[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32342-32343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11037]


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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 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., June 28, 2005.
    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: Under 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

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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 brief 
discussion on the Toxic Substance Control Act Incinerator public health 
assessment, presentation from Susan Kaplan on her report, update on 
ATSDR project management plan and the schedule of Public Health 
Assessments to be released in FY 2005-2006, and updates and 
recommendations from the Exposure Evaluation, Community Concerns and 
Communications, and the Health Outcome Data Workgroups, and agency 
updates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Marilyn Horton, Designated 
Federal Official and Health Communication 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 26, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-11037 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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