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Secretary of DHHS is designated as a 

member by statute and the Comptroller 

General of the U.S. Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) was 

directed to name the remaining 14 

members whose appointments were 

announced on February 28, 2005. 

Working Group Meeting Agenda 

The Working Group business meeting 

on April 30th and May 1st will be 

devoted to ongoing Working Group 

business. Topics to be addressed are 

expected to include: a summary of 

citizen input to date, the development 

of interim recommendations, and the 

process for obtaining public comments 

on these interim recommendations. 

Submission of Written Information 

The Working Group invites written 

submissions on those topics to be 

addressed at the Working Group 

business meeting listed above. In 

general, individuals or organizations 

wishing to provide written information 

for consideration by the Citizens’ Health 

Care Working Group should submit 

information electronically to 

citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Separate 

submissions by topic will facilitate 

review of ideas submitted on each topic 

by the Working Group and the public. 

Dated: April 12, 2006. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meetings 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act as 

amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), the 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality (AHRQ) announces meetings of 

scientific peer review groups. The 

subcommittees listed below are part of 

the Agency’s Health Services Research 

Initial Review Group Committee. 

The subcommittee meetings will be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 

and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant 

applications are to be reviewed and 

discussed at these meetings. These 

discussions are likely to involve 

information concerning individuals 

associated with the applications, 

including assessments of their personal 

qualifications to conduct their proposed 

projects. This information is exempt 

from mandatory disclosure under the 

above-cited statutes. 

1. Name of Subcommittee: Health Research 

Dissemination and Implementation. 

Date: June 15–16, 2006 (Open from 8 a.m. 

to 8:15 a.m. on June 15 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

2. Name of Subcommittee: Health Systems 

Research. 

Date: June 15–16, 2006 (Open from 8 a.m. 

to 8:15 a.m. on June 15 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

3. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Quality and Effectiveness Research. 

Date: June 22–23, 2006 (Open from 8 a.m. 

to 8:15 a.m. on June 22 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

4. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Technology and Decision Sciences. 

Date: June 22–23, 2006 (Open from 8 a.m. 

to 8:15 a.m. on June 22 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

5. Name of Subcommittee: Health Care 

Research Training. 

Date: June 29–30, 2006 (Open from 8 a.m. 

to 8:15 a.m. on June 29 and closed for 

remainder of the meeting). 

All the meetings above will take place at: 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 

John Eisenberg Conference Center, 540 

Gaither Road, Rockville Maryland 20850. 

Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain 

a roster of members, agenda or minutes of the 

nonconfidential portions of the meetings 

should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, 

Committee Management Officer, Office of 

Extramural Research, Education and Priority 

Populations, AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Suite 

2000, Rockville, Maryland 20850, Telephone 

(301) 427–1554. 

Agenda items for these meetings are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: April 11, 2006. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

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Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Summary of Special Exposure Cohort 

Petitions and National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Findings 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements 

of 42 CFR 83.15(a), the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) gives 

notice of petitions to add classes of 

employees to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC) and the findings of the 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) from 

evaluating these petitions that are to be 

considered by the Advisory Board on 

Radiation and Worker Health April 25– 

27, 2006 (see notice: Federal Register/ 

Vol. 71, No. 66/Thursday, April 6, 2006/ 

Notices, p. 17470). 

Summary of petitions and NIOSH 

findings: 

1. Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

Qualified Petitioners: Survivors of Y– 

12 Plant Department of Energy (DOE) 

contractor employees. 

Initial Proposed Class Definition, 

Subject to Revision as Warranted by the 

Evaluation: All steamfitters, pipefitters, 

and plumbers who worked at Y–12 from 

October, 1944 through December, 1957. 

Basis of the Petition: Documentation 

or statements provided by affidavit 

indicating that radiation exposures and 

doses to members of the proposed class 

were not monitored either through 

personal or area monitoring. 

NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed 

Class Definition: NIOSH does not have 

access to sufficient information to 

estimate radiation dose with sufficient 

accuracy for employees of the DOE or 

DOE contractors or subcontractors who 

were monitored or should have been 

monitored for thorium exposures while 

working in Building 9202, 9204–1, 

9204–3, 9206, or 9212 at Y–12 during 

the period January 1948 through 

December 1957. NIOSH has determined 

that health was endangered for those 

workers who were employed for at least 

250 aggregated work days within the 

parameters established for this class or 

in combination with work days within 

the parameters for one or more classes 

of employees in the SEC. 

2. Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado 

Qualified Petitioner: Labor 

organization representing or formerly 

having represented DOE or DOE 

contractor or subcontractor employees 

who would be included in the proposed 

class of employees. 

Initial Proposed Class Definition, 

Subject to Revision as Warranted by the 

Evaluation: All represented members, 

past, present and current, of United 

Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 

8031 and its predecessors, that worked 

at the Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, 

Colorado, from April 1952 to February 

15, 2005. 

Bases of the Petition: 

a. Documents or statements provided 

by affidavit indicating that radiation 

exposures and doses to members of the 

proposed class were not monitored, 

either through personal or area 

monitoring. 

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b. Documents or statements provided 

by affidavit indicating that radiation 

monitoring records for members of the 

proposed class have been lost, falsified, 

or destroyed; or that there is no 

information regarding monitoring, 

source, source term, or process from the 

site where the employees worked. 

c. A report from a health physicist or 

other individual with expertise in 

radiation dose reconstruction 

documenting the limitations of existing 

DOE records on radiation exposures at 

the facility, as relevant to the petition. 

d. A scientific or technical report, 

issued by an agency of the Executive 

Branch of Government, or published in 

a peer-reviewed journal, that identifies 

dosimetry and related information that 

are unavailable (due to either a lack of 

monitoring or the destruction or loss of 

records) for estimating the radiation 

doses of employees covered by the 

petition. 

NIOSH Finding: NIOSH has 

established that it has access to 

sufficient information to estimate the 

maximum radiation dose incurred by 

any member of the class as identified 

above, or estimate radiation doses more 

precisely than a maximum dose 

estimate. Information available from the 

Rocky Flats Site Profile document and 

additional resources is sufficient to 

estimate the maximum internal and 

external potential exposure to members 

of the proposed class under plausible 

circumstances during the specified 

period. 

3. Nevada Test Site, Mercury, Nevada 

Qualified Petitioner: DOE contractor 

or subcontractor employee who would 

be included in the proposed class of 

employees. 

Initial Proposed Class Definition, 

Subject to Revision as Warranted by the 

Evaluation: Employees of the DOE or 

DOE contractors or subcontractors who 

worked at the Nevada Test Site during 

the period January 27, 1951 through 

December 31, 1962. 

Basis of the Petition: NIOSH has 

determined that there is insufficient 

information to complete a dose 

reconstruction for the employee 

identified in the petition, and NIOSH 

has notified the employee, Department 

of Labor (DOL), and DOE of this finding. 

HHS will consider this finding 

sufficient, without further 

consideration, to determine that it is not 

feasible to estimate the levels of 

radiation doses of members of the class 

with sufficient accuracy. 

NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed 

Class Definition: NIOSH does not have 

access to sufficient information to 

estimate the potential internal radiation 

dose with sufficient accuracy for 

employees of the DOE or DOE 

contractors or subcontractors who 

worked at the Nevada Test Site during 

the period January 27, 1951 through 

December 31, 1962. NIOSH has 

determined that health was endangered 

for those workers who were employed 

for at least 250 aggregated work days 

within the parameters established for 

this class or in combination with work 

days within the parameters for one or 

more classes of employees in the SEC. 

4. Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall 

Islands 

Qualified Petitioner: Survivor of 

former DOE or DOE contractor or 

subcontractor employee. 

Initial Proposed Class Definition, 

Subject to Revision as Warranted by the 

Evaluation: All Scientists and Scientific 

Couriers that worked on Enewetak 

Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds, Marshall 

Islands, from July 1, 1958 until August 

31, 1958 (Operation Hardtack I). 

Basis of the Petition: Documentation 

or statements provided by affidavit 

indicating that radiation exposures and 

doses to members of the proposed class 

were not monitored, either through 

personal or area monitoring. 

NIOSH Finding and NIOSH Proposed 

Class Definition: NIOSH does not have 

access to sufficient information to 

document or estimate either the 

potential maximum internal radiation 

dose, or to estimate such radiation doses 

more precisely than a maximum dose 

estimate for employees of the DOE or 

DOE contractors or subcontractors who 

were monitored or should have been 

monitored for exposures to ionizing 

radiation as a result of nuclear weapons 

testing, under plausible circumstances 

during the period of Atomic Energy 

Commission operations at the Pacific 

Proving Ground, 1946 through 1962. 

NIOSH has determined that health was 

endangered for those workers who were 

employed for at least 250 aggregated 

work days within the parameters 

established for this class or in 

combination with work days within the 

parameters for one or more classes of 

employees in the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: April 13, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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Decision To Evaluate a Petition to 

Designate a Class of Employees at the 

Feed Materials Production Center 

(FMPC), Fernald, OH 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice as 

required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a 

decision to evaluate a petition to 

designate a class of employees at the 

Feed Materials Production Center 

(FMPC), Fernald, Ohio, to be included 

in the Special Exposure Cohort under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. The initial proposed definition for 

the class being evaluated, subject to 

revision as warranted by the evaluation, 

is as follows: 

Facility: Feed Materials Production 

Center (FMPC), Fernald, Ohio. 

Location: All locations. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

employees of the Department of Energy 

(DOE), DOE contractors and 

subcontractors. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1951 through December 31, 1989. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: April 13, 2006. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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