95-398. Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service; Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2373-2374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-398]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service; Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health 
Effects Subcommittee

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announce the following subcommittee meeting.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee (HHES).
    Time and dates: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., January 25-26, 1995.
    Place: Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1113 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington 98101, telephone [phone], FAX (206) 340-
1617.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 150 
people. [[Page 2374]] 
    Background: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was 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 section 104, 
107, and 120 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or ``Superfund''). These 
activities includes 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, 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 uses. HHS delegated program responsibility to CDC.
    Purpose: The purpose of the first HHES meeting is to convene the 
members and begin their work to update the public on the status of 
ATSDR's and CDC's community involvement plans, health research, and 
public health activities.
    Matters to be discussed: Agenda items include presentations from 
technical experts on the history of the Hanford, Washington, site 
and current operations, as well as updates on the Hanford 
Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project findings and implications. 
HHES will address organizational issues relating to their future 
activities.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact person for more information: Linda A. Carnes, ATSDR 
Health Council Advisor, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-28, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone [phone], FAX [phone].

    Dated: January 3, 1995.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-398 Filed 1-6-95; 8:45 am]
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