[Federal Register: March 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 55)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service (PHS) 
Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Idaho 
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory 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: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
Laboratory (INEEL) Health Effects Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., April 7, 1998; 7 p.m.-8 
p.m., April 7, 1998; 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., April 8, 1998.
    Place: DoubleTree Hotel, 2900 Chinden Boulevard, Boise, Idaho 
83714, telephone 208/343-1871, fax 208/344-1079.
    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 an MOU signed in 1996, 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 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, 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 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, American Indian Tribes, and labor 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, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction and serve as a 
vehicle for community concern to be expressed as advice and 
recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.

Matters To Be Discussed

    Agenda items include presentations from the CDC and the U.S. 
Department of Energy on national priorities and research agendas; the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will provide 
updates on the progress of current studies; the National Cancer 
Institute (NCI) will update the NCI study, and Fallout and Thyroid 
Cancer; the Radiological Assessments Corporation will provide updates 
on the Status of Chemical Screening and Radionuclide Screening; and 
committee deliberations and working group discussions. On April 7, at 7 
p.m., the meeting will continue in order to allow more time for public 
input and comment.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., or 
Sharona Woodley, 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: March 17, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-7404 Filed 3-20-98; 8:45 am]
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