[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 12267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5584]


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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 pm--8:30 p.m., March 22, 2000. 9 am--5 p.m., March 
23, 2000.

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 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 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 ATSDR 
on the draft public health assessment and the Fernald uranium recycle 
sources and potential exposures at Fernald from major constituents; a 
report from ATSDR on the Health Professionals Seminar; a progress 
report from the University of Cincinnati on radon and cigarette smoking 
assessment in Fernald workers; a presentation on cancer mortality due 
to radiation and chemical exposure among Fernald workers; and a 
discussion of the evaluation project progress.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: Mike R. Donnelly, Radiation 
Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, 
National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, 
M/S 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: March 2, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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