[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 5685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2201]


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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 section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), and pursuant to the requirements of 42 
CFR 83.15(a), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has 
announced the following committee meeting where petitions for 
designation of classes of employees as members of the Special Exposure 
Cohort (SEC) will be considered for the Mallinckrodt Destrehan Street 
Plant and the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant.

    Name: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
    Committee Meeting Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., February 7, 
2005, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m., February 8, 2005, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., February 
8, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., February 9, 2005.
    Place: Adam's Mark St. Louis, 4th and Chestnut Street, St. 
Louis, Missouri 63102, telephone (314) 241-7400, fax (314) 241-9839.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting space accommodates approximately 500 people.
    Matters to be Discussed: This notice provides further 
information regarding two items on the agenda for this meeting. 
First, NIOSH is seeking the ABRWH's guidance on dealing with dose 
reconstruction data when questions are raised about the authenticity 
and reliability of the data. Second, NIOSH is seeking guidance from 
the ABRWH on the findings of the SEC Petition Evaluation Reports--
Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, Destrehan Street Plant, the entire 
uranium division, 1942-1957, St. Louis, Missouri, and Petitioners 
Comments on Report; and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report--
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAP), Line 1 and associated areas, 
1947-1974, Burlington, Iowa, and Petitioners Comments on Report. The 
NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Mallinckrodt 1942-1945 and 
for Mallinckrodt 1946-1957 find that radiation doses cannot be 
estimated with sufficient accuracy and that there is a reasonable 
likelihood that such radiation dose may have endangered the health 
for Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, Destrehan Street Plant uranium 
division employees from 1942-1948. The NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation 
Report for Mallinckrodt 1946-1957 finds that dose reconstructions 
may or may not be feasible from 1949-1957. NIOSH also seeks the 
guidance of the ABRWH on the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report--
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant that finds that records and/or 
information necessary to publicly evaluate part of the IAAP SEC 
Petition are not, and will not be available on a transparent and 
timely basis.
    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.
    Contact Person for More Information: Lewis Wade, Senior Science 
Advisor to the Director, NIOSH, CDC, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 717H, Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 401-6997; fax (202) 
205-2207.

    Dated: February 1, 2005.
John Howard,
Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 05-2201 Filed 2-1-05; 2:22 pm]
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