[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44527-44528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21108]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Fernald 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 Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Fernald Health Effects 
Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-9 p.m., September 22, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., September 23, 1999.
    Place: The Plantation, 9660 Dry Fork Road, Harrison, Ohio 45020. 
Telephone 513/367-5610.
    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 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

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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 form 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. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum for 
community, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction and serve as a 
vehicle for community concern to be expressed as advice and 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.

Matters To Be Discussed

    Agenda items include presentations from the National Center for 
Environmental Health (NCEH) and the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health (NIOSH) regarding the progress of current studies. 
There will also be a preliminary Public Health Assessment report for 
the Fernald area from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Chemical 
Registry (ATSDR).
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Contact Persons For More Information: Dr. David Pedersen, 
Health-Related Energy Research Branch, Division of Surveillance, 
Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, CDC, Robert A. Taft 
Laboratory, 4676 Columbia Parkway, M/S R-44, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. 
Telephone 513/841-4400, Fax 513/841-4470.
    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: August 10, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-21108 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am]
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