[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 130 (Friday, July 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39492-39493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13471]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Veterans' Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

ACTION: Notice; Defense Threat Reduction Agency Veterans' Advisory 
Board on Dose Reconstruction Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Department 
of Veterans Affairs (VA) will hold the first public meeting of the 
Veterans' Advisory Board on Dose Reconstruction (VBDR). The goal of the 
VBDR is to provide guidance and oversight of the dose reconstruction 
and claims

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compensation programs for atomic veterans. In addition, the advisory 
board will assist the VA and DTRA in communicating with the veterans.

DATES: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 (12:30 to 5 p.m., break for dinner: 
5-7 p.m., public comment session 7-10 p.m.) and Thursday, August 18, 
2005 (8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 1:45-2:45 p.m., break for lunch 
12:15-1:45, public comment session 2:45-4:45 p.m.)

ADDRESSES: Hyatt Regency, 211 North Tampa Street, Tampa, FL 33602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Veterans' Advisory Board on Dose 
Reconstruction hotline at 1-866-657-VBDR (8237).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VBDR was established at the 
recommendation of the National Research Council report, entitled 
``Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency.'' The report recommended the need to establish an 
advisory board which will provide suggestions for improvements in dose 
reconstruction and claim adjudication procedures.
    Radiation dose reconstruction has been carried out by the 
Department of Defense under the Nuclear Test Personnel Review (NTPR) 
program since the 1970s. DTRA is the executive agent for the NTPR 
program which provides participation data and actual or estimated 
radiation dose information to veterans and the VA.
    Board members were selected to fulfill the statutory requirements 
mandated by Congress in Section 601 of Pub. L. 108-183. The Board was 
appointed on June 3, 2005, and is comprised of 16 members. Board 
members were selected to provide expertise in historical dose 
reconstruction, radiation health matters, risk communications, 
radiation epidemiology, medicine, quality management, decision analysis 
and ethics in order to appropriately enable the VBDR to represent and 
address veterans' concerns.
    The Board is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), PL 92-463, which sets forth stands for the 
formation and conduct of government advisory committees.
    Additional information may be found at http://vbdr.org.

    Dated: July 1, 2005.
Jeannette Owings-Ballard,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 05-13471 Filed 7-7-05; 8:45 am]
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