[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67583-67584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25536]


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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: 6 p.m.-8 p.m., November 30, 2004.
    Place: Oak Ridge Mall, Alpine Meeting Room, 333 East Main Street, 
Oak Ridge, TN Telephone: (865) 482-2008.
    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

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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 items will include a brief 
discussion on the ATSDR project management plan and the schedule of 
Public Health Assessments to be released in FY2005-2006, 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.
    Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal 
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the 
date of the meeting.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Marilyn Horton, Designated 
Federal Official and Committee Management 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: November 10, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-25536 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am]
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