[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22602]


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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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 Project

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announce the 
following meeting:

    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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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., September 13, 2000.
    Place: Holiday Inn Express Hotel, 2455 Trinity Drive, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, telephone 505/661-1110.
    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 Department of Energy (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 the 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 are 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 an update on the information gathering project 
that began in February of 1999, including discussion of the 
project's initial draft report scheduled to be issued in late 
August. 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, Building 6, Room T-027, Executive Park 
Drive (E-39), Atlanta, GA 30329, telephone 404/639-2522, fax 404/
639-2575.
    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: August 23, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 00-22602 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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