[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 53949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21085]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site 
Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) announce the following meeting.

    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: 
Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).

    Times and Dates:
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., September 5, 2002
8 a.m.-11:45 a.m., September 6, 2002

    Place: Crowne Plaza, 130 Shipyard Drive, Hilton Head Island, 
South Carolina 29928, telephone 843-842-2400, fax 843-842-9972.
    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 DOE, and replaced by MOUs signed in 1996 and 
2000, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was 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 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 subcommittee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator, ATSDR, 
regarding community concerns pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public 
health activities and research at this DOE site. The purpose of this 
meeting is to provide a forum for community interaction and to serve 
as a vehicle for community concerns to be expressed as advice and 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include: Savannah River 
Site (SRS) Monitoring Program and Annual Environmental Report; 
Georgia Department of Health Monitoring Program at SRS; South 
Carolina Department of Health Monitoring Program at SRS; and ATSDR/
Tritium Health Consult on Potential Tritium Exposures at SRS. Agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person For More Information: Phillip Green, Executive 
Secretary, SRSHES, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of 
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for 
Environmental Health, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE (E-39), Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 498-1800, fax (404) 498-1811, e-mail 
[email protected].
    Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require 
the services of a sign language interpreter should contact Phillip 
Green at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of 
the meeting.
    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 14, 2002.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-21085 Filed 8-19-02; 8:45 am]
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