[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54638-54639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27792]
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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: Fernald 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 meeting.
Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Fernald Health Effects
Subcommittee.
Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-9 p.m., November 5, 1997, and 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m., November 6, 1997.
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Place: The Plantation, 9660 Dry Fork Road, Harrison, Ohio 45020,
telephone 513/367-5610.
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 1990 with DOE and replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was 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 this DOE site. The purpose of this meeting is to provide 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) regarding current
activities, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
and ATSDR will provide updates on the progress of current studies, and
an overview of the Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee's mission and
activities will be part of the evening session.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Steven A. Adams, Radiation Studies
Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH,
CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE. (M/S F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724,
telephone 770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-7044.
Dated: October 15, 1997.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-27792 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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