[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 40126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11097]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 
Assessment (LAHDRA) Project

AGENCY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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Name: Public Meeting of the Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical 
Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.

Time and Date:  5 p.m.-7 p.m., (mountain time), Wednesday, July 26, 
2006.

Place: Homewood Suites at the Buffalo Thunder Road exit in Pojoaque (15 
miles north of Santa Fe on U.S. 84/285), 18 Buffalo Trail, Santa Fe, 
New Mexico 87506, telephone 505-455-9100.

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 
(HHS) 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. HHS delegated program responsibility 
to CDC.
    In addition, a memo 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 study group is charged with locating, evaluating, 
cataloguing, and copying documents that contain information about 
historical chemical or radionuclide releases from facilities at the Los 
Alamos National Laboratory since its inception. The purpose of this 
meeting is to review the goals, methods, and schedule of the project, 
discuss progress to date, provide a forum for community interaction, 
and serve as a vehicle for members of the public to express concerns 
and provide advice to CDC.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a presentation from the 
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and its contractor 
regarding the status of project work and a summary of recent 
activities, such as completion of reviews of some key document 
collections, an investigation of early plutonium processing in D 
Building during World War II, and launching of a new project 
information database. There will be time for public input, questions, 
and comments. All agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip R. Green, Public Health 
Advisor, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards 
and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE. (MS-E39), 
Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone 404/498-1717, fax 404/498-1811, or e-mail 
address: [email protected].

    Dated: July 6, 2006.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-11097 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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