[Federal Register: May 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 85)]
[Notices]
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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).
Time and Date: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., May 17, 2004.
Place: The Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive,
Hebron, Kentucky 41048, telephone 859/586-0166, fax 859/586-0266.
Status: Closed 9 a.m.-3 p.m., May 17, 2004.
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, Department 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.
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 meeting will involve a review and
discussion of the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) for
task order contracts and proposals
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for work for the performance of these task order contracts. The
Board may revise or accept the IGCE, the task order, and/or some or
all of the ABRWH independent dose reconstruction review of
contractor's bids. These contracts will serve to provide technical
support consultation to assist the ABRWH in fulfilling its statutory
duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on the scientific validity and
quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts under EEOICPA.
These discussions will include reviews of the technical proposals to
determine adequacy of the proposed approach and associated contract
cost estimates. The information being discussed will include
information of a confidential nature. The ICGEs will include
contract cost estimates, the disclosure of which would adversely
impact the Governments negotiating position and strategy in regards
to these contracts by giving the ABRWH independent dose
reconstruction review contractor undue advantage in determining the
price associated with its bids. 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), 48 CFR 5.401(b)(1) and (4), and 48 CFR 7.304(D), and the
Determination of the Director of the Management Analysis and
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
pursuant to Public Law 92-463.
A summary of this meeting will be prepared and submitted within
14 days of the close of the meeting.
The agenda is 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 and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: April 28, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-10046 Filed 4-29-04; 1:39 pm]
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