[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56607-56608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27771]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service, Activities and Research at Department of 
Energy Sites, Citizens Advisory Committee

    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 (HHES).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-9 p.m., November 30, 1995. 9:15 a.m.-4 
p.m., December 1, 1995.

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    Place: Edgewater Inn, 2411 Alaskan Way-Pier 67, Seattle, 
Washington 98121, telephone 206/728-7000, FAX 206/441-4119.
    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, 
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.
    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 from 
the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects; receive updates 
and clarification from ATSDR and CDC representatives on outstanding 
issues; discuss with Agency personnel, issues relevant to the 
Technical Steering Panel of the Hanford Environmental Dose 
Reconstruction Project; receive a report on the ``Workshop on 
Radiation Health Risks for Hanford: Considerations for Medical 
Monitoring''; receive reports from the Outreach, Public Health 
Activities, and Health Studies Work Groups; and receive a 
presentation on ``other contaminants of concern.''
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include ATSDR's and 
CDC's updates, a discussion of ``Popular Epidemiology,'' and 
solicitation of concerns the Subcommittee wants 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: November 3, 1995.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-27771 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]
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