[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10622]



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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

    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: 6 p.m.-8 p.m., June 7, 2004. 12 p.m.-6:30 p.m., June 
8, 2004.
    Place: DOE Information Center, 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, 
TN. Telephone: (865) 241-4780.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Background: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 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 on the ORRHES Web-site; EPA and ATSDR special 
presentation; Cancer Incidence Review document discussion and 
presentation; 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: Marilyn Horton, Designated Federal 
Official and 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 ATDSR.

    Dated: May 5, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-10622 Filed 5-10-04; 8:45 am]
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