[Federal Register: May 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 96)]
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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: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH).
Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., June 2, 2004; 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.,
June 2, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., June 3, 2004.
Place: Hyatt Regency Buffalo, Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, New York
14202, telephone 716/856-1234, fax 716/855-4958.
Status: Open 8 a.m.-4 p.m., June 2, 2004; Open 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.,
June 2, 2004; Open 8 a.m.-12 p.m., June 3, 2004; Closed 1:30 p.m.-4:30
p.m., June 3, 2004.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 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 NIOSH for
qualified cancer claimants, and advice on petitions to add 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 CDC. NIOSH implements this responsibility
for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 2001, and renewed on
August 3, 2003.
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 this meeting will focus on
Program Status Reports from NIOSH and Department of Labor, Site Profile
Status, Report on Access to Information for Performance of Dose
Reconstruction, and a Board working session. There will be an evening
public comment period scheduled for June 2, 2004, and the meeting will
convene in closed session on June 3, 2004, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The closed portion of the meeting on the afternoon of June 3rd will
involve discussion of the Task Order proposal and Independent
Government Cost Estimate (IGCE), which could lead to a revision of the
IGCE. This contract 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 the EEOICPA.
This portion of 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, 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.
Contact Person for More Information: 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: May 12, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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