[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 60 (Monday, March 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 16252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6897]


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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).
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., April 20, 2004. 7 p.m.-8:30 
p.m., April 20, 2004. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., April 21, 2004.
    Place: Red Lion Hotel Richland, 802 George Washington Way, 
Richland, Washington 99352, telephone 509/946-7611, fax 509/943-
8564.
    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 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 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 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 Program Status Reports from NIOSH and Department of Labor; Site 
Profile Status; Research Issues; Report on Access to Information for 
Performance of Dose Reconstruction; Blockson Chemical Update; an 
Update from Sanford Cohen and Associates, and a Board working 
session to discuss case selection processes. There will also be an 
evening public comment period scheduled for April 20, 2004.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    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: March 22, 2004.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-6897 Filed 3-26-04; 8:45 am]
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