[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 85 (Monday, May 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24163-24164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10046]


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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: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., May 17, 2004.
    Place: The Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, 
Hebron, Kentucky 41048, telephone 859/586-0166, fax 859/586-0266.
    Status: Closed 9 a.m.-3 p.m., May 17, 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, Department 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 National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health (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.
    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 meeting will involve a review and 
discussion of the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) for 
task order contracts and proposals

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for work for the performance of these task order contracts. The 
Board may revise or accept the IGCE, the task order, and/or some or 
all of the ABRWH independent dose reconstruction review of 
contractor's bids. These contracts will serve to provide technical 
support consultation to assist the ABRWH in fulfilling its statutory 
duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific validity and 
quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts under EEOICPA. 
These discussions will include reviews of the technical proposals to 
determine adequacy of the proposed approach and associated contract 
cost estimates. The information being discussed will include 
information of a confidential nature. The ICGEs will include 
contract cost estimates, the disclosure of which would adversely 
impact the Governments negotiating position and strategy in regards 
to these contracts by giving the ABRWH independent dose 
reconstruction review contractor undue advantage in determining the 
price associated with its bids. 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 Management Analysis and 
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
pursuant to Public Law 92-463.
    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.
    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: April 28, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-10046 Filed 4-29-04; 1:39 pm]
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