98-30913. Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites; Citizens Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64265-64266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30913]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites; 
Citizens Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and 
Research at Department of Energy Sites: Fernald Health Effects 
Subcommittee; Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee; Idaho National 
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Health Effects Subcommittee; 
and Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee; and the Inter-
tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects: Meetings.
    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the National Center for Environmental 
Health (NCEH) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
announce the following Federal advisory committee meetings.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites.
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., December 8, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-5:30 
p.m., December 9, 1998.
    Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101, telephone [phone], fax [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 150 people.
    Background: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
and the Department of Energy (DOE) have two Memoranda of 
Understanding (MOU) for public health activities and research at DOE 
sites. One transferred the responsibility for the management and 
conduct of energy-related analytic epidemiologic research to HHS, 
and HHS subsequently delegated program responsibility to CDC. The 
other is a separate MOU between ATSDR and DOE. This MOU addresses 
ATSDR public health responsibilities around DOE sites. In addition, 
ATSDR is required by law (Sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act) to conduct public health assessments, and where appropriate, 
other health activities, many of which are conducted at DOE sites.
    Implementing these MOUs requires significant interaction with 
communities living in proximity to DOE sites. This committee was 
chartered in response to the requests by representatives of the 
communities surrounding DOE sites to provide consensus advice and 
recommendations on community concerns related to CDC's and ATSDR's 
activities related to the sites.
    Purpose: This committee provides 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 communities, American Indian Tribes, and labor to 
express concerns and provide advice and recommendations to CDC and 
ATSDR.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include presentations 
from each of the four established subcommittees; status of the 
Advisory Committee for Energy-Related Epidemiologic Research 
Subcommittee for Community Affairs; up to four break-out sessions 
with presentations post break-out; proposed evaluation of the health 
effects subcommittees; group discussions and public comments.

    Name: Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee (FHES).

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    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., December 10, 1998.
    Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101, telephone [phone], fax [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room will accommodate approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice 
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at 
the Fernald, Ohio, site.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on 
worker studies related to the Fernald site from NIOSH; an update on 
risk assessment from NCEH; selection of FHES representative for an 
evaluation project; and subcommittee discussion.

    Name: Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects (ICHHP) in 
Association with the Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-12 noon, December 10, 1998.
    Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101, telephone [phone], fax [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues that 
are unique to tribal involvement with the HHES, including 
considerations regarding a proposed medical monitoring program and 
discussion of cooperative agreement activities designed to provide 
support for capacity-building activities in tribal environmental 
health expertise and for tribal involvement in HHES.
    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.

    Name: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
    Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., December 10, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m., December 11, 1998.
    Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101, telephone [phone], fax [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice 
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at 
the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include an update 
from the ICHHP; the review and approval of Minutes of the previous 
meeting; updates from ATSDR, NCEH, and NIOSH; reports from the 
Outreach, Public Health Assessment, Public Health Activities, and 
Studies Workgroups; and other issues and topics as necessary.

    Name: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory 
Health Effects Subcommittee (INEELHES).
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., December 10, 1998.
    Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101, telephone [phone], fax [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice 
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at 
the INEEL.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on the 
status of research at the INEEL, discussion on document management 
at DOE; and subcommittee discussions.

    Name: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., December 10, 1998.
    Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake 
City, Utah 84101, telephone [phone], fax [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
    Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice 
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at 
the SRS.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include an update from 
ATSDR on its research; the schedule for release to the public of the 
Phase II report; presentations by NCEH, ATSDR, and NIOSH on the 
design of their respective web pages; and subcommittee discussion.
    All agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information on the HHES and the ICHHP 
may be obtained from Leslie C. Campbell, Executive Secretary, HHES, or 
Marilyn Palmer, Committee Management Specialist, Division of Health 
Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE (E-56), 
Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone [phone], fax [phone]. 
Information on the FHES may be obtained from Steven A. Adams, Executive 
Secretary, FHES, Radiation Studies Branch (RSB), Division of 
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (DEHHE), NCEH, CDC, 4770 
Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770-
488-7040, fax [phone]. Information on the INEELHES may be obtained 
from Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., Executive Secretary, INEELHES, RSB, 
DEHHE, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 
30341-3724, telephone [phone], fax [phone]. Information on 
the SRSHES may be obtained from Paul G. Renard, Executive Secretary, 
SRSHES, RSB, DEHHE, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone [phone], fax [phone].
    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 CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: November 13, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-30913 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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