[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17296]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Public 
Meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
(PHS) Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Oak 
Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee

    Name: Public meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on PHS 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Oak Ridge Reservation Health 
Effects Subcommittee (ORRHES).
    Time and Date: 12 p.m.--8 p.m., September 22, 2005.
    Place: Oak Ridge Mall, Alpine Room, 333 East Main Street, Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee 37830.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Background: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed in 
October 1990 and renewed in September 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. In 
addition, under an MOU signed in December 1990 with DOE and replaced 
by an MOU signed in 2000, the Department of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS) 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 and use. DHHS 
has delegated program responsibility to CDC. Community involvement 
is a critical part of ATSDR's and CDC's energy-related research and 
activities, and input from members of the ORRHES is part of these 
efforts.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to address issues that 
are unique to community involvement with the ORRHES, and agency 
updates.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items will include a brief 
discussion on the Beir VII report; a presentation on the draft 
public health assessment: Current and Future Chemical Exposure 
Evaluation (1990-2003); an update on ATSDR's project management plan 
and the schedule of public health assessments to be released in 
FY2005-2006; updates and recommendations from the Exposure 
Evaluation, Community Concerns and Communications, and the Health 
Outcome Data Workgroups; and agency updates.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    For Further Information Contact: Marilyn Horton, Designated 
Federal Official and Health Communication Specialist, Division of 
Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 
M/S E-32, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 1-888-42-ATSDR (28737), 
fax (404) 498-1744.
    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 ATDSR.

    Dated: August 25, 2005.
B. Kathy Skipper,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-17296 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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