[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8200-8201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3795]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)


Public Meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Public 
Health Service (PHS) Activities and Research at Department of Energy 
(DOE) Sites: Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee

    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) announces the following committee meeting.
    Name: Public meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on PHS 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Oak Ridge Reservation Health 
Effects Subcommittee (ORRHES).
    Time and Date: 12 p.m.-3 p.m., March 9, 2004.
    Place: This is a conference call. Telephone toll-free (866) 687-
0087.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available on 
the conference call. The call can accomodate up to 50 participants. 
Please call the Executive Secretary or Committee Management Specialist 
to obtain the passcode for the conference call.
    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 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

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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 
ORRHES is part of these efforts.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues that are 
unique to community involvement with the ORRHES, and agency updates.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include a presentation 
and discussion from the Public Health Assessment Workgroup on the 
Public Health Assessment for White Oak Creek Radionuclide Release from 
the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation, and a recommendation and endorsement 
from ORRHES to release it for public comment, and agency updates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorine Spencer, Executive Secretary, 
or Marilyn Horton, 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: February 17, 2004.
Joseph E. Salter,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-3795 Filed 2-20-04; 8:45 am]
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