[Federal Register: October 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 190)]
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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).
    Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., 
October 19, 2004.
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-4:15 p.m., October 19, 
2004. 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., October 19, 2004. 8 a.m.-4 p.m., October 20, 
2004.
    Place: The Westin St. Francis, 355 Powell Street, San Francisco, 
California 94102, telephone 415/397-7000, fax 415/774-0124.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 65 people.
    Background: The ABRWH (``the Board'') was established under the 
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
(EEOICPA) of 2000 to advise the President, delegated to 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 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 the 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: Agenda for this meeting will focus on 
Program Status Reports from NIOSH and Department of Labor; Special 
Exposure Cohort Petition Process Procedures; Scientific Research 
Issues Update; Site Profile Reviews; Subcommittee Report and 
Recommendations; and Board working sessions. There will be an 
evening public comment period scheduled for October 19, 2004, and a 
public comment period at midday on October 20, 2004. The 
Subcommittee will convene on October 19, 2004, from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 
a.m.
    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: September 20, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-22044 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]

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