[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18993]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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 Sites (DOE): 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: 12 p.m.-6:30 p.m., September 14, 2004.
    Place: Oak Ridge Mall, Alpine Meeting Room, 333 East Main 
Street, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
    Background: Under 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 on the ORRHES Web site, and updates and 
recommendations from the Public Health Assessment, Communications 
and Outreach, Agenda, Guidelines and Procedures, and the Health 
Education Needs Assessment Workgroups, and agency updates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: 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: August 13, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-18993 Filed 8-18-04; 8:45 am]
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