[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17524]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site
Health Effects Subcommittee and Savannah River Site Environmental Dose
Reconstruction Project--Phase II Public Workshop: Meetings
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 meetings.
Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Savannah River Site Health
Effects Subcommittee (SRS).
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., July 25, 1996. 8:30 a.m.-
12 noon, July 26, 1996.
Place: Holiday Inn Coliseum, 630 Assembly Street, Columbia,
South Carolina 29201, telephone 803/799-7800, FAX 803/252-5909.
Status: Open to the pubic, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 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 ASTDR 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: 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 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 the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry on the progress of
current studies; presentation on environmental monitoring; an update
from the Radiological Assessments Corporation; and updates on the
membership and the workgroup report.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Name: Savannah River Site Environmental Dose Reconstruction
Project--Phase II: Public Workshop.
Time and Date: 7 p.m.-9 p.m., July 25, 1996.
Place: Holiday Inn Coliseum, 630 Assembly Street, Columbia,
South Carolina 29201, telephone 803/799-7800, FAX 803/252-5909.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
Purpose: The Savannah River Site (SRS) Dose Reconstruction
Project supports research which evaluates past releases of
radioactive materials and chemicals from the SRS to the surrounding
environment. The Project has already undergone a first phase. Phase
I involved searching the site to identify and retrieve important
documents to be used for dose reconstruction. Phase II will use this
information to calculate chemical and radiological source terms and
identify possible intake pathways (eating, drinking, and inhalation)
for people who have lived in the SRS area. This workshop will focus
on the identification and evaluation of environmental data to
support dose reconstruction. Public input and the promise to provide
clear and easily obtained sources of information are important parts
of this study. Individuals with information of possible value to the
study are encouraged to attend.
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.
Due to difficulty in location of meeting facility, this notice is
being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting.
Dated: July 3, 1996.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-17524 Filed 7-9-96; 8:45 am]
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