[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 161 (Monday, August 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21036]


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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: Fernald 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: Fernald Health Effects 
Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates:
  9 a.m.-4:45 p.m., September 4, 1996.
  9 a.m.-5 p.m., September 5, 1996.
    Place: Sheraton Springdale Hotel, 11911 Sheraton Lane, 
Springdale, Ohio 45246, telephone 513/671-6600, FAX 513/671-0507.
    Status: Open to the public, 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 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.

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. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a 
forum for community, 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) on current activities; and from the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and ATSDR on the 
progress of current studies.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Persons for More Information

    Steven A. Adams, or Nadine Dickerson, Radiation Studies Branch, 
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford 
Highway, NE, (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-
7040, FAX 770/488-7044.

    Dated: August 13, 1996.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-21036 Filed 8-16-96; 8:45 am]
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