[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49288-49289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16637]


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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) and 
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews, ABRWH.
    Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., CT, August 24, 
2005.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., CT, August 25, 
2005. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., CT, August 26, 2005.
    Place: Westin St. Louis Hotel, 811 Spruce Street, St. Louis, 
Missouri, telephone 314-621-2000, fax 314-552-5700.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting space accommodates approximately 100 people. A closed 
portion of the meeting will held on August 25, 2005, CT 1 p.m. to 3 
p.m.
    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 Health and Human Services (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 July 27, 2005.
    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 the 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 the subcommittee meeting is 
the Bethlehem Site Profile; Selection of the 4th round of 20 dose 
reconstructions; Mallinckrodt Site Profile Review; and a discussion of 
Site Profile Candidates for review by the S. Cohen and Associates 
(SC&A). The agenda for the Board meeting will include reports from the 
Subcommittee meeting; the Mallinckrodt SEC petition; a heads-up on 
upcoming SEC petitions under Sec.  83.14 of the SEC rule (42 CFR 83); 
and policy on SC&A Capitol Hill visits. The Board will convene in 
closed session on August 25, 2005 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. CT. The closed 
session will involve finalization of work tasks for the SC&A Contract 
for the next fiscal year. There will be a general public comment period

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scheduled for August 25, 2005 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. CT.
    A portion of the meeting will be closed to the public in accordance 
with provisions set forth regarding subject matter considered 
confidential under the terms of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), and the 
Determination of the Director of the Management and Services Office, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: August 16, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16637 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]
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