National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 18400 [05-7263]

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• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 68 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 18400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7263]


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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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 
app. section 10(a), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) announces the following committee meeting:

    Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Place: Teleconference call will originate at the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Occupational 
Safety and Health, Atlanta, Georgia. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for details on accessing the teleconference.
    Status: Open to the public, teleconference access limited only 
by ports available.
    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 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 the CDC. NIOSH implements 
this responsibility for CDC. The charter was issued on August 3, 
2001, and renewed on august 3, 2003.
    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, 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: Agenda for this meeting will focus on 
Status of Activities concerning Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and 
Mallinckrodt Downtown Site; Special Exposure Cohort Task for SC&A, 
Inc.; and review of Draft, Agenda for the upcoming meeting.
    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.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled for 
April 11, 2005 and set to begin at 8 a.m. eastern time and run 
through 11:30 a.m. eastern standard time. To access the 
teleconference you must dial 1-888-324-8504. You will need to 
provide the passcode 22906 to be connected to the call.
    In accordance with 41 CFR 102-3.150b, this notice is being 
published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the 
unexpected urgency of the topics that will be discussed.
    Contact Person for More Information: Lew Wade, Senior Science 
Advisor, 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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: April 6, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 05-7263 Filed 4-8-05; 8:45 am]
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