[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8878]


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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.
    Dates: April 24, 2001; April 26, 2001.
    Times: 5 p.m.-7 p.m.; 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
    Places: Los Alamos Inn, 2201 Trinity Drive, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico 87544; Northern New Mexico Community College, Center for the 
Arts Theater, Espanola Campus, 921 Paseo de Onate, Espanola, New 
Mexico 83752, 505/747-2100.
    Tel: 505/662-7211.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting rooms will accommodate approximately 50 people.
    Background: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 
December 1990 with the Department of Energy (DOE) and replaced by 
MOUs signed in 1996 and 2000, the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) is 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, 1996, and in 2000, between the 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 Study Team is charged with locating, evaluating, 
cataloguing, and copying documents that contain information about 
historical chemical or radionuclide releases from facilities at the 
Los Alamos National Laboratory since its inception. The purposes of 
these meetings are to review the goals, methods, and schedule of the 
project, discuss progress to date, provide a forum for community 
interaction, and serve as a vehicle for members of the public to 
express concerns and provide advice to CDC.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a presentation 
from the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and its 
contractor regarding an update on the information-gathering project 
that began in February 1999, including discussion of the project's 
initial draft report scheduled to be issued in late August 2001. 
There will be time for public input, questions, and comments.
    All 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, NE., (E:39), Atlanta, 
GA 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: April 3, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-8878 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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