[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64265-64266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30913]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites;
Citizens Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and
Research at Department of Energy Sites: Fernald Health Effects
Subcommittee; Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee; Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Health Effects Subcommittee;
and Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee; and the Inter-
tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects: Meetings.
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the National Center for Environmental
Health (NCEH) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
announce the following Federal advisory committee meetings.
Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service
Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites.
Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., December 8, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-5:30
p.m., December 9, 1998.
Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101, telephone 801-532-3344, fax 801-531-0705.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 150 people.
Background: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
and the Department of Energy (DOE) have two Memoranda of
Understanding (MOU) for public health activities and research at DOE
sites. One transferred the responsibility for the management and
conduct of energy-related analytic epidemiologic research to HHS,
and HHS subsequently delegated program responsibility to CDC. The
other is a separate MOU between ATSDR and DOE. This MOU addresses
ATSDR public health responsibilities around DOE sites. In addition,
ATSDR is required by law (Sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act) to conduct public health assessments, and where appropriate,
other health activities, many of which are conducted at DOE sites.
Implementing these MOUs requires significant interaction with
communities living in proximity to DOE sites. This committee was
chartered in response to the requests by representatives of the
communities surrounding DOE sites to provide consensus advice and
recommendations on community concerns related to CDC's and ATSDR's
activities related to the sites.
Purpose: This committee provides 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
respective DOE sites. Activities focus on providing a forum for
community, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction, and serve
as a vehicle for communities, American Indian Tribes, and labor to
express concerns and provide advice and recommendations to CDC and
ATSDR.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include presentations
from each of the four established subcommittees; status of the
Advisory Committee for Energy-Related Epidemiologic Research
Subcommittee for Community Affairs; up to four break-out sessions
with presentations post break-out; proposed evaluation of the health
effects subcommittees; group discussions and public comments.
Name: Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee (FHES).
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Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., December 10, 1998.
Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101, telephone 801-532-3344, fax 801-531-0705.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room will accommodate approximately 75 people.
Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at
the Fernald, Ohio, site.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on
worker studies related to the Fernald site from NIOSH; an update on
risk assessment from NCEH; selection of FHES representative for an
evaluation project; and subcommittee discussion.
Name: Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects (ICHHP) in
Association with the Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
Time and Date: 8 a.m.-12 noon, December 10, 1998.
Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101, telephone 801-532-3344, fax 801-531-0705.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues that
are unique to tribal involvement with the HHES, including
considerations regarding a proposed medical monitoring program and
discussion of cooperative agreement activities designed to provide
support for capacity-building activities in tribal environmental
health expertise and for tribal involvement in HHES.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a dialogue on
issues that are unique to tribal involvement with the HHES. This
will include exploring cooperative agreement activities in
environmental health capacity building and providing support for
tribal involvement in and representation on the HHES.
Name: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., December 10, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m., December 11, 1998.
Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101, telephone 801-532-3344, fax 801-531-0705.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at
the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include an update
from the ICHHP; the review and approval of Minutes of the previous
meeting; updates from ATSDR, NCEH, and NIOSH; reports from the
Outreach, Public Health Assessment, Public Health Activities, and
Studies Workgroups; and other issues and topics as necessary.
Name: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
Health Effects Subcommittee (INEELHES).
Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., December 10, 1998.
Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101, telephone 801-532-3344, fax 801-531-0705.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at
the INEEL.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include an update on the
status of research at the INEEL, discussion on document management
at DOE; and subcommittee discussions.
Name: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).
Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., December 10, 1998.
Place: Salt Lake City Hilton, 150 West 500 South, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101, telephone 801-532-3344, fax 801-531-0705.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.
Purpose: This subcommittee reviews and provides consensus advice
to CDC and ATSDR on their public health activities and research at
the SRS.
Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include an update from
ATSDR on its research; the schedule for release to the public of the
Phase II report; presentations by NCEH, ATSDR, and NIOSH on the
design of their respective web pages; and subcommittee discussion.
All agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information on the HHES and the ICHHP
may be obtained from Leslie C. Campbell, Executive Secretary, HHES, or
Marilyn Palmer, Committee Management Specialist, Division of Health
Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE (E-56),
Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone 1-800-447-1544, fax 404-639-6075.
Information on the FHES may be obtained from Steven A. Adams, Executive
Secretary, FHES, Radiation Studies Branch (RSB), Division of
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (DEHHE), NCEH, CDC, 4770
Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770-
488-7040, fax 770-488-7044. Information on the INEELHES may be obtained
from Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., Executive Secretary, INEELHES, RSB,
DEHHE, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), Atlanta, Georgia
30341-3724, telephone 770-488-7040, fax 770-488-7044. Information on
the SRSHES may be obtained from Paul G. Renard, Executive Secretary,
SRSHES, RSB, DEHHE, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35),
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770-488-7040, fax 770-488-7044.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both CDC and ATSDR.
Dated: November 13, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-30913 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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