[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9135]


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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).
    Time and Date: 3 p.m.-5 p.m., May 1, 2003.
    Place: Teleconference call will originate at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH), 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 Act 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, providing advice on methods of 
dose reconstruction which have also been promulgated as a Final 
Rule, evaluating the scientific validity and quality of dose 
reconstructions conducted by NIOSH for qualified cancer claimants, 
and providing 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 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 
members to the Board to ensure a balanced representation on the 
Board. The initial tasks of the Board have been to review and 
provide advice on the proposed, interim, and final rules of HHS.
    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: Agenda for this meeting will focus on 
the continuation of discussion regarding the Special Exposure Cohort 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making finalization of recommendations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled for 
3 p.m. Eastern Time. To access the teleconference you must dial 1-
800-713-1971. To be automatically connected to the call, you will 
need to provide the operator with the participant code 373956 and 
you will be connected to the call.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 8, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-9135 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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