[Federal Register: September 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 181)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory
Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH, or Advisory Board),
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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 meeting for the aforementioned
committee and subcommittee:
Subcommittee Meeting Time and Date: 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m., October
3, 2007.
Board Meeting Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., October 3,
2007. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 4, 2007. 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.,
October 5, 2007.
Public Comment Times and Dates: 5 p.m.-6 p.m., October 3, 2007.
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., October 4, 2007.
Place: Holiday Inn Select, 1801 N. Naper Blvd, Naperville,
Illinois 60563. Telephone 630.505.4900, Fax 630.505.1984.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting space accommodates approximately 75 to 100 people.
Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) 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 which 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 to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC).
In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for
funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory 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, renewed at appropriate intervals, and will expire on August 3,
2009.
Purpose: This 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 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 topics for the Subcommittee meeting
will be to Review the Dose Reconstruction and Future Subcommittee
Plan Actions. The agenda for the Advisory Board meeting includes
Discussion on NIOSH Web site; Update on Science Issues; Discussion
of Board Procedures; Discussion of the overall tracking system for
Board activities; SEC Petitions to be considered for Y-12, Hanford,
Sandia National Lab-Livermore, Nuclear Materials and Equipment
Corporation (NUMEC); Work Group Updates; Planning for Board Future
Activities; SEC Petitions Updates including Blockson Chemical,
Fernald, Chapman Valve, Dow Chemical, and Bethlehem Steel; Update on
Rocky Flats Follow Up Actions; Plans to Procure Board Contractors
for FY09, and Agency Updates.
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.
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: September 12, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E7-18417 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]
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