[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 66174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19080]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH);
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 announces the following committee meeting:
Name: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction and Site Profile
Reviews, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Time and Date: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., November 16, 2006.
Place: Holiday Inn Cincinnati Airport, 1717 Airport Exchange
Blvd., Erlanger, Kentucky, 41018. Phone 859.371.2233, Fax
859.371.5002.
Conference Call Access: 866-643-6504. Participant Pass Code
9448550.
Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Background: The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
was established under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 to advise the President on a
variety of policy and technical functions required to implement and
effectively manage the new compensation program. Key functions of
the Advisory Board include providing advice on the development of
probability of causation guidelines that have been promulgated by
the Department of Health and Human Services (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 on to the Special Exposure
Cohort.
In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for
funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which
subsequently delegated this authority to CDC. NIOSH implements this
responsibility for CDC.
Purpose: The Advisory 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, HHS, 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: Individual Dose Reconstruction Reviews
and planning for future meetings and activities.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate. In the
event an individual 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.
Due to programmatic matters, this Federal Register Notice is
being published on less than 15 days notice to the public (41 CFR
102-3.150(b)).
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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: November 2, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. E6-19080 Filed 11-9-06; 8:45 am]
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