E6-22380. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) In Accordance With Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease ...

Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Thursday, January 11, 2007.

Place: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. The USA toll free dial in number is 1.866.643.6504 with a pass code of 9448550.

Status: Open to the public, but without a public comment period.

Background: The 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 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 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, and will expire on August 3, 2007.

Purpose: The 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, provide advice 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 meeting includes SEC Petitions for Monsanto and General Atomics; Update on Rocky Flats SEC Working Group activities; Working Group/Subcommittee Updates; Individual Dose Reconstruction Reviews; future Plans and meetings; conflict of interest issues; and Board working time.

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.

Due to programmatic matters, this Federal Register Notice is being published on less than 15 days notice to the public (41 CFR 102-3.150(b)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Lewis V. Wade, Executive Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone [phone], Fax [phone].

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.

Elaine Baker,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.