[Federal Register: July 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 145)]
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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: 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 Public Health Service 
Activities and Research at DOE Sites: Idaho National Engineering and 
Environmental Laboratory Health Effects Subcommittee (INEEL).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., September 14, 1999; 8 a.m.-
5:15 p.m., September 15, 1999.
    Place: Boise State University, Boise State Student Union 
Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725-1335, telephone 
208/426-1677, fax 208/426-5222.
    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 the Department of Energy (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 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. 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 a presentation 
from ATSDR on the preliminary public health assessment progress, and 
an update on the progress of current activities from the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Agenda items are 
subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Arthur J. Robinson, Jr., 
Radiation Studies

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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.
    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: July 21, 1999.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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