[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Notice of Meeting

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry announces the 
following meeting.

    Name: Expert Workshop Regarding Medical Monitoring in Bunker 
Hill, Idaho.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., August 19, 1997. 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., August 20, 1997.
    Place: Kellogg Middle School Library, 800 Bunker Avenue, 
Kellogg, Idaho 83837, telephone 208/784-1348.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: Target population(s) of residents and workers in and 
surrounding the former Bunker Hill lead and zinc smelting facility 
in Idaho have received past exposures to lead (and possibly other 
heavy metals).
    The exposures have decreased markedly, but studies show adverse 
health outcomes in these populations, most probably as a result of 
the past exposures. The literature supports an association between 
known adverse health outcomes and lead exposure.
    ATSDR wants to determine if there is a definable population at 
significantly increased risk of disease who may benefit from a 
medical monitoring program. ATSDR will judge the appropriateness of 
such a program by applying its medical monitoring criteria. If a 
program is deemed appropriate, the agency will develop a medical 
monitoring plan for the target population(s). ATSDR is planning 
three workshops consisting of external experts to provide individual 
input and guidance about applying the medical monitoring criteria to 
Bunker Hill. This announcement is for the first workshop; all three 
workshops will be open to the public.
    Matters To Be Considered: The objective of the first workshop is 
to use all available information from ATSDR and other relevant data 
to make individual recommendations and answer questions related to 
the application of the first four ATSDR medical monitoring criteria 
at Bunker Hill, definition of the target populations, and specific 
outcomes as candidates for monitoring. Community and local health 
representatives and nationally recognized lead experts will convene 
to consider the first four ATSDR Medical Monitoring Criteria as they 
apply to Bunker Hill.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Vivian Rush, M.D., Medical 
Officer, ATSDR-Division of Health Education and Promotion, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-33, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; telephone 404/
639-5080.

    Dated: August 1, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-20785 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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