[Federal Register: July 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 140)]
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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and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
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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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 27, 2004.
Place: Cities of Gold Hotel in Pojoaque (15 miles north of Santa
Fe on U.S. 84/285), 10-B Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico
87506, telephone 505-455-0515.
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 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: CDC release of
the Final Interim Report of the LAHDRA Project; discussion of
document access at Los Alamos and information gathering that remains
to be done; and an update on the outlook for continuation of
information gathering at Los Alamos. All agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for Additional Information: 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.
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 16, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-16665 Filed 7-21-04; 8:45 am]
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