[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3369-3370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1421]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Advisory 
Board on Radiation and Worker Health

    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 board meeting:
    Name: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NIOSH), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH).
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., February 5, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 
p.m., February 6, 2004.
    Place: Radisson Riverfront Hotel Augusta, Two Tenth Street, 
Augusta, Georgia 30901, telephone (706) 823-6505, fax (706) 724-0044.
    Status: Open 8 a.m.-4 p.m., February 5, 2004. Open 8 a.m.-12 p.m., 
February 6, 2004. Closed 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., February 6, 2004.
    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 NIOSH for 
qualified cancer claimants, and advice on petitions to add 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 issued on August 3, 2001, and 
renewed on August 3, 2003.
    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

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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 
Program Status Reports from NIOSH and Department of Labor; Site Profile 
Status; Research Issues; a Board Working Session with Sanford Cohen and 
Associates, and a closed session to discuss Task Order Proposals and 
Independent Government Cost Estimate.
    The closed portion of the meeting on the afternoon of February 6th 
will involve discussion of the Task Order proposals and Independent 
Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), which could lead to a revision of the 
IGCE. These contracts will serve to provide technical support 
consultation to assist the ABRWH in fulfilling its statutory duty to 
advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the scientific 
validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts 
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act.
    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 of the Director of the Management Analysis and Services 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pursuant to Pub. L. 
92-1.A summary of this meeting will be prepared and submitted within 14 
days of the close of the meeting.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Executive Secretary, 
ABRWH, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, 
telephone (513) 533-6825, fax (513) 533-6826.
    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 16, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-1421 Filed 1-22-04; 8:45 am]
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