Meetings: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Federal Register: November 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 224)
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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), CDC announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:
Time and Date: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday, December 8, 2009.
Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll free 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 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, 2009, and will expire on August 3, 2011.
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: University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project SEC
Petition; Board Subcommittee and Work Group Updates; Office of
Compensation Analysis and Support SEC Petition Evaluations Update for February Board Meeting.
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 in advance of the meeting.
For Further Information Contact: Theodore M. Katz, M.P.A.,
Executive Secretary, NIOSH,
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CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE., Mailstop: E-20, Atlanta, GA 30333,
Telephone (513) 533-6800, Toll Free 1-800-CDC-INFO, E-mail ocas@cdc.gov.
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 13, 2009.
Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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