[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 25345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11772]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[ATSDR-146]


Availability of the Document, Draft Agenda for Public Health 
Activities for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy 
Sites

AGENCIES: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry jointly 
announces with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the 
Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Environment, 
Safety, and Health of the Department of Energy, the availability for 
public comment of the document, Draft Agenda for Public Health 
Activities for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy 
Sites.

DATES: Comments must be received by June 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The document is available by contacting the Chief, Program 
Evaluation, Records, and Information Services Branch, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road (E-56), Atlanta, GA 
30333. Please submit written comments relating to the document to the 
same location. Generally, comments submitted will be available to the 
public upon request. Information submitted which is claimed as 
personal, medical, or otherwise confidential and proprietary must be 
clearly marked as such. Information so marked will not be disclosed 
except in accordance with 45 CFR Part 5.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information may be obtained 
from the location noted above, as well as on the INTERNET websites for 
ATSDR, CDC, or DOE. These are: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/; http://
www.cdc.gov/; and http://tis.eh.doe.gov/epi/, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress included language in the Conference 
Report to the Fiscal Year 1999 Appropriations Bill for the Department 
of Energy which directed DOE and the Department of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS) to prepare a consolidated and coherent strategy that 
includes a public health agenda for each DOE site.
    The Department of Health and Human Services conducts epidemiologic 
investigations involving residents of communities in the vicinity of 
DOE facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and other persons 
potentially exposed to radiation and other hazards relevant to nuclear 
weapons production and research. ATSDR has specific responsibilities 
for public health activities at DOE sites 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.
    CDC and ATSDR have been working with DOE to develop a public health 
agenda that includes specific site plans for each DOE site, and that 
lays out a coordinated activity plan based on public health needs 
established by HHS and DOE. This draft agenda is being made available 
for public comment, so as to secure the benefit of public review and 
input before finalizing each site plan.
    This document, Draft Agenda for Public Health Activities for Fiscal 
Years 1999 and 2000 at U.S. Department of Energy Sites, and its 
availability for public comment are being announced through this 
Federal Register notice.

    Dated: March 5, 1999.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 99-11772 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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