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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Subcommittee on Procedures Review, 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 a.m.-5 p.m., March 22, 2011.

Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron, KY 41018. Telephone (859) 334-4611, Fax (859) 334-4619.

Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period. To access by conference call dial the following information: (866) 659- 0537, Participant Pass Code 9933701.

Background: The ABRWH 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 compensation program. Key functions of the ABRWH 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 ABRWH 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, 2011.

Purpose: The ABRWH 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 a reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of this class. The Subcommittee on Procedures Review was established to aid the ABRWH in carrying out its duty to advise the

Secretary, HHS, on dose reconstructions. The Subcommittee on Procedures

Review is responsible for overseeing, tracking, and participating in the reviews of all procedures used in the dose reconstruction process by the NIOSH Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS) and its dose reconstruction contractor.

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda for the Subcommittee meeting includes discussion of the following ORAU and OCAS procedures: ORAUT-

RPRT-0044 (``Analysis of Bioassay Data with a Significant Fraction of

Less-Than Results''), OCAS TIB-0013 (``Special External Dose

Reconstruction Considerations for Mallinckrodt Workers''), OTIB-014

(``Rocky Flats Internal Dosimetry Co-Worker Extension''), OTIB-019

(``Analysis of Coworker Bioassay Data for Internal Dose Assignment''),

OTIB-0029 (``Internal Dosimetry Coworker Data for Y-12''), OTIB-0047

(``External Radiation Monitoring at the Y-12 Facility During the 1948- 1949 Period''), OTIB-0049 (``Estimating Doses for Plutonium Strongly

Retained in the Lung''), OTIB-0052 (``Parameters to Consider When

Processing Claims for Construction Trade Workers''), OTIB-0054

(``Fission and Activation Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related

Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses''), and OTIB-

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0070 (``Dose Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at

Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities''); and a continuation of the comment-resolution process for other dose reconstruction procedures under review by the Subcommittee.

The agenda is subject to change as priorities dictate.

This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period. In the event an individual wishes to provide comments, written comments may be submitted. Any written comments received will be provided at the meeting and should be submitted to the contact person below 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 dcas@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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: February 24, 2011.

Elaine L. Baker,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

FR Doc. 2011-4597 Filed 3-1-11; 8:45 am

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