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 DOE Sites: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).                     

*Times and Dates:*                         8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 17, 2000. 8:30 a.m.-12 noon, February 18, 2000.                     

*Place:*                         Town and Country Inn Conference Center, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29407, telephone 843/571-1000, fax 843/766-9444.                     

*Status:*                         Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 75 people.                     

*Background:*                         Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in December 1990 with DOE and replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, 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 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. 

*Purpose:*                         This subcommittee is charged with providing advice and recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator, ATSDR, regarding community, American Indian Tribes, and labor 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, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction and serve as a vehicle for communities, American Indian Tribes, and labor to express concerns and provide advice to CDC and ATSDR.                     

*Matters To Be Discussed:*                         Agenda items include presentations from NCEH and ATSDR on updates regarding the progress of current studies.                     

All agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. 

*Contact Persons for Additional Information:*                         Paul G. Renard, Executive Secretary, SRSHES, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, (E-39), Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404-639-2550, fax 404-639-2575.                     

                        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: January 13, 2000. 

Carolyn J. Russell, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 00-1289 Filed 1-19-00 8:45 am] 

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