[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57466-57467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27722]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry


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

NAME: Public meeting of the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health 
Projects (ICHHP) in association with the Citizens Advisory Committee on 
PHS Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee (HHES).

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., November 17, 1999.

PLACE: Cavanaughs at Columbia Center, 1101 North Columbia Center 
Boulevard, Kennewick, Washington 99336, telephone: 509/783-0611.

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 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

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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 a presentation 
and discussion on the DOE Richland Indian Office, update on tribal 
cooperative agreements, and agency updates.

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: October 19, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-27722 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
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