[Federal Register: March 11, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 48)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and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Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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), March 30, 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.
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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 the draft Interim Report of the project, the status of
project work, and the outlook for continued CDC work at Los Alamos.
There will be time for public input, questions, and comments.
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, N.E. (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: March 5, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-5445 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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