Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6904-6905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3348]


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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Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 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: Initial 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Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.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., February 23, 1999.
    Place: Los Alamos Inn, 2201 Trinity Drive, Los Alamos, New 
Mexico 87544. Telephone 505/662-7211, Fax 505/661-7714.
    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 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 other persons potentially 
exposed to radiation or to potential hazards from non-nuclear energy 
production use. HHS delegated program responsibility to CDC.
    In addition, an MOU was signed in October 1990 and renewed in 
November 1992 between ATSDR and DOE. The

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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 purpose of 
this meeting is to introduce the goals, methods, and schedule of the 
project; provide a forum for community interaction; and serve as a 
vehicle for members of the public to express concerns to CDC.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include presentations from 
the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and/or its 
contractor regarding the information gathering project that is 
beginning, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health and ATSDR regarding the progress of current studies. There 
will be time for public input, questions, and comments.
CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Paul G. Renard, Radiation 
Studies Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, 
NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-35, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-
3724. Telephone 770-488-7040, Fax 770-488-7044.
    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: February 5, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-3348 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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