-7700, fax 513/852-5670.
    Status: Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m., January 7, 2003. Open 8 a.m.-9:45 
a.m., January 8, 2003. Closed 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., January 8, 2003.
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(``the Board'') was established under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000 to 
advise the President, through the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), 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 have been 
promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice on methods of dose 
reconstruction which have also been promulgated by HHS as a final 
rule, evaluation of the scientific 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 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. In April, and again in 
August 2002, the President appointed additional members to ensure 
more balanced representation on the Board.
    Purpose: This board is charged with (a) providing advice to the 
Secretary, HHS on the development of guidelines under Executive 
Order 13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS on the 
scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts 
performed for this Program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, 
HHS, 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: The meeting will convene in open 
session from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on January 7, 2003, and 8 a.m.-9:45 a.m. 
on January 8, 2003, to address matters related to program and dose 
reconstruction contract status, Atomic Weapons Employer site profile 
development, and hear a report from the Dose Reconstruction 
Workgroup. The remainder of the meeting will proceed in closed 
session.
    The purpose of the closed session is to include development, 
review, and discussion of a proposed Independent Government Cost 
Estimate (IGCE) for a technical support

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contract intended to assist the Board in fulfilling its statutory 
duty to advise the Secretary, HHS regarding dose reconstruction 
efforts under the EEOICPA. The IGCE will include contract cost 
estimates, the disclosure of which would adversely impact the 
Government's negotiating position and strategy in regards to this 
contract by giving potential bidders and undue advantage in 
determining the price associated with their bids. The information 
being discussed will include information of a confidential nature.
    This portion of the meeting will be closed to the public in 
accordance with provisions set forth regarding subject matter 
considered confidential under the terms of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), 
48 CFR 5.401(b)(1) and (4), and 48 CFR 7.304(d), and the 
Determination of the Director, Management Analysis and Services 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pursuant to Pub. 
L. 92-463.
    This notice is being published 15 days less than meeting date, 
due to administrative delay. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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: December 16, 2002.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 02-32511 Filed 12-24-02; 8:45 am]
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