[Federal Register: April 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 67)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

 
Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities 
and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Hanford 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 Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Hanford Health Effects 
Subcommittee (HHES).
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., April 23, 1998. 6:30 p.m.-8:30 
p.m., April 23, 1998. 8 a.m.-12:45 p.m., April 24, 1998.
    Place: Doubletree Hotel, 802 George Washington Way, Richland, 
Washington 99352, telephone 509/946-7611, fax 509/943-8564.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 150 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, 
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.
    In addition, under an MOU signed in December 1990 with DOE and 
replaced by an MOU signed in 1996, 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, 
regarding community, American Indian tribes, and labor concerns 
pertaining to CDC's and ATSDR's public health activities and 
research at this DOE site. Activities shall focus on providing 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: ATSDR's proposed 
medical monitoring program, ATSDR's planning for an exposure 
subregistry program, and solicitations of subcommittee concerns to 
be addressed by ATSDR and CDC. There will also be updates from the 
Inter-tribal Council on Hanford Health Projects, and reports from 
the following Work Groups: Outreach/Special Populations, Public 
Health Activities, and Health Studies.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Jim Carpenter, Executive 
Secretary, ATSDR, E-32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/639-6027, fax 404/639-4699.


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    Dated: April 1, 1998.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-9182 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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