[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 189 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19563]


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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.
    Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., October 
17, 2005.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 18, 
2005. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., October 19, 2005.
    Place: Knoxville Marriott Hotel, 500 Hill Avenue, SE., 
Knoxville, Tennessee, 37915. Telephone: (865) 637-1234.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting space accommodates approximately 75 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 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 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: The agenda for the Subcommittee Meeting 
includes Individual Dose Reconstruction Reviews; Site Profile 
Reviews, particularly Bethlehem Steel, Y-12, Savannah River Site and 
Rocky Flats; and a Review of Task 3 of the S. Cohen & Associates 
Contract (SC&A). The Board meeting's agenda includes Subcommittee 
Reports on the agenda items listed; SC&A Task 4; Site Profile 
Reviews; SEC Activities, specifically National Bureau of Standards 
Petition Evaluation and Sec.  83.14 Petition Evaluation(s); Science 
Issues; Program Updates; and Conflict of Interest Discussions. The 
evening public comment periods are scheduled for October 17, 2005 
from 4 p.m.-5 p.m. and October 18, 2005 from 7 p.m.-8 p.m.
    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.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: September 26, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-19563 Filed 9-29-05; 8:45 am]
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