[Federal Register: July 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 135)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and
Assessment (LAHDRA) Project
AGENCY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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Name: Public Meeting of the Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical
Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.
Time and Date: 5 p.m.-7 p.m., (mountain time), Wednesday, July 26,
2006.
Place: Homewood Suites at the Buffalo Thunder Road exit in Pojoaque (15
miles north of Santa Fe on U.S. 84/285), 18 Buffalo Trail, Santa Fe,
New Mexico 87506, telephone 505-455-9100.
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 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 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 the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (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 study group is charged with locating, evaluating,
cataloguing, and copying documents that contain information about
historical chemical or radionuclide releases from facilities at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory since its inception. The purpose of this
meeting is to review the goals, methods, and schedule of the project,
discuss progress to date, provide a forum for community interaction,
and serve as a vehicle for members of the public to express concerns
and provide advice to CDC.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a presentation from the
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and its contractor
regarding the status of project work and a summary of recent
activities, such as completion of reviews of some key document
collections, an investigation of early plutonium processing in D
Building during World War II, and launching of a new project
information database. There will be time for public input, questions,
and comments. All agenda items are subject to change as priorities
dictate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip R. Green, Public Health
Advisor, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards
and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE. (MS-E39),
Atlanta, GA 30333, telephone 404/498-1717, fax 404/498-1811, or e-mail
address: prg1@cdc.gov.
Dated: July 6, 2006.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-11097 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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