[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 76 (Thursday, April 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20756-20757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7994]


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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 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.-2 p.m., May 3, 2005.
    Place: ATSDR/Oak Ridge Field Office, 197 South Tulane, Oak Ridge, 
TN. Telephone: (865) 220-0295. Participants may participate via phone.

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    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 15 people. Call the ATSDR/
ORR field office for the conference bridge line and access code.
    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 ASuperfund@). 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 item will include a discussion on 
the draft TSCA Public Health Assessment, comments from the Exposure 
Investigation Workgroup, and updates from the Agency.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
     For Further Information Contact: Marilyn (Palmer) Horton, 
Designated Federal Official and Health Communications 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: April 15, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-7994 Filed 4-20-05; 8:45 am]
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