[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8007]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry


Inter-Tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects; Notice of 
Meeting

    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 (HHES).
    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce the 
following meeting.

    Name: Public meeting of the ICHHP in association with the 
Citizens Advisory Committee on PHS Activities and Research at DOE 
Sites: HHES.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., May 12, 1999.
    Place: Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, Umatilla Indian 
Reservation, 72777 Highway 331, Pendleton, Oregon 97801.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 35 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 updating tribal members of the 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, Georgia 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: March 25, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-8007 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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