[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1289]



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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: Savannah River Site 
Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) announce the following meeting.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Savannah River Site Health 
Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 17, 2000. 8:30 a.m.-
12 noon, February 18, 2000.
    Place: Town and Country Inn Conference Center, 2008 Savannah 
Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, telephone 843/571-1000, 
fax 843/766-9444.
    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. The purpose of this meeting is to provide 
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 to CDC and ATSDR.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include presentations from 
NCEH and ATSDR on updates regarding the progress of current studies.
    All agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for Additional Information: Paul G. Renard, 
Executive Secretary, SRSHES, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of 
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton 
Road, (E-39), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404-639-2550, fax 
404-639-2575.
    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: January 13, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-1289 Filed 1-19-00 8:45 am]
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