99-16255. Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program (EMFRAPID Program)

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 34261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16255]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information 
Dissemination Program (EMFRAPID Program)

Agency: Environmental Toxicology Program, Office of Special Programs, 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National 
Institutes of Health.
    Notice: Release of NIEHS Report on Electric and Magnetic Fields.

Background

    The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and 
the Department of Energy (DOE) coordinated implementation of the 
Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information 
Dissemination Program (EMFRAPID Program). This six-year program was 
mandated in the 1992 Energy Policy Act (PL 102-486, section 2118) and 
is designed to determine the potential effects on human disease from 
exposure to 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields (EMF). These fields are 
invisible lines of force that surround any wire or device that uses 
electricity. Additional details about the EMFRAPID Program are found in 
Federal Register, December 16, 1997 (Volume 62, No. 241, pp. 65814-
65815).
    Under this program, the NIEHS conducted a two-year review and 
analysis of the existing scientific data on EMF and prepared a report 
for the U.S. Congress that contains its conclusions from the health 
assessment. This assessment included an evaluation of the evidence by 
scientists both within and outside the field of EMF research as well as 
an opportunity for public comment through sponsorship of public 
meetings and solicitation written comments. The NIEHS report was 
released on June 15, 1999 and is available free-of-charge to the public 
and other interested parties.
    The report is available in both PDF and HTML formats at the 
EMFRAPID Program world wide website, www.niehs.nih.gov/emfrapid/
home.htm. Copies of the report can also be obtained by sending a 
request by fax: [phone] or mail: EMF-RAPID Program, NIEHS/NIH, 
P.O. Box 12233 MD EC-16, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; or by 
calling 919-541-7534.

    Dated: June 18, 1999.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
[FR Doc. 99-16255 Filed 6-24-99; 8:45 am]
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