[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 209 (Monday, October 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55643-55644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27547]
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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:
9 a.m.-5 p.m., November 13, 1996
9 a.m.-5:05 p.m., November 14, 1996
Place: Eagle Conference Center, 2844 Mack Road, Fairfield, Ohio
45014, telephone 513/874-8850, FAX 513/874-8581.
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, 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. The purpose of this meeting is to
provide a forum for community and labor interaction and serve as a
vehicle for
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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. Additional items include: the National Academy of Sciences
review of the Fernald Dosimetry Reconstruction Project and an
overview of the Fernald Medical Monitoring Program.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Persons for More Information: Steven A. Adams or Nadine
Dickerson, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental
Hazards and Health, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE (F-35),
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-
7044.
Dated: October 22, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-27547 Filed 10-25-96; 8:45 am]
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