[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8092-8093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3051]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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

    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 p.m., March 22, 2005.
    Place: Oak Ridge Mall, Alpine Meeting Room, 333 East Main Street, 
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Telephone: (865) 482-2008.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 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 (PHA) 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 the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (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 to provide agency 
updates.
    Matters To Be Discussed: agenda items will include a brief 
discussion on the ATSDR project management plan and the schedule of 
PHA's to be released in FY2005-2006; overall health communication plan; 
Y-12 PHA Video; launch of the new ATSDR/ORRHES website; updates and 
recommendations

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from the Exposure Evaluation, Community Concerns and Communications, 
and Health Outcome Data 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: February 11, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-3051 Filed 2-16-05; 8:45 am]
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