[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 37984] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-17899] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Environmental Health; Meeting The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting. Name: Public Meeting of the Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project. Time and Date: 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., July 27, 1999. Place: Santa Fe Community College, Lecture Hall Room 216, 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, telephone 505/428-1675. Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 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) is 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 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 Study Team 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 purposes 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 to CDC. Matters to be discussed: Agenda items include presentations from NCEH and/or its contractor regarding the information gathering project that recently began, and presentations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) regarding the progress of current studies. There will be time for public input, questions, and comments. All agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Contact persons for additional 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. 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 6, 1999. Carolyn J. Russell, Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. 99-17899 Filed 7-13-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P