Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 5 / Thursday, January 8, 2009 / Notices 813 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. The meeting room 

accommodates approximately 100 people. 

Purpose: This council advises and makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary 

for Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding 

the elimination of tuberculosis. Specifically, 

the Council makes recommendations 

regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and 

priorities; addresses the development and 

application of new technologies; and reviews 

the extent to which progress has been made 

toward eliminating tuberculosis. 

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items 

include issues pertaining to comprehensive 

assessment of available TB laboratory 

services; National Institutes of Health and 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

integrated TB research; aberration detection 

response using genotyping database for 

outbreaks and other related tuberculosis 

issues. Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Margie Scott-Cseh, Coordinating Center for 

Infectious Diseases, Strategic Business Unit, 

1600 Clifton Road, NE., M/S E–07, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639–8317. 

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: December 31, 2008. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Injury Prevention 

and Control, (BSC, NCIPC) 

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 of the 

aforementioned committee: 

Times and Dates: 

10 a.m.–6:30 p.m., January 26, 2009. 

8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., January 27, 2009. 

Place: CDC, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE., 

Building 106, First Floor, Rooms 1A and 1B, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30341. 

Status: Open: 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m., January 

26, 2009. 

Closed: 4:35 p.m.–6:30 p.m., January 26, 

2009. 

Open: 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., January 27, 

2009. 

Purpose: The board makes 

recommendations regarding policies, 

strategies, objectives, and priorities, and 

reviews progress toward injury prevention 

goals and provides evidence in injury 

prevention-related research and programs. 

The board provides advice on the appropriate 

balance of intramural and extramural 

research, and provides advice on the 

structure, progress and performance of 

intramural programs. The board is also 

designed to provide guidance on extramural 

scientific program matters, including the: (1) 

Review of extramural research concepts for 

funding opportunity announcements; (2) 

conduct of secondary peer review of 

extramural research grants, cooperative 

agreements, and contracts applications 

received in response to the funding 

opportunity announcements as it relates to 

the Center’s programmatic balance and 

mission; (3) submission of secondary review 

recommendations to the Center Director of 

applications to be considered for funding 

support; (4) review of research portfolios, and 

(5) review of program proposals. The board 

shall provide guidance on the National 

Center of Injury Prevention and Control’s 

programs and research activities by 

conducting scientific peer review of 

intramural research and programs within the 

National Center for Injury Prevention and 

Control; by ensuring adherence to Office of 

Management and Budget requirements for 

intramural peer review; and by monitoring 

the overall direction, focus, and success of 

the National Center for Injury Prevention and 

Control. 

Matters To Be Discussed: As this is the 

initial meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors, they will receive an overview of 

the mission of the National Center for Injury 

Prevention and Control. The meeting will 

include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of center grants received in 

response to one Fiscal Year 2009 FOA. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Contact Person for More Information: Dr. 

Gwen Cattledge, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, 

NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., 

Mailstop F–63, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, 

Telephone (770) 488–4655.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: December 24, 2008. 

Elaine L. Baker, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

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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., January 

29, 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 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 

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 

on whether there is reasonable likelihood 

that such radiation doses may have 


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