[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 18 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1992]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Public Meeting of the Inter-Tribal Council on Hanford Health 
Projects (ICHHP) in Association With the Citizens Advisory Committee on 
Public Health Service (PHS) Activities and Research at Department of 
Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

    Name: Public meeting of the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health 
Projects (ICHHP) in association with the Citizens Advisory Committee on 
PHS Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: 
Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.--4 p.m., February 24, 1999.
    Place: Cavanaugh's's Hotel at Columbia Center, 1101 North Columbia 
Center Boulevard, Kennewick, Washington 99336.
    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 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.
    In addition, under an MOU signed in December 1990 with DOE and 
replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) has been 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 and use. HHS has 
delegated program responsibility to CDC. Community Involvement is a 
critical part of ATSDR's and CDC's energy-related research and 
activities and input from members of the ICHHP is part of these 
efforts. The ICHHP will work with the HHES to provide input on American 
Indian health effects at the Hanford, Washington site.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues that are 
unique to tribal involvement with the HHES, including discussion on 
Hanford Thyroid Disease Study results, update on tribal cooperative 
agreements, and development of a National Research Agenda with tribal 
input.
    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.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: Leslie C. Campbell, Executive 
Secretary HHES, or Marilyn Palmer, Committee Management Specialist, 
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE m/s E-56, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone 1-888/42-ATSDR (28737), 
Fax 404/639-6075.
    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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: January 22, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-1992 Filed 1-27-99; 8:45 am]
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