[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5990-5991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3181]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), announce the following meeting.

NAME: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at DOE Sites: Savannah River Site Health Effects 
Subcommittee (SRS).

TIMES AND DATES: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., February 27, 1997. 9 a.m.-12 noon, 
February 28, 1997.

PLACE: Sheraton Augusta Hotel, 2651 Perimeter Parkway, Augusta, 
Georgia, 30909, telephone 706/855-8100, FAX 706/860-1720.

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 DOE, 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 use. HHS has delegated program 
responsibility to CDC.
    In addition, an MOU 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. Activities shall focus on providing a forum for 
community, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction and serve as a 
vehicle for community concern to be expressed as advice and 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Agenda items include presentations from the 
following: (1) The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) 
regarding current activities; (2) update on the progress of current 
studies, presented by the National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health and ATSDR; (3) Radiological Assessments Corporation 
presentations regarding the Geographic Information System, the use of 
scenarios in Dose Reconstruction, and the selection of study areas; (4) 
the Medical University of South Carolina's report on Cancer Incidence 
1991-1993; and (5) the SENES Oak Ridge Corporation presentation on 
uncertainty analysis.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: Paul G. Renard or Nadine 
Dickerson, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards 
and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-7044.


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    Dated: February 4, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-3181 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]
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