[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 17093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6576]


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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).
    Place: Teleconference call will originate at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Occupational 
Safety and Health, Atlanta, Georgia. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for details on accessing the teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only by 
ports available.
    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 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: Agenda for this meeting will focus on 
Status of Activities concerning Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and 
Mallinckrodt Downtown Site; Special Exposure Cohort Task for SC&A, 
Inc.; and review of Draft Agenda for the upcoming meeting. 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.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 1:30 p.m. eastern time. To access the teleconference you must 
dial 1-888-391-6569. You will need to provide the passcode 51897 to be 
connected to the call.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the unexpected urgency of the topics that will be 
discussed.
    Contact Person for More Information: Larry Elliott, Director of 
Office of Compensation, Analysis, and Support, 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: March 29, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-6576 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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