[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25863-25864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12354]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service (PHS) 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Idaho 
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory 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 PHS Activities and Research 
at DOE Sites: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
Laboratory (INEEL) Health Effects Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., June 2, 1998; 7:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., June 3, 1998.
    Place: Best Western Templin's Hotel, 414 East First Avenue, Post 
Falls, Idaho 83854, telephone 208/773-1611, FAX 208/773-4192.
    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

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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.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include updates from the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the 
progress of current studies; an update on the status of chemical 
screening and radionuclide screening and a presentation on document 
search from the Radiological Assessments Corporation; and 
subcommittee deliberations.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., 
or Sharona Woodley, 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: May 4, 1998.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 98-12354 Filed 5-8-98; 8:45 am]
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