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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Workshop on Community Involvement in Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), announce the following 
workshop.

NAME: Workshop on Community Involvement in Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites.

TIMES AND DATES: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., February 25, 1994. 8:30 a.m.-6 
p.m., February 26, 1994. 9 a.m.-12 noon, February 27, 1994.

PLACE: Northeast Atlanta Hilton Hotel, 5993 Peachtree Industrial 
Boulevard, Norcross, Georgia 30092.

STATUS: Open to the public for observation and comment, limited only by 
space available. The meeting room will accommodate approximately 200 
people.

PURPOSE: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in December 
1990 with the Department of Energy (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 and other persons 
potentially exposed to radiation or to potential hazards from non-
nuclear energy production and use. HHS 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, 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.
    Community involvement is a critical part of the HHS energy-related 
research and activities. The availability of a formal site-specific 
advisory committee composed of citizens of certain affected areas to 
provide consensus advice to CDC and ATSDR regarding these activities is 
necessary. CDC and ATSDR are currently taking steps to obtain 
authorization for a ``Citizens' Advisory Committee on Public Health 
Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites'' to be 
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    The purpose of this workshop is to provide interested parties an 
opportunity to give individual advice and recommendations regarding: 
(1) Community involvement between representatives of affected 
populations, Native American Nations, and CDC and ATSDR; (2) the 
principles and process of public involvement given the diversities of 
interests and needs of affected and potentially affected populations 
and Native American Nations; (3) the concerns and needs which may be 
common to all; and, (4) provide a public forum for citizens of affected 
populations. A copy of the proposed ``Citizens' Advisory Committee on 
Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites'' draft 
charter is available upon request from the contact person listed below.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Leeann S. Denham, Radiation 
Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, 
NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-
3724, telephone 404/488-7040, FAX 404/488-7044.

    Dated: February 8, 1994.
Elvin Hilyer,
Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-3459 Filed 2-11-94; 8:45 am]
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