[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-781]


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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), and 
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m., February 
7, 2005.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., February 7, 
2005. 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m., February 8, 2005. 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., February 
8, 2005. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., February 9, 2005.
    Place: Adam's Mark St. Louis, 4th and Chestnut Street, St. 
Louis, Missouri 63102, telephone 314-241-7400, fax 314-241-9839.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting space accommodates approximately 500 people.
    Background: The ABRWH was established under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000 to 
advise the President, delegated to 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, 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 
Orders 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: Agenda for this meeting will focus on 
Program Status Reports from NIOSH and the Department of Labor; Site 
Profile Review of Bethlehem Steel; Task 3 Procedures Review; Site 
Profile Review of Mallinckrodt (Destrehan Street Facility); Travel 
Policy; Status Report of SC&A Task Orders and Costs; SEC Petition 
Evaluation Report--Mallinckrodt to include NIOSH Reports and 
Recommendations and Petitioners Comments on Report; Subcommittee 
Report & Board Discussion on First Set of Case Reviews; SEC Petition 
Evaluation Report--Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAP) to include 
NIOSH Reports and Recommendations and Petitioners Comments on 
Report; and Board working sessions. There will be an evening public 
comment period scheduled for February 8, 2005, and public comment 
periods on all meeting days.
    The Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile 
Reviews will convene on February 7, 2005, from 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 
will focus on review of draft minutes; discussion of Case Sampling 
Matrix, Summary of First Set of Case Reviews/Preparation of 
Recommendation for Full Board and selection of Third Set of 
Individual Dose Reconstruction Cases for Board Review.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate. In the 
event an individual cannot attend, written comments may be 
submitted. Any written comments received will be provided at the 
meeting and should be submitted to the contact person below well in 
advance of the meeting.

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: January 10, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-781 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
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