[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54638-54639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27792]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Fernald 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: Fernald Health Effects 
Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-9 p.m., November 5, 1997, and 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., November 6, 1997.

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    Place: The Plantation, 9660 Dry Fork Road, Harrison, Ohio 45020, 
telephone 513/367-5610.
    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 and replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was 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 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. The purpose of this meeting is to provide 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 National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) regarding current 
activities, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
and ATSDR will provide updates on the progress of current studies, and 
an overview of the Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee's mission and 
activities will be part of the evening session.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Steven A. Adams, Radiation Studies 
Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, 
CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE. (M/S F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, 
telephone 770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-7044.

    Dated: October 15, 1997.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-27792 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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