[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 66174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19080]


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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

    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: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile 
Reviews, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
    Time and Date: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., November 16, 2006.
    Place: Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport, 1717 Airport Exchange 
Blvd., Erlanger, Kentucky, 41018. Phone 859.371.2233, Fax 
859.371.5002.
    Conference Call Access: 866-643-6504. Participant Pass Code 
9448550.
    Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period.
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
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 Advisory Board include providing advice on the development of 
probability of causation guidelines that 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 on to the Special Exposure 
Cohort.
    In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for 
funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 
subsequently delegated this authority to CDC. NIOSH implements this 
responsibility for CDC.
    Purpose: The Advisory 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, HHS, 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: Individual Dose Reconstruction Reviews 
and planning for future meetings and activities.
    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.
    Due to programmatic matters, this Federal Register Notice is 
being published on less than 15 days notice to the public (41 CFR 
102-3.150(b)).
    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: November 2, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
 [FR Doc. E6-19080 Filed 11-9-06; 8:45 am]
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