[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17303-17304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X96-10419]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research and 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 four meetings.

    NAME: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee (HHES).
    Dates: May 2, 1996.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Cavanaugh's at Columbia Center, 1101 Columbia Center 
Boulevard, Kennewick, Washington 99336.
    Tel: 509/783-0611.
    Fax: 509/735-3087.

    Dates: May 3, 1996.
    Times: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Place: Same Location.

    Dates: July 11, 1996.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Red Lion Hotel/Columbia River, 1401 North Haydon Island 
Drive, Portland, Oregon 97217.
    Tel: 503/283-2111.
    Fax: 503/283-4718.

    Dates: July 12, 1996.
    Times: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Place: Same Location.

    Dates: September 19, 1996.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Westcoast Ridpath Hotel, 515 West Sprague Avenue, 
Spokane, Washington 99204.
    Tel: 509/838-2711.
    Fax: 509/747-6970.

    Dates: September 20, 1996.
    Times: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Place: Same Location.

    Dates: December 5, 1996.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
    Place: Edgewater Inn, 2411 Alaskan Way-Pier 67, Seattle, 
Washington 98121.
    Tel: 206/728-7000.
    Fax: 206/441-4119.

    Dates: December 6, 1996.
    Times: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Place: Same Location.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting rooms accommodate 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 proceudres 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 Subcommittee will receive updates from the Inter-
tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects; 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: April 15, 1996.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).