[Federal Register: June 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 124)]
[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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and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 Project
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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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 p.m.-7 p.m. (Mountain Time), July 9, 2003.
Place: Northern New Mexico Community College, Joseph Montoya
Building-Lower Level, Room AD-104, Espa[ntilde]ola Campus, 921 Paseo
de O[ntilde]ate, Espa[ntilde]ola, New Mexico 87532, telephone 505-
747-2100.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
The meeting room accommodates approximately 90 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 status of the project and the outlook for
continued CDC work at Los Alamos. 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, Georgia 30333, telephone 404-498-1717, fax 404-498-1811.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the
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authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities
for both CDC and ATSDR.
Dated: June 23, 2003.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-16278 Filed 6-26-03; 8:45 am]
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