[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9710-9711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5804]



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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: Idaho National 
Engineering Laboratory 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) announces the following meeting.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Idaho National Engineering 
Laboratory Health Effects Subcommittee (INEL).
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., March 26, 1996. 8 a.m.-12 noon, 
March 27, 1996.
    Place: Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main Street, Boise, Idaho 83702, 
telephone 208/343-4611, FAX 208/381-0695.
    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 

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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: This subcommittee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator, ATSDR, 
regarding community, American Indian Tribes, and labor concerns 
pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public health activities and 
research at respective DOE sites. Activities shall focus on 
providing a forum for community, American Indian Tribal, and labor 
interaction and serve as a vehicle for community concern to be 
expressed as advice and recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include: presentations 
from the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and ATSDR 
updates on the progress of current studies; discussion of the State 
oversight program; INEL Dose Evaluation Report; and updates on the 
technical workshop on ``Calculating and Interpreting Radiological 
Doses and Risks for Individuals Exposed to Radionuclides Due to 
Historical Releases from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation'' and a 
public involvement activities.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., 
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: February 6, 1996.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 96-5804 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am]
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