[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81869-81870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32931]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service (PHS) 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford 
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 PHS Activities and Research at 
DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.--5 p.m., January 25, 2001. 7 p.m.--9 
p.m., January 25, 2001. 8:30 a.m.--3 p.m., January 26, 2001.
    Place: West Coast Tri-Cities Hotel, 1101 N. Columbia Center Blvd, 
Kennewick, WA 99336. Telephone: (509) 783-0611.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 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

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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. 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.
    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 receive an update 
from the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects; to review and 
approve the Minutes of the previous meeting; to receive updates from 
ATSDR/NCEH and NIOSH; to receive reports from the Outreach, Public 
Health Assessment, Public Health Activities, and the Studies 
Workgroups; and to address other issues and topics, as necessary.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a presentation and 
discussion on the national health effects subcommittee evaluations, 
presentation on Hanford Community Health Project, and agency updates. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: French Bell, Executive Secretary 
HHES, or Marilyn Palmer, Committee Management Specialist, Division of 
Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE. M/S 
E-54, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 1-888-42-ATSDR(28737), fax 404/
639-4699.
    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: December 18, 2000.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-32931 Filed 12-26-00; 8:45 am]
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