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13238 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 49 / Wednesday, March 12, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health; Designation of a 

Class of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Lawrence Livermore 

National Laboratory, Livermore, 

California, as an addition to the Special 

Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

March 3, 2008, the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

Employees of the Department of Energy 

(DOE), its predecessor agencies, and DOE 

contractors or subcontractors who were 

monitored for radiation exposure while 

working at the Lawrence Livermore National 

Laboratory from January 1, 1950, through 

December 31, 1973, for a number of work 

days aggregating at least 250 work days or in 

combination with work days within the 

parameters established for one or more other 

classes of employees in the Special Exposure 

Cohort. 

This designation will become effective 

on April 2, 2008, unless Congress 

provides otherwise prior to the effective 

date. After this effective date, HHS will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

reporting the addition of this class to the 

SEC or the result of any provision by 

Congress regarding the decision by HHS 

to add the class to the SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 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: March 5, 2008. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Biodefense Science Board; 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services is hereby giving notice that the 

National Biodefense Science Board 

(NBSB) will be holding a public 

teleconference. The meeting is open to 

the public. 

DATES: The NBSB will hold a public 

teleconference on March 26, 2008. The 

teleconference will be held from 2 p.m. 

to 3 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The conference will be 

conducted by phone. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Any member of the public wishing to 

obtain general information concerning 

this public teleconference should 

contact CAPT Leigh A. Sawyer, D.V.M., 

M.P.H., 

Executive Director, National Biodefense 

Science Board, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services, 200 Independence 

Ave, SW., Room 450G, Washington, DC 

20201; via telephone/voice mail: 202– 

205–3815; fax: 202–690–7412; or e-mail 

at: leigh.sawyer@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NBSB 

was established by section 319M of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

247d–7f) as added by section 402 of the 

Pandemic and All-Hazards 

Preparedness Act (Pub. L. 109–417) to 

provide advice to the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services. The NBSB 

provides expert advice and guidance to 

the Secretary on scientific, technical 

and other matters of special interest to 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services regarding current and future 

chemical, biological, nuclear, and 

radiological (CBRN) agents, whether 

naturally occurring, accidental, or 

deliberate. 

Background: The Office of 

Preparedness and Emergency 

Operations within the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 

and Response in the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services has asked 

the NBSB to provide objective, 

scientifically based advice and 

recommendations on the proposed 

Federal Education and Training 

Interagency Group (FETIG). The 

function of the proposed FETIG is to 

serve as the coordinating mechanism for 

public health and medical disaster 

preparedness and response core 

curricula, training, and education across 

executive departments and agencies. 

The Disaster Medicine Working Group, 

formed by the National Biodefense 

Science Board on December 18, 2007, is 

in the process of reviewing the proposed 

FETIG draft Charter. 

The purpose of the March 26th 

teleconference is for the NBSB to 

consider the assessment of the Disaster 

Medicine Working Group’s review of 

the proposed FETIG draft charter and to 

provide recommendations to the 

Secretary of the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services regarding 

the proposed FETIG draft charter and 

the coordination of core curricula, 

training, and education for public health 

and medical disaster preparedness. The 

public teleconference will include a 

report from the NBSB Disaster Medicine 

Working Group. 

Availability of Materials: The draft 

agenda and other materials will be 

posted on the NBSB Web site at 

http://www.hhs.gov/aspr/omsph/nbsb/ 

index.html prior to the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the NBSB to consider. 

Oral Statements: In general, individuals 

or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public NBSB 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker, with no more than 

a total of one hour for all speakers. To 

be placed on the public speaker list, 

interested parties should contact CAPT 

Leigh A. Sawyer, Executive Director, in 

writing (preferably via e-mail), by March 

19, 2008. Written Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups may file written 

comments with the committee. All 

written comments must be received 

prior to March 19, 2008 and should be 

sent by e-mail with ‘‘NBSB Public 

Comment’’ as the subject line or by 

regular mail to the Contact person listed 

above. Individuals who wish to 

participate on the public teleconference 

and need special assistance should 

notify the designated contact person by 

March 19, 2008. 

Dated: February 27, 2008. 

RADM William C. Vanderwagen, 

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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