[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8975-8976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4238]


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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 committee meeting.
    Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Time and Date: 1 p.m.--3 p.m., March 11, 2004.
    Place: Teleconference call will originate at the CDC, 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 (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

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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 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 
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 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 focus on review of draft 
site profile review procedures that are developed by the contractor.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This conference call is scheduled to begin 
at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. To access the teleconference you must dial 1-
888-795-2173. To be automatically connected to the call, you will need 
to provide the pass code 46204 to be connected to the call.

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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 19, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-4238 Filed 2-25-04; 8:45 am]
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