[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69944-69945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26490]


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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).
    Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., 
December 13, 2004.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 9:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 
13, 2004; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 14, 2004; 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., 
December 14, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 15, 2004.

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    Place: The DoubleTree Club Hotel, 720 Las Flores Road, 
Livermore, California 94551, telephone 925/443-4950, fax 925/449-
9059.
    Status:
    Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: Open 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., 
December 13, 2004.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates: Open 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m., 
December 13, 2004; Closed 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., December 13, 2004; Open 
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 14, 2004; Open 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., December 
14, 2004; Open 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., December 15, 2004; The open 
portions of the meeting are limited only by the space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 65 people.

Background

    The ABRWH was established under the Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000 to advise the 
President, 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, advice on the scientific 
validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts 
being performed for purposes of the compensation program, and advice on 
petitions to add classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC). 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 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 the Department of Labor, Contract Process and 
Requirements, Board Discussion of Case Reviews, Subcommittee Report and 
Recommendations, Site Profile Review, NIOSH's Response to Site Profile 
Review, SEC Petition Process Procedures, SEC Petition Evaluation Review 
Plan Workgroup Report, Scientific Research Issues Update, and a Board 
working session. There will be an evening public comment period 
scheduled for December 14, 2004, and a public comment period on 
December 15, 2004.
    The Subcommittee will convene on December 13, 2004, from 8:30 a.m.-
9:30 a.m. and will focus on review of draft minutes and selection of 
Individual Dose Reconstruction Cases for Board Review.
    The closed portion of the meeting on December 13th will involve 
discussion of individual dose reconstruction case reviews, and is 
required to avoid the public disclosure of confidential information and 
claimant's privacy.
    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: November 24, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-26490 Filed 11-30-04; 8:45 am]
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