[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19925-19926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10648]


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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 non-nuclear 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.

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    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 National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) regarding 
current activities and the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health and ATSDR will provide updates on the progress of 
current studies.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Paul G. Renard, Radiation 
Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health 
Effects, 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).
[FR Doc. 98-10648 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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