Advisory Committee for Energy-Related Epidemiologic Research and Subcommittee for Community Affairs: Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Advisory Committee for Energy-Related Epidemiologic Research and

Subcommittee for Community Affairs: Meetings

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease

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Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee

meetings.

Name: Advisory Committee for Energy-Related Epidemiologic

Research (ACERER).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., April 20, 1999; 8:30 a.m.-5

p.m., April 21, 1999.

Place: Hyatt Regency Knoxville, 500 Hill Avenue SE, Knoxville,

Tennessee 37915, telephone 423/637-1234, fax 423/522-5911.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.

Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and

recommendations to the Secretary, HHS; the Assistant Secretary for

Health; the Director, CDC; and the Administrator, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), on establishment of a

research agenda and the conduct of a research program pertaining to

energy-related analytic epidemiologic studies.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include update

presentations from the National Center for Environmental Health

(NCEH), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), and ATSDR on the progress of current studies and proposed

research agendas; a presentation of the historical overview of

ACERER; a review of current NCEH and NIOSH research agendas; a

discussion of prospective studies of clean-up workers--Government

and community; an explanation of how the Subcommittee for Community

Affairs (SCA) relates to the full ACERER; a discussion of the

continuing issues related to the National Cancer Institute (NCI)

report; a discussion of research agenda formulation; and a report on

community health centers.

Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Michael J. Sage, Executive

Secretary, ACERER, and Acting Deputy Director, Division of

Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (DEHHE), NCEH, CDC 4770

Buford Highway, NE, (F28), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone

770/488-7044.

Name: Subcommittee for Community Affairs (SCA), ACERER

Time and Date: 8:30 p.m.-5 p.m., April 22, 1999.

Place: Oak Ridge Mall, 333 Main Street, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

37830, telephone 423/482-2008, fax 423/481-3429.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.

Purpose: This subcommittee advises ACERER on matters related to

community needs.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include update

presentations from NCEH, NIOSH, and ATSDR on the progress of current

studies; a discussion of subcommittee recommendations and public

involvement activities. There will also be an update on the SCA work

group progress.

Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Steven A. Adams, Executive

Secretary, SCA, ACERER, Radiation Studies Branch, DEHHE, NCEH, CDC,

4770 Buford Highway, NE, (F-28), 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 CDC and ATSDR.

Dated: March 25, 1999.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC).

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