[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66902-66903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31733]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site 
Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES)

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) announce the following meeting.
    Name: Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah 
River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRSHES).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m., January 10, 2002. 8:30 a.m.-
12 noon, January 11, 2002.
    Place: Charleston Riverview Hotel (formerly Radisson Hotel 
Charleston) 170 Lockwood Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, 
telephone (843) 723-3000, fax (843) 723-0276.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.
    Background: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 
December 1990 with DOE, and replaced by MOUs signed in 1996 and 2000, 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was given the 
responsibility and resources for conducting analytic epidemiologic 
investigations of residents of communities in the vicinity of DOE

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facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and other persons potentially 
exposed to radiation or to potential hazards from non-nuclear energy 
production use. HHS delegated program responsibility to CDC.
    In addition, a memo was signed in October 1990 and renewed in 
November 1992, 1996, and in 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.
    Purpose: This subcommittee is charged with providing advice and 
recommendations to the Director, CDC, and the Administrator ATSDR, 
regarding community concerns pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public 
health activities and research at this DOE site. The purpose of this 
meeting is to provide a forum for community interaction and serve as a 
vehicle for community concerns to be expressed as advice and 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include an update from the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); a 
presentation on toxicity of heavy metals and radionuclides; an update 
on screening methods for Savannah River Site production workers; and 
status reports from the SRSHES working groups on Epidemiologic Data, 
Scenario Screening, and Phase II--Community Summary.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    An administrative delay prevented meeting the 15-day publication 
requirement.
    Contact Person for More Information: Phillip Green, Executive 
Secretary, SRSHES, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E. (E-39), 
Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone 404/498-1800, fax 404/498-1811.
    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 ATSDR.

    Dated: December 19, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-31733 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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