[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 44527-44528] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-21108] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Fernald 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: Fernald Health Effects Subcommittee. Times and Dates: 1 p.m.-9 p.m., September 22, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., September 23, 1999. Place: The Plantation, 9660 Dry Fork Road, Harrison, Ohio 45020. Telephone 513/367-5610. 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 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 [[Page 44528]] 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 form 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 presentations from the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) regarding the progress of current studies. There will also be a preliminary Public Health Assessment report for the Fernald area from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Chemical Registry (ATSDR). Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Contact Persons For More Information: Dr. David Pedersen, Health-Related Energy Research Branch, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, CDC, Robert A. Taft Laboratory, 4676 Columbia Parkway, M/S R-44, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226. Telephone 513/841-4400, Fax 513/841-4470. 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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Dated: August 10, 1999. Carolyn J. Russell Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [FR Doc. 99-21108 Filed 8-13-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P