96-26052. Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 198 (Thursday, October 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53227-53228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26052]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site 
Health Effects Subcommittee Meeting

    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 meeting:

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Savannah River Site Health 
Effects Subcommittee (SRS).
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., October 24, 1996. 8 a.m.-12 
noon, October 25, 1996.
    Place: Terrace Garden Buckhead, 3405 Lenox Road, N.E., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30326, telephone [phone], FAX [phone].
    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 
December

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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 use. HHS delegated program 
responsibility to CDC.
    In addition, an 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 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.
    Purpose: This subcommittee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator, ATSDR, 
regarding community, American Indian Tribes, and labor concerns 
pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public health activities and 
research at respective DOE sites. Activities focus on providing a 
forum for community, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction 
and serve as a vehicle for community concern to be expressed as 
advice and recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include presentations from 
the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and ATSDR on 
the progress of current studies; presentations by Radiological 
Assessments Corporation on the SRS Environmental Dose Reconstruction 
Project Task 3: Source Term Calculations and Task 4: Data 
Evaluation; and results of the Fernald Dosimetry Reconstruction 
Project.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    An unavoidable administrative delay prevented meeting the 
fifteen day publication requirement.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Paul G. Renard or Nadine 
Dickerson, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-
35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone [phone], FAX 770/
488-7044.
    Dated: October 4, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-26052 Filed 10-9-96; 8:45 am]
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