[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 49289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16636]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site 
Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) announce the following meeting.
    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites: Savannah River 
Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., September 15, 2005.
    Place: The Partridge Inn, 2110 Walton Way, Augusta, Georgia 30904, 
telephone 1-800-476-6888, and fax 706-731-0826.
    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 
December 1990 with the Department of Energy (DOE), and replaced by MOUs 
signed in 1996 and 2000, the Department of Health and Human Services 
(DHHS) was 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 use. DHHS delegated program 
responsibility to CDC. In addition, an MOU was signed in October 1990 
and renewed in November 1992, 1996, and in 2000, between the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (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.
    Purpose: This subcommittee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator, ATSDR, 
regarding community concerns pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public 
health activities and research at this DOE site. The purpose of this 
meeting is to provide a forum for community interaction, and serve as a 
vehicle for members of the public to express concerns and provide 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include a Review of the 
Savannah River Site (SRS) Report; National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health Update, and Completed Work Involving the Site; and a 
Summary of ATSDR Current SRS Activities.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Mr. Phillip Green, Executive 
Secretary, SRSHES, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, 
CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE. (E-39), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 
(404) 498-1800, fax (404) 498-1811.
    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 ATSDR.

    Dated: August 16, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-16636 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]
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