[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 7 (Thursday, January 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 1358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-609]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Public Meeting 
of the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects (ICHHP) in 
Association With the Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health 
Service (PHS) Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) 
Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

    Name: Public meeting of the Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health 
Projects (ICHHP) in association with the Citizens Advisory Committee on 
PHS Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee (HHES).
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., January 23, 2002.
    Place: WestCoast Tri-Cities Hotel, 1101 North Columbia Center 
Blvd., Kennewick, WA. Telephone: (509) 783-0611.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 25 people.
    Background: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 
October 1990 and renewed in September 2000 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 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 2000, 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. Community Involvement is a 
critical part of ATSDR's and CDC's energy-related research and 
activities and input from members of the ICHHP is part of these 
efforts. The ICHHP will work with the HHES to provide input on American 
Indian health effects at the Hanford, Washington site.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues that are 
unique to tribal involvement with the HHES, and agency updates.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include a dialogue on 
issues that are unique to tribal involvement with the HHES. This will 
include presentations and discussions on each tribal members respective 
environmental health activities, and agency updates. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Alan Crawford, Executive 
Secretary, 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/
498-1744.
    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: January 4, 2002.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office.
[FR Doc. 02-609 Filed 1-9-02; 8:45 am]
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