[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9272-9273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4335]


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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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: 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, 2000.
    Place: Taos Convention Center, El Taoseno Room, 120 Civic Plaza 
Drive, Taos, New Mexico, telephone 505/758-5792.
    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 Department of Energy (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, an MOU was signed in October 1990 and renewed in 
November 1992 between ATSDR and DOE. The

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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, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., 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: February 17, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-4335 Filed 2-23-00; 8:45 am]
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