[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1992]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Meeting of the Inter-Tribal Council on Hanford Health
Projects (ICHHP) in Association With the Citizens Advisory Committee on
Public Health Service (PHS) Activities and Research at Department of
Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee
Name: Public meeting of the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health
Projects (ICHHP) in association with the Citizens Advisory Committee on
PHS Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites:
Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
Times and Dates: 9 a.m.--4 p.m., February 24, 1999.
Place: Cavanaugh's's Hotel at Columbia Center, 1101 North Columbia
Center Boulevard, Kennewick, Washington 99336.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
Background
Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in October 1990
and renewed in November 1992 between ATSDR and DOE. The MOU delineates
the responsibilities and procedures for ATSDR's public health
activities at DOE sites required under sections 104, 105, 107, and 120
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA or ``Superfund''). These activities include
health consultations and public health assessments at DOE sites listed
on, or proposed for, the Superfund National Priorities List and at
sites that are the subject of petitions from the public; and other
health-related activities such as epidemiologic studies, health
surveillance, exposure and disease registries, health education,
substance-specific applied research, emergency response, and
preparation of toxicological profiles.
In addition, under an MOU signed in December 1990 with DOE and
replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) has been given the responsibility and resources for
conducting analytic epidemiologic investigations of residents of
communities in the vicinity of DOE facilities, workers at DOE
facilities, and other persons potentially exposed to radiation or to
potential hazards from non-nuclear energy production and use. HHS has
delegated program responsibility to CDC. Community Involvement is a
critical part of ATSDR's and CDC's energy-related research and
activities and input from members of the ICHHP is part of these
efforts. The ICHHP will work with the HHES to provide input on American
Indian health effects at the Hanford, Washington site.
Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues that are
unique to tribal involvement with the HHES, including discussion on
Hanford Thyroid Disease Study results, update on tribal cooperative
agreements, and development of a National Research Agenda with tribal
input.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda Items will include a dialogue on
issues that are unique to tribal involvement with the HHES. This will
include exploring cooperative agreement activities in environmental
health capacity building and providing support for tribal involvement
in and representation on the HHES.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: Leslie C. Campbell, Executive
Secretary HHES, or Marilyn Palmer, Committee Management Specialist,
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton
Road, NE m/s E-56, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone 1-888/42-ATSDR (28737),
Fax 404/639-6075.
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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Dated: January 22, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-1992 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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