[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4163-18-M