97-3472. Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3472]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford 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 five meetings.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee (HHES).
    Dates: February 20, 1997. February 21, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 
p.m.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Red Lion Hotel/Jantzen Beach, 909 N. Hayden Island Drive, 
Portland, Oregon 97217. Same Location.
    Tel: [phone].
    Fax: [phone].

    Dates: May 8, 1997, May 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Cavanaugh's at Columbia Center, 1101 Columbia Center 
Boulevard, Kennewick, Washington 99336. Same Location.
    Tel: [phone].
    Fax: [phone].

    Dates: July 24, 1997. July 25, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Marines' Memorial Club, 609 Sutter Street (at Mason), San 
Francisco, California 94102.
    Tel: [phone].
    Fax: [phone].

    Dates: October 9, 1997. October 10, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Coeur d'Alene Inn, West 414 Appleway, Coeur d'Alene, 
Idaho 83814. Same Location.
    Tel: [phone].
    Fax: [phone].

    Dates: December 11, 1997. December 12, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Madison Hotel, 515 Madison Street, Seattle, Washington 
98104. Same Location
    Tel: [phone].
    Fax: [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting rooms accommodate approximately 150 people.

Background

    A Memorandum of Understanding (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.
    In addition, under an 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 and use. HHS has delegated program responsibility to CDC.

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. Activities shall 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: ATSDR's proposed medical monitoring program, 
ATSDR's planning for an exposure subregistry program, and solicitations 
of subcommittee concerns to be addressed by ATSDR and CDC. There will 
also be updates from the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health 
Projects, and reports from the following Work Groups: Outreach/Special 
Populations, Public Health Activities, and Health Studies.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to an administrative delay.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Linda A. Carnes, Health 
Council Advisor, ATSDR, E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone [phone], FAX [phone].

    Dated: February 5, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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