[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1793-1794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-501]


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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the 
following meeting.

    Name: Public Meeting of the Study Team for the Los Alamos 
Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., (Mountain Time), Thursday, January 
28, 2010.
    Place: OHKAY Casino/Resort/Conference Center (2 miles north of 
Espanola on US 84/285), P.O. Box 1270, Highway 68 Espanola, New 
Mexico 87506, telephone (505) 747-5523, facsimile (877) 747-5695. 
See following url/link for area map: http://www.ohkay.com/contactus.html.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 200 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 and ATSDR.
    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

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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 a 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 ChemRisk study group was 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 update the report based 
on comments received to date, to 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 comments to CDC.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include an update 
presentation from the National Center for Environmental Health 
(NCEH) and its contractor regarding comments on the LAHDRA project's 
draft final report. The meeting will include an opening session and 
update in the morning session with an optional workshop in the 
afternoon in which attendees can express concerns and comments with 
subject matter experts.
    There will be time for public input, questions, and comments 
throughout the workshop sessions. All agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Phillip R. Green, 
Public Health Advisor, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of 
Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford 
Highway, NE., (Mailstop F-58), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717, 
telephone (770) 488-3748, facsimile (770) 488-1539, e-mail address: 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 7, 2010.
Tanja Popovic,
Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-501 Filed 1-12-10; 8:45 am]
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