[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15505]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Publication of Closed Meeting Summary of the Advisory Board on 
Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

    Committee 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.
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health met 
on May 17, 2004, in closed session to discuss the Proposed Independent 
Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) for the Board's Task Order contract and 
a submitted proposal of work. This contract, once awarded, will provide 
technical support to assist the Board in fulfilling its statutory duty 
to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the dose 
reconstruction efforts under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act. A Determination to Close the meeting was 
approved and published, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act.
    Summary of the Meeting: Attendance was as follows:
    Board Members:

Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D., Chair
Larry J. Elliott, Executive Secretary
Henry A. Anderson, M.D., Member
Roy L. DeHart, M.D., M.P.H., Member
Richard L. Espinosa, Member
Michael H. Gibson, Member
Mark A. Griffon, Member
James M. Melius, M.D., Dr.P.H., Member
Wanda I. Munn, Member
Charles L. Owens, Member
Robert W. Presley, Member
Genevieve S. Roessler, Ph.D., Member

    NIOSH Staff: Martha DiMuzio, Cori Homer, Liz Homoki-Titus, and Jim 
Neton. Ray S. Green, Court Recorder.
    Summary/Minutes: Dr. Ziemer called to order the Advisory Board on 
Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) in closed session on May 17, 2004 
at 9:05 a.m. The purpose of the closed meeting was to discuss the 
Proposed IGCE for the Board's Task Order contract and a submitted 
proposal of work.
    General topics discussed:
     Closed session procedures.
     IGCE for task proposals of the task order contract.
    Dr. Paul Ziemer adjourned the closed session of the ABRWH meeting 
at 11:30 a.m. with no further business being conducted by the ABRWH.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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: July 1, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-15505 Filed 7-7-04; 8:45 am]
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