[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9334]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Public Meeting of the Native American Working Group, in
Association With the Meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on
Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy
(DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce the
following meeting:
Name: Public Meeting of the Native American Working Group
(NAWG), in association with the meeting of the Citizens Advisory
Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE
Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee.
Time and date: 8:30 a.m.-12 noon, May 15, 1995.
Location: The Portland Hilton Hotel, 921 S.W. Sixth Avenue,
Portland, Oregon 97204, telephone (503) 226-1611, FAX (503) 220-
2293.
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.
Community involvement is a critical part of ATSDR's and CDC's
energy-related research and activities and input from members of
NAWG is part of these efforts. NAWG will work with the Hanford
Health Effects Subcommittee to provide input on Native American
health effects at the Hanford, Washington, site.
Purpose: The purpose of this meeting of NAWG is to discuss
Native American membership and participation on the Hanford Health
Effects Subcommittee, government-to-government working relations
with ATSDR and CDC, and issues related to site restoration and waste
management options at the Hanford DOE site.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include options for
other types of relationships between the tribes and ATSDR and CDC
regarding the study of health effects from past, current, or future
release of radioactive and hazardous materials into the environment
at Hanford and proposed actions based on the findings of ATSDR and
CDC health research and public health activities.
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 (404) 639-0730, FAX (404) 639-0759.
Dated: April 11, 1995.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-9334 Filed 4-14-95; 8:45 am]
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