[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 1766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-798]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry


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 (HHES).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 8, 1996; 7 p.m.-9 
p.m., February 8, 1996; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., February 9, 1996.
    Place: Marines' Memorial Club, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, 
California 94102, telephone 415/673-6672, FAX 415/441-3649.
    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 an update 
from the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects; brief on 
the status of the R-11 Survey; receive reports from the Outreach, 
Public Health Activities, and Health Studies Work Groups; and 
address other issues and topics, as necessary.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The Subcommittee will consider a number 
of items including ATSDR's medical monitoring options, ATSDR's 
planning for a medical assistance program, 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: January 16, 1996.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-798 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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