[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 5990-5991] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-3181] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRS). TIMES AND DATES: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 27, 1997. 9 a.m.-12 noon, February 28, 1997. PLACE: Sheraton Augusta Hotel, 2651 Perimeter Parkway, Augusta, Georgia, 30909, telephone 706/855-8100, FAX 706/860-1720. 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 has 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 this DOE site. 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 following: (1) The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) regarding current activities; (2) update on the progress of current studies, presented by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and ATSDR; (3) Radiological Assessments Corporation presentations regarding the Geographic Information System, the use of scenarios in Dose Reconstruction, and the selection of study areas; (4) the Medical University of South Carolina's report on Cancer Incidence 1991-1993; and (5) the SENES Oak Ridge Corporation presentation on uncertainty analysis. 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. [[Page 5991]] Dated: February 4, 1997. Carolyn J. Russell, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [FR Doc. 97-3181 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-18-P