[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12768-12769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5623]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Public Meeting of the Native American Working Group, in 
Association With the Meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee on 
Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy 
(DOE) Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce the 
following meeting.

    Name: Public Meeting of the Native American Working Group 
(NAWG), in association with the meeting of the Citizens Advisory 
Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE 
Sites: Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee.
    Time and Date: 1 p.m.-5 p.m., March 15, 1995.
    Place: WestCoast Ridpath Hotel, 515 West Sprague Avenue, 
Spokane, Washington 99204, telephone (509) 838-2711, FAX (509) 747-
6970.
    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 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, 
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, the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 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. [[Page 12769]] HHS 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 
NAWG is part of these efforts. NAWG will work with the Hanford 
Health Effects Subcommittee to provide input on Native American 
health effects at the Hanford, Washington, site.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting of NAWG is to discuss 
Native American membership and participation on the Hanford Health 
Effects Subcommittee, government-to-government working relations 
with ATSDR and CDC, and issues related to site restoration and waste 
management options at the Hanford DOE site.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include options for 
other types of relationships between the tribes and ATSDR and CDC 
regarding the study of health effects from past, current, or future 
release of radioactive and hazardous materials into the environment 
at Hanford and proposed actions based on the findings of ATSDR and 
CDC health research and public health activities.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Linda A. Carnes, Health 
Council Advisor, ATSDR, E-28, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-0730, FAX 404/639-0759.

    Dated: March 1, 1995.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-5623 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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