[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 130 (Tuesday, July 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40665-40666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17162]


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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

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

    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: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., August 6, 2003.
    Place: Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, Umatilla Indian 
Reservation, 72779 Highway 331, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. Telephone: 
(541) 276-0355.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 25 people.
    Background: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was 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

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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 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 member's 
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-32, 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 CDC and ATSDR.


    Dated: July 1, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-17162 Filed 7-7-03; 8:45 am]
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