[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19544-19545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9689]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

    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 workgroup meeting:

    Name: Dose Reconstruction Workgroup, Advisory Board on Radiation 
and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health (NIOSH).
    Time and date: 9 a.m.-12 p.m., April 30, 2003.
    Place: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Hamilton Building, 5555 Ridge Avenue, Conference Room C, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45213, telephone 513/841-4498, fax 513/458-7125.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 55 people.

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 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 
the President has completed the appointment of members to the Board to 
ensure a 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

    Agenda will focus on a ``Pre-Bidders'' meeting regarding the scope 
of work for the solicitation titled, ``Technical Support for the 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Review of the NIOSH Dose 
Reconstruction Program.''
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    As provided under 41 CFR 102-3.150(b), the public health urgency of 
this agency business requires that the meeting be held prior to the 
first available date for publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

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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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 15, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-9689 Filed 4-18-03; 8:45 am]
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