[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 59 (Monday, March 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14133-14134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7064]
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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), 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 subcommittee:
Time and Date: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 16, 2009.
Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron,
Kentucky 41018. Telephone: (859) 334-4611, Fax: (859) 334-4619.
Status: Open to the public, but without a public oral comment
period. To access by conference call dial the following information
1-(866) 659-0537, Participant Pass Code 9933701.
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 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 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 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: 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
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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 whether there is reasonable
likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the health
of members of this class. The Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction
Reviews was established to aid the Advisory Board in carrying out
its duty to advise the Secretary, HHS, on dose reconstruction.
Matters To Be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting
includes: Discussion of cases under review from the 6th, 7th, and
8th sets of individual dose reconstructions; preparation of a letter
report on the first 100 dose reconstruction cases reviewed; and,
discussion of selection criteria and review rate for 2009.
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.
Contact Person for More Information: Theodore Katz, Executive
Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-20, Atlanta GA
30333, 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: March 20, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-7064 Filed 3-27-09; 8:45 am]
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