[Federal Register: December 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 250)]
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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: Working Group of the Advisory Board on Radiation and 
Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health (NIOSH).
    Audio Conference Call Time and Date: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., EST, 
Monday, January 9, 2006.
    Place: Audio conference call via FTS conferencing. The USA toll-
free dial-in number is 1-888-390-6586, pass code 41964.
    Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period.
    Background: The ABRWH was established under the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) of 2000 to 
advise the President, delegated to 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, advice on the scientific 
validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts 
being performed for the purposes of the compensation program, and 
advice on petitions to add classes of workers to the Special 
Exposure Cohort (SEC).
    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 at appropriate intervals, and will expire on August 3, 2007.
    Purpose: The 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 the conference call includes 
reviews of the Bethlehem Steel Site Profile, Y-12 Site Profile, a 
report from the working group regarding discussions concerning the 
Board's review of SEC petitions, and science issues.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    In the event a member 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.
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: December 22, 2005.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-24640 Filed 12-29-05; 8:45 am]

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