Meetings: Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens Advisory Committee,
[Federal Register: July 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 145)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting
Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy (DOE) Sites: Savannah River Site 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: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee (SRS).
Times and dates: 8:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., August 13, 1998. 8:30 a.m.-12 noon, August 14, 1998.
Place: Holiday Inn Select, 130 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030, telephone 404/371-0204, fax 404/377-2726.
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
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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 has delegated program responsibility to CDC.
In addition, a memo 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. Activities shall focus on providing a forum for community, American Indian Tribal, and labor interaction, and serve as a vehicle for communities, American Indian Tribes, and labor to express concerns and provide advice and recommendations to CDC and ATSDR.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include: presentations from the Radiological Assessments Corporation on the SRS Dose Reconstruction, Phase II--An Overview of the Project; the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) regarding current activities and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will provide updates on the progress of current studies; and working group updates from the subcommittee.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Paul G. Renard, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-7040, fax 770/488-7044.
Dated: July 22, 1998. Carolyn J. Russell, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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