96-17524. Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee and Savannah River Site Environmental Dose Reconstruction ProjectPhase II ...

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 96-17524]


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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: Savannah River Site 
Health Effects Subcommittee and Savannah River Site Environmental Dose 
Reconstruction Project--Phase II Public Workshop: Meetings

    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 meetings.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Savannah River Site Health 
Effects Subcommittee (SRS).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., July 25, 1996. 8:30 a.m.-
12 noon, July 26, 1996.
    Place: Holiday Inn Coliseum, 630 Assembly Street, Columbia, 
South Carolina 29201, telephone [phone], FAX [phone].
    Status: Open to the pubic, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Background: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (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 use. HHS delegated program 
responsibility to CDC.
    In addition, an MOU was signed in October 1990 and renewed in 
November 1992 between ASTDR 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.
    Purpose: This subcommittee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator, ATSDR, 
regarding community, American Indian Tribes, and labor concerns 
pertaining to CDC's ATSDR's public health activities and research at 
respective DOE sites. Activities shall focus on providing a forum 
for community, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction and 
serve as a vehicle for community concern to be expressed as advice 
and recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include: presentations 
from the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry on the progress of 
current studies; presentation on environmental monitoring; an update 
from the Radiological Assessments Corporation; and updates on the 
membership and the workgroup report.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Name: Savannah River Site Environmental Dose Reconstruction 
Project--Phase II: Public Workshop.
    Time and Date: 7 p.m.-9 p.m., July 25, 1996.
    Place: Holiday Inn Coliseum, 630 Assembly Street, Columbia, 
South Carolina 29201, telephone [phone], FAX [phone].
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: The Savannah River Site (SRS) Dose Reconstruction 
Project supports research which evaluates past releases of 
radioactive materials and chemicals from the SRS to the surrounding 
environment. The Project has already undergone a first phase. Phase 
I involved searching the site to identify and retrieve important 
documents to be used for dose reconstruction. Phase II will use this 
information to calculate chemical and radiological source terms and 
identify possible intake pathways (eating, drinking, and inhalation) 
for people who have lived in the SRS area. This workshop will focus 
on the identification and evaluation of environmental data to 
support dose reconstruction. Public input and the promise to provide 
clear and easily obtained sources of information are important parts 
of this study. Individuals with information of possible value to the 
study are encouraged to attend.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Paul G. Renard or Nadine 
Dickerson, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-
35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone [phone], FAX 770/
488-7044.

    Due to difficulty in location of meeting facility, this notice is 
being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: July 3, 1996.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-17524 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]
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