[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 23726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10975]


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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), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.--5 p.m., May 19, 2003. 8 a.m.--2 p.m., May 
20, 2003.
    Place: Garden Plaza Hotel, 215 South Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee 37830, telephone (865) 481-2468, fax (865) 481-2474.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 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 (DOE) 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 agenda for this meeting will focus 
on the Program Status Report; NIOSH-IREP v5.2.1; United Kingdom 
Compensation Scheme for Radiation Linked Diseases; Workgroup Report 
on Dose Reconstruction Review Process; Future consideration on 
uncertainty in Interactive RadioEpidemiology Program (IREP); a 
refresher and update on Radiation Effectiveness Factors (REFs) 
assumed in IREP; a status report on epidemiologic studies of DOE 
workers; and, a presentation on FACA, Membership and Ethics.
    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: April 28, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-10975 Filed 5-2-03; 8:45 am]
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