[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1252-1253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-288]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ACTION: Publication of closed meeting summary of the Advisory Board on 
Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

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    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 December 13, 2004, in closed session to discuss Individual Case Dose 
Reconstruction Reviews. The discussion involved individual dose 
reconstruction case reviews. The individual cases the ABRWH discussed 
included personal information of a confidential nature where disclosure 
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy 
and, therefore, could not be disclosed. 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.
    Lew Wade, Ph.D., Executive Secretary (Pro Tem).
    Antonio Andrade, Ph.D., Member.
    Roy L. DeHart, M.D., M.P.H., Member.

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    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:
    Fred Blosser, Cori Homer, Stu Hinnefeld, Liz Homoki-Titus, Ted 
Katz, Rob McGolerick, Jim Neton, and Diane Porter.
    DOL Staff:
    Shelby Hallmark, Jeff Kotsch, Jeff Nesvet, and Pete Turcic.
    GAO Staff:
    Mary Nugent.
    SC&A Staff:
    Hans Behling, Joe Fitzgerald, John Mauro.
    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 December 13, 2004 at 1:30 
p.m. The purpose of the closed meeting was to discuss the Individual 
Case Dose Reconstruction Reviews. This action will allow the ABRWH to 
fulfill its statutory duty to advise the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services on the scientific validity and quality of dose estimation and 
reconstruction efforts being performed for purposes of the compensation 
program under EEOICPA.
    General topics discussed:
     Closed session procedures.
     Case reviews presented.
     Prepared motion for consideration by the full Board 
regarding how to proceed with the 20 cases; the motion was approved by 
unanimous vote, then shared and discussed in open session by the Board 
on the following day. Dr. Paul Ziemer adjourned the closed session of 
the ABRWH meeting at 4:50 p.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: December 30, 2004.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-288 Filed 1-5-05; 8:45 am]
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