[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 35750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16889]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health 
Effects Subcommittee

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announce the following meeting.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., July 27, 1995; 7 p.m.-8 p.m., 
July 27, 1995; 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m., July 28, 1995.
    Place: Red Lion Inn, 2525 North 20th, Pasco, Washington 99301, 
telephone (509) 547-0701, FAX (509) 547-4278.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 150 people.

Background

    A Memorandum of Understanding (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.
    In addition, under an MOU signed in December 1990 with 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, workers at 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.

Purpose

    The purpose of this meeting is to receive updates on issues 
related to the Technical Steering Panel and declassification of DOE 
documents; discuss issues and develop approaches to Public Outreach 
activities with ATSDR support; develop approaches to ATSDR and CDC 
health studies and medical monitoring programs, and receive updates 
on the Hanford Thyroid Disease Project and Lowell Sever's studies.

Matters to be Discussed

    Agenda items include ATSDR's medical monitoring options, ATSDR's 
planning for a medical assistance program, current ATSDR health 
assessment activities. The subcommittee will solicit concerns which 
they will ask ATSDR and CDC to address.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information

    Linda A. Carnes, Health Council Advisor, ATSDR, E-28, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-0730, 
FAX (404) 639-0759.

    Dated: June 30, 1995.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-16889 Filed 7-10-95; 8:45 am]
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