[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 76 (Thursday, April 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20755-20756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8088]


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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:


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    Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and 
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews.

Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date:
    8 a.m.-11:30 a.m., April 25, 2005.
Committee Meeting Times and Dates:
    1 p.m.-6:15 p.m., April 25, 2005.
    8 a.m.-5:15 p.m., April 26, 2005.
    7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., April 26, 2005.
    8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., April 27, 2005.
    Place: Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel, 350 1st Avenue 
Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401, telephone (319) 363-8161, fax 
(319) 363-3804.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting space accommodates approximately 200 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 
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 
Review of the Draft Minutes; Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Technical 
Basis Document and Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition; 
Mallinckrodt (Destrehan Street Facility) Technical Basis Document 
and SEC Petition; Program updates by NIOSH and DOL; Future Schedule; 
Policy Concerning Data Integrity; Board Operating Procedures; 
Discussion of first 20 Dose Reconstruction Reviews; SEC Task for 
SC&A, Inc.; and SC&A, Inc. Contract Update Status. There will be an 
evening public comment period scheduled for April 26, 2005 and 
general public comment periods during the day on April 25th and 
27th.
    The Subcommittee will convene on April 25, 2005, from 8 a.m.-
11:30 a.m. and will focus on review of draft minutes; Report on the 
Review of the First 20 Dose Reconstructions; the process to 
accomplish review of SC&A Task III Report; Status Report of On-Going 
Activities and Future Schedule; as well as Comments by Members of 
Congress.
    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.
    Contact Person for More Information: Dr. Lewis V. Wade, 
Executive Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45226, telephone (513) 533-6825, fax (513) 533-6826.
    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.
    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: April 18, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-8088 Filed 4-19-05; 12:27 pm]
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