[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11772]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[ATSDR-146]
Availability of the Document, Draft Agenda for Public Health
Activities for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy
Sites
AGENCIES: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry jointly
announces with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the
Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Environment,
Safety, and Health of the Department of Energy, the availability for
public comment of the document, Draft Agenda for Public Health
Activities for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy
Sites.
DATES: Comments must be received by June 30, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The document is available by contacting the Chief, Program
Evaluation, Records, and Information Services Branch, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road (E-56), Atlanta, GA
30333. Please submit written comments relating to the document to the
same location. Generally, comments submitted will be available to the
public upon request. Information submitted which is claimed as
personal, medical, or otherwise confidential and proprietary must be
clearly marked as such. Information so marked will not be disclosed
except in accordance with 45 CFR Part 5.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information may be obtained
from the location noted above, as well as on the INTERNET websites for
ATSDR, CDC, or DOE. These are: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/; http://
www.cdc.gov/; and http://tis.eh.doe.gov/epi/, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress included language in the Conference
Report to the Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriations Bill for the Department
of Energy which directed DOE and the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) to prepare a consolidated and coherent strategy that
includes a public health agenda for each DOE site.
The Department of Health and Human Services conducts epidemiologic
investigations involving residents of communities in the vicinity of
DOE facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and other persons
potentially exposed to radiation and other hazards relevant to nuclear
weapons production and research. ATSDR has specific responsibilities
for public health activities at DOE sites 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.
CDC and ATSDR have been working with DOE to develop a public health
agenda that includes specific site plans for each DOE site, and that
lays out a coordinated activity plan based on public health needs
established by HHS and DOE. This draft agenda is being made available
for public comment, so as to secure the benefit of public review and
input before finalizing each site plan.
This document, Draft Agenda for Public Health Activities for Fiscal
Years 1999 and 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy Sites, and its
availability for public comment are being announced through this
Federal Register notice.
Dated: March 5, 1999.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 99-11772 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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