Public Comment Sought on Proposed Public Health Activities at Energy Department Sites.OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1999-- Over the past year, public health officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS (HHS) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have worked closely with DOE workers and people who live in communities near DOE sites to determine the future direction of public health activities at those sites. The agencies have prepared draft plans or "agendas" -- site-by-site prioritized lists of public health activities -- to ensure that the perspectives and needs of the people who live and work in the area are addressed. The draft plans have been made public for comment. Draft plans have been prepared for: Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientific research center, at Upton (town of Brookhaven), Long Island, N.Y. It was founded in 1947 by Associated Universities, a management corporation sponsored by nine eastern U.S. universities. (N.Y.); Energy Technology Engineering Center (Calif.); Fernald Environmental Management Project (Ohio); Hanford (Wash.); Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (Idaho); Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research (Calif.); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. (Calif.); Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National (N.M.); Middlesex Sampling Plant (N.J.); Monticello Mill Tailings Site (Utah); Mound Plant (Ohio); Nevada Test Site The Nevada Test Site is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the City of Las Vegas, near . (Nev.); nuclear naval shipyard workers, including sites in N.H., Va., and Hawaii; Oak Ridge Reservation (Tenn.); Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Ky.); Pantex Plant (Texas); Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is a facility located in Piketon, Ohio that produced enriched uranium, including weapons-grade uranium, for the Unites States atomic energy program and US nuclear weapons program. (Ohio); Rocky Flats Plant (Colo.); and the Savannah River site (S.C.). Each draft contains background information on the site; information learned from previous studies and assessments; current public health activities conducted by HHS and DOE; gaps in knowledge and important issues that need to be addressed; and proposed new activities. Each of these topics is further divided according to community, environmental and occupational issues, although many of these issues overlap. The comment period extends until June 30, 1999. Comments should be addressed to: Chief, Program Evaluation, Records, and Information Services Branch, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry The United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, (ATSDR) is an agency for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is directed by a congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous , 1600 Clifton Road (E-56), Atlanta, GA 30333. Copies of the draft plans are available from that address or on the Internet at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov, http://www.cdc.gov or http://tis.eh.doe.gov/epi. The final plans are anticipated to be available after October 1, 1999. |
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