[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21999]



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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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., September 25, 2001.
    Place: Radisson Santa Fe Hotel (Board Room), 750 N. St. Francis 
Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501, telephone 505-992-5800.
    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 Department of Energy (DOE) and replaced by an MOU 
signed in 1996, 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 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 this 
meeting 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 an update from the 
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and its contractor 
regarding the information-gathering project that is underway. This will 
include discussion of the extent to which access to classified 
documents has been restored, limitations still in place, and the second 
draft of the project's historical operations and releases report, which 
will be issued in September. There will be time for public input, 
questions, and comments. All agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Paul G. Renard, Radiation Studies 
Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, 
CDC, Building 6, Room T-027, Executive Park Drive (E-39), Atlanta, GA 
30329, telephone 404-498-1817, fax 404-498-1811.
    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: August 27, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-21999 Filed 8-30-01; 8:45 am]
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