[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22376]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site 
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: Savannah River Site Health 
Effects Subcommittee (SRS).
    Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., September 21, 1995; 9 a.m.-5 
p.m., September 22, 1995.
    Place: Ramada Plaza Hotel, 640 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia 
30901, telephone 706/722-5541, FAX 706/724-0053.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.

Background

    Under a Memorandum of Understanding (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 use. HHS delegated program responsibility 
to CDC.
    In addition, an 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, 105, 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.

Purpose

    The purpose of this meeting is to begin work to update the public 
on the status of CDC's and ATSDR's community involvement plans, health 
research, and public health activities and present consensus advise and 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR regarding these plans.

Matters to be Discussed

    The Subcommittee will take into consideration information provided 
by technical experts on the history of the Savannah River Site and 
present operations there, as well as updates on the Savannah River Site 
Dose Reconstructions Project findings and implications. The 
Subcommittee will also work on organizational issues relating to its 
future activities.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Persons for More Information

    Paul G. Renard or Nadine Dickerson, Radiation Studies Branch, 
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 
Buford Highway, NE., (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 
770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-7044.

    Dated: September 1, 1995.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 95-22376 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]
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