[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20785]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Notice of Meeting
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry announces the
following meeting.
Name: Expert Workshop Regarding Medical Monitoring in Bunker
Hill, Idaho.
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., August 19, 1997. 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m., August 20, 1997.
Place: Kellogg Middle School Library, 800 Bunker Avenue,
Kellogg, Idaho 83837, telephone 208/784-1348.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
Purpose: Target population(s) of residents and workers in and
surrounding the former Bunker Hill lead and zinc smelting facility
in Idaho have received past exposures to lead (and possibly other
heavy metals).
The exposures have decreased markedly, but studies show adverse
health outcomes in these populations, most probably as a result of
the past exposures. The literature supports an association between
known adverse health outcomes and lead exposure.
ATSDR wants to determine if there is a definable population at
significantly increased risk of disease who may benefit from a
medical monitoring program. ATSDR will judge the appropriateness of
such a program by applying its medical monitoring criteria. If a
program is deemed appropriate, the agency will develop a medical
monitoring plan for the target population(s). ATSDR is planning
three workshops consisting of external experts to provide individual
input and guidance about applying the medical monitoring criteria to
Bunker Hill. This announcement is for the first workshop; all three
workshops will be open to the public.
Matters To Be Considered: The objective of the first workshop is
to use all available information from ATSDR and other relevant data
to make individual recommendations and answer questions related to
the application of the first four ATSDR medical monitoring criteria
at Bunker Hill, definition of the target populations, and specific
outcomes as candidates for monitoring. Community and local health
representatives and nationally recognized lead experts will convene
to consider the first four ATSDR Medical Monitoring Criteria as they
apply to Bunker Hill.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Vivian Rush, M.D., Medical
Officer, ATSDR-Division of Health Education and Promotion, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-33, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; telephone 404/
639-5080.
Dated: August 1, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-20785 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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