[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 224 (Thursday, November 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62061-62062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30475]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service (PHS)
Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Idaho
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory 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 PHS Activities and Research
at DOE Sites: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory (INEEL) Health Effects Subcommittee.
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., December 11, 1997, 7 p.m.-9
p.m., December 11, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., December 12, 1997.
Place: Holiday Inn Westbank, 475 River Parkway, Idaho Falls,
Idaho 83402, telephone 208/523-8000, FAX 208/529-9610.
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
working group discussions. On December 11, at 7 p.m., the meeting will
continue in order to allow more time for public input and comment.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., or
Sharona Woodley, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35),
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-7044.
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Dated: November 13, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-30475 Filed 11-19-97; 8:45 am]
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