[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51473-51474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25968]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-126]


Formation of the Community/Tribal Subcommittee of the ATSDR Board 
of Scientific Counselors and Solicitation of Volunteers To Serve as 
Special Consultants

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces ATSDR's intent to establish the 
Community/Tribal Subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors 
(BSC), ATSDR and solicits interested parties to serve as special 
consultants. This will be a standing Subcommittee to provide the Board 
with input, recommendations, and advice on ATSDR's community and tribal 
community involvement practices, programs, and policies from community/
tribal members who live near hazardous waste sites or are otherwise 
affected by hazardous substances in the community environment. The 
Subcommittee will be established, at the request of the Assistant 
Administrator, ATSDR, to provide the agency, through its Board of 
Scientific Counselors with a formal vehicle for citizen input.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To express interest in serving as 
special consultants and obtain additional information, contact: 
Triangle Associates, Inc., 811 First Avenue, Suite 255, Seattle, WA 
98104, telephone 800-216-1743 (toll free) or 206-583-0655, FAX 206-382-
0669. Applications must be received by Triangle Associates by October 
15, 1997.
    The ATSDR contact person for this program is: Charles Xintaras, 
Sc.D., Executive Secretary, Board of Scientific Counselors, ATSDR (MS 
E-28), 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone (404) 639-
0708.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATSDR conducts public health-related 
activities at hazardous waste sites and releases, pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA or Superfund) (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.). ATSDR established a BSC 
which is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
app.). In 1994, the chair of the BSC, ATSDR, appointed three community/
tribal representatives as consultants to ensure that its deliberations 
include the views of community and tribal members who live around 
Superfund and other hazardous waste sites and are representatives of 
groups that work at local, regional, or national locations with these 
affected communities. To supplement the work of these consultants, nine 
additional community/tribal representatives will be added as 
consultants to this newly formed standing Subcommittee of the BSC. Two 
members of the BSC will serve on this Subcommittee, one of which will 
be appointed as chair.
    The Community/Tribal Subcommittee's objective will be to provide 
the BSC, ATSDR, with the views and recommendations of community/tribal 
representatives on ATSDR's community involvement program, practices and 
policies, and other relevant issues impacting communities and tribes 
who live near Superfund and hazardous waste sites. The Subcommittee 
will review ATSDR's community involvement practices, programs, and 
policies; provide advice, findings, and recommendations to the Board on 
these issues; and bring broad-based community/tribal involvement issues 
to the attention of the Board of Scientific Counselors.
    The Subcommittee will present findings, advice, and recommendations 
to the full Board. The BSC will discuss and review reports of the 
Subcommittee and may forward recommendations to ATSDR for action. The 
Community/Tribal Subcommittee will periodically meet or hold conference 
calls.
    A slate of candidates for the Community/Tribal Subcommittee will be 
selected by a Planning Committee consisting of a BSC member, the three 
above-mentioned community/tribal consultants, and two additional 
community representatives. The Planning Committee, assisted by an 
ATSDR-contracted facilitator, will perform outreach activities at 
communities around National Priorities List (NPL) and other hazardous 
wastes

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sites to elicit interest by community members in serving on the 
Community/Tribal Subcommittee. From responses to these efforts and to 
this Federal Register notice, a pool of applicants will be obtained 
from which the Planning Committee will recommend a slate of candidates. 
The BSC will then select the nine community representatives of the 
Community/Tribal Subcommittee from the pool, with special consideration 
given to the recommended slate. Accordingly, any person who lives in a 
community affected by an NPL or other hazardous waste site, or is a 
representative of a group that works at local, regional, or national 
locations with these communities, who wishes to be considered for 
serving on this Subcommittee should write to Triangle Associates, Inc. 
at the address above to express their interest and obtain additional 
information.

    Dated: September 25, 1997.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 97-25968 Filed 9-30-97; 8:45 am]
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