[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2647]


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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.--5 p.m., March 13, 2003.
    8 a.m.--12:30 p.m, March 14, 2003.
    Place: DoubleTree Guest Suites, 181 Church Street, Charleston, 
South Carolina 29403, telephone: (843) 577-2644, fax: (843) 577-
2697.
    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 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 a Review of the 
History of the Savannah River Site; an Advanced Technology 
Laboratory (ATL) Research Update; a Presentation on Radiological 
Monitoring by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division; an 
update on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health's 
(NIOSH) Occupational Illness Compensation Program and a NIOSH 
Health-Related Energy Research Branch Program Update.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Phillip Green, Executive 
Secretary, Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee, 
Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and 
Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE. (E-39), Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone: (404) 498-
1800, 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: January 30, 2003.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-2647 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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