[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36188-36189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12292]


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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), and pursuant to the requirements of 42 
CFR 83.15(a), 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 andHealth (NIOSH) and 
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction andSite Profile Reviews.
    Subcommittee Meeting Times and Dates:
    7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m., July 6, 2005.
    7:30 a.m.-9 a.m., July 7, 2005.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates:
    1 p.m.-6 p.m., July 5, 2005.
    7:30 p.m.-9 p.m., July 5, 2005.
    8:30 a.m.--5:30 p.m., July 6, 2005.
    9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., July 7, 2005.
    4:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m., July 7, 2005.
    Place: Chase Park Plaza Hotel, 212-232 N. Kingshighway Blvd., 
St. Louis, Missouri 63108, telephone: 314-633-1000, fax: 314-633-
1144.
    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

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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 
comments by Members of Congress; Review of the Draft Minutes; 
Bethlehem Steel Technical Basis Document; Y-12 Site Profile; Y-12 
SEC Petition; Board Discussion of Y-12 SEC Petition; Iowa Army 
Ammunition Plant (IAAP) SEC Petition; Board Discussion of IAAP SEC 
Petition; Mallinckrodt Site Profile; Mallinckrodt SEC Petition; 
Board Discussion of Mallinckrodt SEC Petition; Policy Issues related 
to SEC Petitions; SC&A Task III/Workbook Issues; Report on the 
review of the first 20 Dose Reconstructions; Report on the review of 
the second 18 Dose Reconstructions; SC&A Contract Issues; Board 
Discussion; Program Updates; and Science Issues. There will be an 
evening general public comment period scheduled for July 5, 2005 and 
one on the afternoon on July 7. Summaries of the petitions for 
designation of classes of employees at Mallinckrodt, IAAP, and the 
Y-12 Plant as members of the SEC and the NIOSH findings from 
evaluating the petitions that will be considered are as follows: 
Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, Destrehan Street Plant, St. Louis, 
Missouri, the entire uranium division, 1942-1957. The NIOSH SEC 
Petition Evaluation Report and Supplement for Mallinckrodt 1949-1957 
finds sufficient scientific and technical basis to estimate 
radiation doses.
    IAAP, Line 1, Burlington, Iowa, 1947-1974. The NIOSH SEC 
Petition Evaluation Report finds it is not feasible to estimate 
radiation doses potentially incurred by radiographers with 
sufficient accuracy from May 1948 to March 1949.
    Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Control Operators, January 
1944 through December 1945. The NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report 
finds it is not feasible to estimate radiation doses with sufficient 
accuracy for employees who worked in uranium enrichment operations 
or other radiological processes at the Y-12 facility from March 1943 
through December 1947.
    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.
    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.
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 16, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-12292 Filed 6-21-05; 8:45 am]
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