[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3352]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Fernald Dosimetry Reconstruction Project: Public Meeting

    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 meeting.

    Name: Fernald Dosimetry Reconstruction Project.
    Time and Date: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., February 25, 1995.
    Place: The Plantation, Oak Room, 9660 Dry Fork Road, Harrison, 
Ohio 45020.
    Status: Open to the public for observation and comment, limited 
only by space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 
75 people.
    Purpose: The department of Health and Human Services (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. Community involvement 
is a critical part of the HHS energy-related research and 
activities. With an environmental dose reconstruction for DOE's 
Feeds Material Production Center near Fernald, Ohio, as well as a 
worker study at the same site, the availability of a formal site-
specific advisory committee is necessary. On December 1, 1994, the 
``Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at DOE Sites'' was chartered. 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. Members will be selected from 
individuals knowledgeable of community, Native American Tribal, and 
labor concerns and from diverse community viewpoints and interests.
    CDC and ATSDR are holding a series of public meetings to begin 
developing operational guidelines at specific DOE sites. The purpose 
of these public meetings is to update the public on the status of 
CDC's and ATSDR's community involvement plans and to seek individual 
advice and recommendations from interested parties concerning 
operational guidelines.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact person for a Copy of the Charter or for More 
Information: Steven A. Adams, 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 3, 1995.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-3352 Filed 2-9-95; 8:45 am]
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