[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3796]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


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.-8 p.m., April 13, 2004.
    Place: Kingston Community Center, 201 Patton Ferry Road, Kingston, 
TN 37763. Telephone: (865) 376-9476.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 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 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 
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, updates and recommendations from the Public Health 
Assessment, Communications and Outreach, Agenda, Guidelines and 
Procedures, the Health Education Needs Assessment Workgroups, 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. 04-3796 Filed 2-20-04; 8:45 am]
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