[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6973-6974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3732]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Public Meeting of the Inter-Tribal Council on Hanford Health 
Projects (ICHHP), in Association With the Meeting of the Citizens 
Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at 
Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce the 
following five meetings.

NAME: Public Meeting of the Inter-Tribal Council on Hanford Health 
Projects (ICHHP), in association with the meeting of the Citizens 
Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at 
DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
    Dates: February 19, 1997, May 7, 1997.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place:
Red Lion Hotel/Jantzen Beach, 909 North Hayden Island Drive, Portland, 
Oregon 97217
Cavanaugh's at Columbia Center, 1101 Columbia Center Boulevard, 
Kennewick, Washington 99336,
    Tel: 503/283-4466, 509/783-0611.
    Fax: 503/283-4743, 509/735-3087.
    Dates: July 23, 1997, October 8, 1997.
    Times: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place:
Marines' Memorial Club, 609 Sutter Street (at Mason), San Francisco, 
California 94102
Coeur d'Alene Inn, West 414 Appleway, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814.
    Tel: 415/673-6672, 208/765-3200.
    Fax: 415/441-3649, 208/664-1962.
    Date: December 10, 1997.
    Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Madison Hotel, 515 Madison Street, Seattle, Washington 
98104.
    Tel: 206/583-0300.
    Fax: 206/624-8125.

STATUS: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The 
meeting

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rooms accommodate approximately 50 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 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.
    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 has delegated program responsibility to CDC.
    Community involvement is a critical part of ATSDR's and CDC's 
energy-related research and activities and input from members of the 
ICHHP is part of these efforts. The ICHHP will work with the HHES to 
provide input on American Indian health effects at the Hanford, 
Washington site.

PURPOSE: The purpose of these meetings is to address issues that are 
unique to tribal involvement with the HHES, including considerations 
regarding a proposed medical monitoring program and explorations of 
options and alternatives to providing support for tribal involvement in 
HHES.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Agenda items will include a dialogue on issues 
that are unique to tribal involvement with the HHES. This will include 
exploring options and alternatives to providing support for tribal 
involvement in HHES and a discussion of tribal representation on HHES.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Linda A. Carnes, Health Council 
Advisor, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-28, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/639-0730, FAX 404/639-0759.

    Dated: February 7, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-3732 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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