[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9181]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Public Meeting of the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health
Projects (ICHHP) in Association With the Meeting of the Citizens
Advisory Committee on Public Health Service (PHS) Activities and
Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects
Subcommittee (HHES)
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 ICHHP in association with the
meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on PHS Activities and
Research at DOE Sites: HHES.
Time and Date: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., April 22, 1998.
Place: Doubletree Hotel, 802 George Washington Way, Richland,
Washington 99352, telephone 509/946-7611, fax 509/943-8564.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 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, and
replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, 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. Community involvement
is a critical part of ATSDR's and CDC's energy-related research and
activities and input from members of the ICHHP is part of these
efforts. The ICHHP will work with the HHES to provide input on
American Indian health effects at the Hanford, Washington, site.
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
discussions 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.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Jim Carpenter, Public
Health Advisor, Division of Health Assessment and Consultation,
ATSDR, E-32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,
telephone 404/639-6027, fax 404/639-4699.
Dated: April 1, 1998.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-9181 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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