[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38344-38345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16278]


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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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) announces 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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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. (Mountain Time), July 9, 2003.
    Place: Northern New Mexico Community College, Joseph Montoya 
Building-Lower Level, Room AD-104, Espa[ntilde]ola Campus, 921 Paseo 
de O[ntilde]ate, Espa[ntilde]ola, New Mexico 87532, telephone 505-
747-2100.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 90 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) 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 the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (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 group 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 purpose of 
this meeting is 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 status of the project and the outlook for 
continued CDC work at Los Alamos. There will be time for public 
input, questions, and comments. All agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip R. Green, Public Health 
Advisor, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards 
and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE (MS-E39), 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404-498-1717, fax 404-498-1811.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the

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authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities 
for both CDC and ATSDR.

    Dated: June 23, 2003.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-16278 Filed 6-26-03; 8:45 am]
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