[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18079]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-159]


Availability of ATSDR's Draft Research Agenda 2002-2010

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry announces 
the availability for public comment the draft document, Environmental 
Public Health Research Agenda, Agency for Toxic Substances, 2002-2010.

DATES: Comments must be received by September 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The document is available by contacting Robert F. Spengler, 
Sc.D., Associate Administrator for Science, ATSDR, Mailstop E-28, 1600 
Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, (404) 639-0708, or (toll free) 1-
888-42-ATSDR, 1-888-422-8737, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) is the lead Public Health Service agency addressing 
human health concerns and risks in communities near hazardous waste 
sites or other sources of environmental contamination. ATSDR has 
developed a research agenda that incorporates a wide range of input 
from governmental partners, professional associations, universities, 
non-governmental organizations, affected citizens, community groups, 
and American Indian Tribes. Six focus areas were identified through 
this collaborative effort: Exposure Assessment; Chemical Mixtures; 
Susceptible Populations; Communities and Native American Tribes; 
Evaluation and Surveillance of Health Effects; and Health Promotion and 
Intervention.
    The proposed ATSDR Research Agenda will assist in the Agency's 
critical mission to reduce and prevent exposures and adverse health 
outcomes from exposure to hazardous substances. The proposed research 
agenda will also support the Agency's goals of identifying people at 
health risk and evaluating relationships between hazardous substances 
and human health.
    This draft Research Agenda is being made available so that the 
Agency can benefit from public review and input before finalizing the 
Agenda. This Federal Register notice announces that ATSDR's draft 
Research Agenda 2002-2010 is available for public comment.

    Dated: July 13, 2000.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
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