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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) announce that the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) signed the charter for the following Federal advisory 
committee:

DESIGNATION: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HHS and the Department of Energy (DOE) have 
two Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) for public health activities and 
research at DOE sites. One transferred the responsibility for the 
management and conduct of energy-related analytic epidemiologic 
research to HHS. HHS has delegated program responsibility to CDC.
    The Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management and 
the Office on Environment, Safety, and Health within DOE have a 
separate MOU with ATSDR. This MOU addresses ATSDR public health 
responsibilities around DOE sites. In addition, ATSDR is required by 
law (Sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) to conduct public health 
assessments and where appropriate other health activities (for example, 
health studies, health surveillance, exposure registries), many of 
which are conducted at DOE sites.
    Implementing these MOUs requires significant interaction with 
communities living in proximity to DOE sites. This charter is in 
response to the requests by representatives of the communities 
surrounding DOE sites to provide consensus advice and recommendations 
on community concerns related to CDC's and ATSDR's activities related 
to the sites.

PURPOSE: The Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites will provide advice and 
recommendations to the Director of CDC and the Administrator of ATSDR 
regarding community, Native American Tribes, and labor concerns 
pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public health activities and research 
at respective DOE sites. Activities will focus on providing a forum for 
community, Native American Tribal, and labor interaction and serve as a 
vehicle for community concern to be expressed as advice and 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: November 9, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-28377 Filed 11-16-94; 8:45 am]
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