[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 61338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26588]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (P.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 Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah 
River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).
    Times and Dates:
8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., November 2, 2000.
8:30 a.m.-12 noon, November 3, 2000.

    Place: Westin on Hilton Head Island, Two Grasslawn Avenue, Hilton 
Head Island, South Carolina 29928-5536, telephone 843/681-4000, fax 
843/681-1087.
    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 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 form 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, 
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 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 National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and ATSDR on 
updates regarding progress of current studies. Agenda items are subject 
to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for more Information: Paul G. Renard, Executive 
Secretary, SRSHES, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, Building 6, Room T004, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE (E-39), Atlanta, GA 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: October 4, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-26588 Filed 10-16-00; 8:45 am]
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