[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12815]



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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 (SRSHES): Conference Call Meeting

    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 Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: 
Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee.
    Time and Date: 10:30 a.m.--11:30 a.m., May 31, 2001.
    Place: The conference call will originate at the National Center 
for Environmental Health (NCEH), CDC, in Atlanta, Georgia. Please 
see ``Supplementary Information'' for details on accessing the call.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the availability of 
telephone ports.
    Background: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 
December 1990 with DOE, and replaced by MOUs signed in 1996 and 
2000, 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, 1996, and in 2000, 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 concerns pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public 
health activities and research at this DOE site.
    Matters to be Discussed: The conference call agenda is to reach 
consensus on membership issues. Agenda items are subject to change 
as priorities dictate.
    Supplementary Information: This conference call is scheduled to 
begin at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. To participate in the conference 
call, please dial 800/311-3437 and enter conference code 375443. You 
will then be automatically connected to the call.
    This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the 
meeting due to the scheduling conflicts of the members.
    Contact Person for More Information: Paul Renard, Executive 
Secretary, SRSHES, and Chief, Extramural Activities Section, 
Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and 
Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E. (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: May 16, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-12815 Filed 5-21-01; 8:45 am]
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