3248 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 1995 / Notices

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

Department of Energy Sites: Hanford Health

Effects Subcommittee.

Time and Date: 1 p.m.–5 p.m., January 24,

1995.

Place: Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel,

1113 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98101, telephone (206) 464–1980, FAX (206)

340–1617.

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, an 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.

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 site.

Purpose: The purpose of this meeting of

NAWG is to discuss Native American issues

concerning health effects and issues related

to site restoration and waste management

options at the Hanford, Washington, DOE

site.

Matters to be Discussed: Items to be

discussed will include: (1) the effects on

public health—past, current, and future—of

the release of radioactive and hazardous

materials into the environment at Hanford,

and (2) proposed actions based on the

findings of health research and public health

activities.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Linda A. Carnes, ATSDR Health Council

Advisor, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E–

28, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/

639–0730, FAX 404/639–0759.

Dated: January 6, 1995.

William H. Gimson,

Acting Associate Director for Policy

Coordination, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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Agency For Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[ATSDR–89]

Availability of Draft Health

Consultation

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Public

Health Service (PHS), Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of Availability and

Request for Comments.

SUMMARY: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

(CERCLA), as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42

U.S.C. 9604(i)(4)] states that the

Administrator of the ATSDR shall

provide consultations upon request on

health issues relating to exposure to

hazardous or toxic substances, on the

basis of available information, to the

Administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency, State officials, and

local officials. In response to such a

request, ATSDR has developed a

chemical-specific health consultation

report designed to address specific

questions with regard to current

drinking water standards. This notice

announces, for review and comment,

the availability of this chemical-specific

health consultation report prepared by

ATSDR on 1,4-dioxane.

DATES: To ensure consideration,

comments on this health consultation

report must be received on or before

January 30, 1995. Comments received

after the close of the public comment

period will be considered at the

discretion of ATSDR based on what is

in the best interest of the general public.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

chemical specific health consultation

report and comments concerning it

should be sent to the attention of Ms.

Kim Jenkins, Division of Toxicology,

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road,

NE., Mailstop E29, Atlanta, Georgia

30333.

Requests for the health consultation

report must be in writing. ATSDR

reserves the right to provide only one

free copy of the document to each

requestor.

Written comments and other data

submitted in response to this notice and

the health consultation report must bear

the docket control number ATSDR–89.

Send one copy of all comments and

three copies of all supporting

documents to the Division of Toxicology

at the above address by the end of the

comment period. All written comments

and the health consultation report will

be available for public inspection at

ATSDR, Building 4, Executive Park

Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing

address), from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except for legal

holidays. Because all public comments

are available for public inspection, no

confidential business information

should be submitted in response to this

notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kim Jenkins, Division of Toxicology,

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road,

NE., Mailstop E29, Atlanta, Georgia

30333, telephone (404) 639–6357.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Health

consultations are ATSDR actions that

provide advice and recommendations

on specific, health-related questions

associated with actual or potential

human exposure to hazardous

substances as defined in CERCLA, as

amended, or any other associated

human health hazards.

Dated: January 6, 1995.

Jack Jackson,

Acting Deputy Administrator, Agency for

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

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