[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24639]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 
Assessment Project

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

    Name: Public Meeting of the Study Team for the Los Alamos 
Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.
    Time and Date: 4 p.m.-6 p.m., Tuesday, October 5, 1999.
    Place: Fuller Lodge, Pajarito Room, 2132 Central Avenue, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico 87544, telephone 505/662-8403.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by space available. The 
meeting room accommodates approximately 100 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) is 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, an MOU 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 Study Team is charged with locating, evaluating, 
cataloging, and copying documents that contain information about 
historical chemical or radionuclide releases from facilities at the 
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) since its inception. The 
purpose of this meeting is to review the goals, methods, and 
schedule of the project; discuss the key role of interviews with 
current and former LANL employees; provide a forum for community 
interaction; and serve as a vehicle for members of the public to 
express concerns to CDC.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a presentation 
from the National Center for Environmental Health(NCEH), CDC, and/or 
its contractor, regarding the information-gathering project that 
recently began, and plans and methods for conducting interviews with 
active and retired employees. There will be time for public input, 
questions, and comments.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for Additional 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-
7044.
    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 CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: September 16, 1999.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-24639 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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