[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19468]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site
Health Effects Subcommittee
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 meeting.
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 a.m.-5 p.m., August 14, 1997; 8:30 a.m.-12
noon, August 15, 1997.
Place: Sheraton Charleston Hotel, 170 Lockwood Drive,
Charleston, South Carolina 29403, telephone 803/723-3000.
Status: Open to the public, 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 and replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was 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 has delegated program responsibility to CDC.
In addition, an 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.
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 and ATSDR's public health activities and
research at this DOE site. 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) regarding
current activities and the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health and ATSDR will provide updates on the progress of
current studies.
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 770/488-7040, FAX 770/
488-7044.
Dated: July 18, 1997.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-19468 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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