95-5624. Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 12769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5624]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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 meeting.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee (HHES).
    Time and Dates: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., March 16-17, 1995.
    Place: WestCoast Ridpath Hotel, 515 West Sprague Avenue, 
Spokane, Washington 99204, telephone [phone], FAX (509) 747-
6970.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates 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, 
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 delegated program responsibility to CDC.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to continue the 
subcommittee's work to update the public on the status of ATSDR's 
and CDC's community involvement plans, health research, and public 
health activities and to provide advice to ATSDR and CDC concerning 
these plans.
    Matters to be Discussed: The subcommittee will consider a number 
of items including ATSDR's medical monitoring options, ATSDR's 
planning for a medical assistance program, current ATSDR health 
assessment activities and solicitation of concerns the subcommittee 
wants ATSDR and CDC to address, and issues relating to HHES 
Operational Guidelines and future subcommittee activities.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to administrative delays which constitute an exceptional 
circumstance.
    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: March 1, 1995.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-5624 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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