[Federal Register: October 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 196)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and 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).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 28, 2003. 8:30 a.m.-
4:30 p.m., October 29, 2003.
    Place: Adams Mark St. Louis, 315 Chestnut Street (at 4th 
Street), St. Louis, Missouri 63102, telephone (314) 241-7400, fax 
(314) 241-0889.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 120 people.
    Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(``the Board'') was established under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000 to 
advise the President, through 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, evaluation of the scientific validity and quality of dose 
reconstructions conducted by the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH) for qualified cancer claimants, and advice 
on the addition of classes of workers to the Special Exposure 
Cohort.
    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 renewed on August 3, 
2003 and the President has completed the appointment of members to 
the Board to ensure a balanced representation on the Board.
    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: Agenda for this meeting will focus on 
Program Status Reports from NIOSH, Department of Labor, and 
Department of Energy; Research Issues; Dose Reconstruction Workgroup 
Report; Scientific Issues Workgroup Report; and a closed session to 
discuss Independent Government Cost Estimates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Larry Elliott, Executive 
Secretary, ABRWH, 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, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.

    Dated: October 2, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-25582 Filed 10-8-03; 8:45 am]

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