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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service

 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Statement of 
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Public Health Service (PHS), Chapter HT (Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry), of the Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services (50 FR 25129-25130, dated June 17, 1985, as amended 
most recently at 58 FR 7568, dated February 8, 1993) is amended to 
reflect organizational changes within the Agency for Toxic Substances 
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) that will: (1) Establish the Public Health 
Practice Coordination Group within the Office of the Assistant 
Administrator, ATSDR; (2) revise the functional statement for the 
Division of Toxicology; and (3) revise the functional statements for 
the Division of Health Assessment and Consultation (DHAC) and the 
Office of the Director, DHAC. The revised functional statements will 
provide a more accurate description of the responsibilities of the 
Divisions.
    After the functional statement for the Office of Program Operations 
and Management (HTB1), insert the following:

Public Health Practice Coordination Group (HTB2)

    (1) Coordinates follow-up actions at sites evaluated by the 
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation (public health 
assessments), Division of Health Studies (health investigations), 
Division of Health Education (community health education), and other 
parts and programs of ATSDR as appropriate; (2) coordinates inter-
divisional community involvement plans for sites where more than one 
division is conducting site activities; (3) coordinates ATSDR's 
Minority Health Program; (4) coordinates ATSDR's Minority Health 
Program; (4) coordinates other special projects as required.
    Delete the functional statements for the Division of Health 
Assessment and Consultation (HTB6) and the Office of the Director 
(HTB61) and insert the following:
    The mission of ATSDR is to prevent or mitigate adverse human health 
effects and diminished quality of life resulting from exposure to 
hazardous substances in the environment. In particular, the Division is 
responsible for mitigating the public health impacts to communities 
resulting from exposures to hazardous substances in the environment and 
for undertaking appropriate interventions to prevent adverse health 
effects. In order to fulfill that mission, the Division: (1) Conducts 
public health assessments and other related health activities such as 
site review updates and Record of Decision reviews, to determine the 
health implications of releases or threatened releases of hazardous 
substances into the environment; in particular, such activities are 
conducted for Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 
petitioned, and other sites; (2) conducts and evaluates exposure 
pathways analyses and other exposure screening analyses to identify 
impacted communities, to include biologic sampling, personal monitoring 
and health surveys, and related environmental assessments, as 
appropriate; (3) identifies and implements appropriate intervention at 
impacted communities to prevent exposures and/or adverse health 
effects; (4) provides health and medical consultations and technical 
support to address public health hazards at Superfund, RCRA, 
petitioned, and other sites where hazardous materials have been 
released into the environment; (5) issues public health advisories when 
a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance poses an 
imminent health hazard; (6) establishes a center of excellence for the 
development of innovative approaches, applied research methods and 
procedures for the analysis and use of health, demographic, and 
environmental data, and community health concerns.

Office of the Director (HTB61)

    (1) Plans, directs, coordinates, evaluates, and manages the 
operations of the Division of Health Assessment and Consultation;
    (2) develops goals and objectives and provides leadership, policy 
formation, and guidance in program planning and development;
    (3) provides program management, administrative and logistical 
support services for the division;
    (4) coordinates division activities with other components of ATSDR 
and other Federal, State and local agencies;
    (5) initiates specific research and medical activities as 
appropriate to the Division's mission and program needs;
    (6) oversees implementation of a quality assurance and training 
program for the Division's activities.
    Delete the functional statement for the Division of Toxicology 
(HTB9) and insert the following:
    (1) Coordinates all activities associated with toxicologic profiles 
and toxicologic research;
    (2) Identifies and publishes a list of the most hazardous 
substances related to Superfund releases and sites;
    (3) Provides chemical-specific consultations as needed;
    (4) Initiates research to expand knowledge of the relationship 
between exposure to hazardous substances and adverse human health 
effects through toxicologic studies of hazardous substances;
    (5) Coordinates ATSDR toxicology activities with the Environmental 
Protection Agency, National Toxicology Program, and other appropriate 
Federal, State, local, or public programs.

    Dated: May 27, 1994.
David Satcher,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-14024 Filed 6-8-94; 8:45 am]
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