Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices 19925

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 317B, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee develops

policy options and guides national activities

that lead to accelerated development,

licensure, and the best use of new vaccines

in the simplest possible immunization

schedules.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include discussions on the continued

evaluation of methods to remove barriers to

development, licensure, and use of safe and

effective new vaccines; combination

vaccines, strategic options; and defining

future vaccines policy issues for travelers’

vaccines.

Name: Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety.

Time and Date: 2 p.m.–5 p.m., May 7,

1998.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee reviews issues

relevant to vaccine safety and adverse

reactions to vaccines.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include discussion on various vaccine

causation hypotheses.

All agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate. Due to programmatic issues

that had to be resolved, this Federal Register

notice is being published less than 15 days

before the date of the meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Felecia D. Pearson,

Committee Management Specialist, NVPO,

CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S A11,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639–

4450.

Dated: April 17, 1998.

Nancy C. Hirsch,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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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 (DOE) Sites:

Fernald 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: Fernald Health Effects

Subcommittee.

Times and Dates: 1 p.m.–9 p.m., May 6,

1998; 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., May 7, 1998.

Place: The Plantation, 9660 Dry Fork Road,

Harrison, Ohio 45020, telephone 513/367–

5610.

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 nonnuclear 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

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), the

National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health and ATSDR on updates regarding

the progress of current studies.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Steven A. Adams, Radiation

Studies Branch, Division of Environmental

Hazards and Health, NCEH, CDC, 4770

Buford Highway, NE, M/S F–35, Atlanta,

Georgia 30341–3724, telephone 770/488–

7040, FAX 770/488–7044.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Nancy C. Hirsch,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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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 (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 Services Activities and

Research at DOE Sites: Savannah River Site

Health Effects Subcommittee (SRS).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., May

13, 1998. 8:30 a.m.–12 noon, May 15, 1998.

Place: Radisson Riverfront Hotel, Two

Tenth Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901,

telephone 706/722–8900, fax 706/724–0044.

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 nonnuclear energy production use. HHS has

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.