[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18552]


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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: Savannah 
River Site 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: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., August 12, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-12 
noon, August 13, 1999.
    Place: Sheraton Buckhead Hotel, 3405 Lenox Road, Atlanta, Georgia 
30326, telephone 404/261-9250, fax 404/848-7391.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 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, a memo was 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.
    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. Activities shall 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 include presentations from 
the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and ATSDR, on updates 
regarding progress of current studies. Agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Paul G. Renard, Radiation 
Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, 
NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-
3724, telephone 770/488-7040, fax 770/488-7040.
    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 CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-18552 Filed 7-21-99; 8:45 am]
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