[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23463]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Collaboration With 
the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, CDC, Announces the Following Meeting

    Name: Oak Ridge Workshop on Energy-Related Epidemiologic 
Research Needs.
    Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-9 p.m., September 22, 1997. 8:30 a.m.-12 
noon, September 23, 1997.
    Place: Ramada Inn and Suites, 420 South Illinois Avenue, Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee 37830, telephone 423/483-4371, FAX 423/483-5972.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: To solicit individual input from scientists, 
representatives of State and local health departments, DOE facility 
managers, workers, and the public regarding epidemiologic research 
needs in and around the Oak Ridge DOE facility. The results of this 
workshop and similar workshops at other locations will be used to 
plan a national workshop on epidemiologic research tentatively 
scheduled to take place in the Spring of 1998. The results of the 
national workshop will be used to set the short- and long-range 
research plan for health studies at DOE facilities.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The workshop will be divided into three 
breakout sessions which will include the following topics: (1) 
Worker health studies, (2) environmental epidemiology, and (3) 
communications and community involvement.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Michael J. Sage, Deputy 
Chief, 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.

    Dated: August 28, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-23463 Filed 9-3-97; 8:45 am]
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