[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 84 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23465-23466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9463]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH).
Audio Conference Call Time and Date: 11 a.m.-4 p.m., EDT,
Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll
free dial in number is 1-866-659-0537 with a pass code of 9933701.
Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Background: The Advisory Board 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
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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, most recently, August 3,
2007, 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, advising 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 agenda for the conference call
includes: Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition Status Updates;
Work Group Updates; Discussion of surrogate data criteria from work
group; Description of streamlining report from Board's contractor;
and Status of transcripts and minutes.
The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.
Because there is not a public comment period, written comments
may be submitted. Any written comments received will be included in
the official record of the meeting and should be submitted to the
contact person below well in advance of the meeting.
Contact Person for More Information: Christine M. Branche, PhD,
Executive Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 395 E Street, SW., Suite 9200,
Washington, DC 20201, Telephone (513) 533-6800, Toll Free 1-800-CDC-
INFO, E-mail [email protected].
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: April 21, 2008.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-9463 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]
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