[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 48 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11634-11635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5445]


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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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), March 30, 2004.
    Place: Cities of Gold Hotel in Pojoaque (15 miles north of Santa Fe 
on U.S. 84/285), 10-B Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506, 
telephone 505-455-0515.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 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.

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    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 the draft Interim Report of the project, the status of 
project work, and the outlook for continued CDC work at Los Alamos. 
There will be time for public input, questions, and comments.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Phillip R. Green, Public 
Health Advisor, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E. (MS-
E39), Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone (404) 498-1717, 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: March 5, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-5445 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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