[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 13038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5282]


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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 for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews.
    Subcommittee Meeting Times and Dates: 12 p.m.-4:30 p.m., March 
24, 2005. 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., March 25, 2005.
    Place: Hilton Cincinnati Netherlands Plaza, 35 West Fifth 
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-2899, telephone 513/421-9100, fax 
513/651-3195.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting space accommodates approximately 35 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. The Subcommittee for Dose 
Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews was established on June 21, 
2004, to facilitate the work of the Board by assisting in the 
performance of the Board's statutory requirements, and does so by 
advising and reporting to the Board according to the requirements of 
HHS and the establishment memo.
    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, advising 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 Scoring Methodology, Wrap Up of the First 20 Dose 
Reconstructions, the Upcoming Set of 18 Dose Reconstruction Reviews 
Status, and the Bethlehem Steel Site Profile.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of the meeting.
    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.
    Contact Person for More Information: Lewis V. Wade, Ph.D., 
Executive Secretary, ABRWH, NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Room 715-H, Hubert Humphrey Building, P12 Washington, DC 20201-
0004, telephone 202/401-2192, fax 202/260-4464.
    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: March 7, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-5282 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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