[Federal Register: November 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 226)]
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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, November 28, 2005.
    Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll 
free dial in number is 1-888-810-8159 with a pass code of 69883.
    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 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.
    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 the conference call includes 
reports from the Working Groups on the Bethlehem Steel Site Profile, 
Y-12 Site Profile, and a discussion concerning the Board's approach 
to making an SEC Petition.
    The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
    In the event a member of the working group 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.
    Due to administrative issues concerning the topics for 
discussion, which were not confirmed until this week, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of the meeting.
    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.

Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
 [FR Doc. E5-6508 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]

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