[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1365]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Savannah River Site Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project: 
Public Workshops

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following 
meeting.

    Name: Savannah River Site Environmental Dose Reconstruction 
Project: Public Workshops.
    Date: Wednesday, February 14, 1996.
    Time: 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
    Place: Holiday Inn Express, 1350 Whiskey Road, Aiken, South 
Carolina 29803.
    Date: Thursday, February 15, 1996.
    Time: 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
    Place: Hilton--The DeSoto, 15 East Liberty Street, Savannah, 
Georgia 31401.
    Status: Open to the public for observation and comment, limited 
only by the space available. The meeting room will accommodate 
approximately 50 people.
    Background: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 
December 1990 with the Department of Energy (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 and 
other persons potentially exposed to radiation or to potential 
hazards from non-nuclear energy production and use. HHS delegated 
program responsibility to CDC.
    In addition, an 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 site 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: The purpose of these meetings is to support research 
which evaluates past releases of radioactive materials and chemicals 
from the SRS to the surrounding environment. The Project has already 
undergone a first phase. Phase I involved searching the site to 
identify and retrieve important documents to be used for dose 
reconstruction. Phase II will use this information to calculate 
chemical and radiological source terms and identify possible intake 
pathways (eating, drinking, and inhalation) for people who have 
lived in the SRS area.
    Agenda items are identical for each meeting, and subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Paul G. Renard, Project 
Manager, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards 
and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-35), 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7040, FAX 770/488-
7044.

Dated: January 22, 1996.
Julia M. Fuller,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-1365 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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