[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65971-65972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31464]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service (PHS) 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Oak Ridge 
Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee

    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 PHS Activities and Research at 
DOE Sites: Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee (ORRHES).
    Time and Date: 12:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., February 11, 2001.
    Place: YWCA of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1660 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak 
Ridge, TN, 37830. Telephone: (865) 482-2008.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 150 people.

Background

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed in October 1990 and 
renewed in September 2000 between ATSDR and DOE, 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

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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 (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 has delegated program responsibility to CDC.

Purpose

    This subcommittee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator, ATSDR, 
pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public health activities and research 
at this DOE site. Activities shall focus on providing the public with a 
vehicle to express concerns and provide advice and recommendations to 
CDC and ATSDR. The purpose of this meeting is to receive updates from 
ATSDR and CDC, and to address other issues and topics, as necessary.
    Matters to be Discussed: The agenda includes a discussion of the 
public health assessment, updates from the Public Health Assessment, 
Health Needs Assessment, Agenda, Communications and Outreach, and the 
Ad Hoc Mission Workgroup. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: La Freta Dalton, Designated 
Federal Official, or Marilyn Palmer, Committee Management Specialist, 
Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, M/S E-54, 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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: December 17, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-31464 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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