[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 17470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3305]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH); Meetings

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention announces the following committee meeting:
    Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Subcommittee for Dose 
Reconstruction and Site Profile Reviews (SDRSPR).
    Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date:
    9 a.m.-2 p.m., April 25, 2006.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates:
    2:30 p.m.-5 p.m., April 25, 2006.
    8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 26, 2006.
    8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., April 27, 2006.
    Public Comment Time and Date:
    7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., April 26, 2006.
    Place: Four Points by Sheraton Denver Cherry Creek Hotel, 600 South 
Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80246. Phone 303.757.3341, Fax 
303.756.6670.
    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 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 the 
Department of 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, 
renewed at appropriate intervals, and will expire on August 3, 2007.
    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 Y-12 and Rocky Flats Site Profiles; Procedures Review Update; 
Selection of 5th and 6th Round of Individual Dose Reconstructions; and 
Individual Dose Reconstruction Reviews. The agenda for the Board 
meeting includes the Subcommittee Report on the following topics: Y-12 
Site and Rocky Flats Site Profiles, Procedures Review Update, Selection 
of 5th and 6th Round of Individual Dose Reconstructions, and Individual 
Dose Reconstruction Reviews. There will be a report on the S. Cohen & 
Associates (SC&A) SEC Activities, specifically Ames, Procedures, Rocky 
Flats and Y-12; Board SEC Procedures; Conflict of Interest; Y-12 and 
Rocky Flats SEC Petitions; Program Updates from the Office of 
Compensation Analysis and Support on General Items, Bethlehem Steel 
Site Profile, and Science Issues; Program Updates from the Department 
of Labor; General SC&A Contract Issues; Board Correspondence; Future 
Schedules and Agendas; Nevada Test Site SEC Petition; and Pacific 
Proving Ground SEC Petition.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: March 30, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 06-3305 Filed 4-5-06; 8:45 am]
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