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logistical difficulties.
Dated: November 30, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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of experts in fields related to health care
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Date: January 26–27, 2005 (Open on
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Agenda items for this meeting are
subject to change as priorities dictate.
Dated: November 23, 2005.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Part T (Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry) of the Statement
of Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (50 FR 25129–25130, dated
June 17, 1985, as amended most
recently at 70 FR 59350, dated October
12, 2005) is amended to reflect the
reorganization of the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR).
Section T–B, Organization and
Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the title and
functional statements for the Program
Services Activity (TV612), Division of
Health Assessment and Consultation
(TB6).
Delete in its entirety the functional
statement for the Community
Involvement Branch (TB67), and insert
the following:
Health Promotion and Community
Involvement Branch (TB67). (1) Plans,
directs, coordinates and implements the
division’s health promotion and
community involvement program;
communicates ATSDR’s roles and
responsibilities to communities and
tribes; and, provides technical advice,
guidance and support on site-specific
community involvement and
participation to the division, and to
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other agency entities upon request; (2)
participates in the design,
implementation, and impact evaluation
of health promotion interventions at
sites at the individual and community
level to mitigate health effects from
potential and actual exposures; provides
leadership in using the best available
science for health promotion products
and activities in communities;
advocates for public health promotion
in support of community concerns and
needs; (3) plans, designs and
implements strategies for engaging (site
entry) in site-specific community and
tribal public health activities and, upon
completion of activities strategies for
disengagement; (4) provides leadership
in developing, managing, and
implementing the health education
component of the ATSDR’s state-based
cooperative agreement program with
external partners; ensures that the
technical and administrative
requirements of the health education
component of the program are met; (5)
provides leadership in establishing
linkages between communities and
technical and science staff; where
appropriate, maintains and coordinates
community contact; maintains database
of site-specific community concerns and
needs and actions taken to respond;
and, advocates for the public health
needs of the community and serves to
mediate and assist in resolving areas of
dispute or conflict; (6) in activities that
involve communities, tribes, tribal
governments and tribal organizations,
collaborates with ATSDR programs to
ensure cultural awareness and respect
are observed and practiced.
Delete in its entirety the titles and
functional statements for the Division of
Health Education and Promotion (TB7)
Delete in its entirety the titles and
functional statements for the Division of
Toxicology (TB9) and inserting the
following:
Division of Toxicology and
Environmental Medicine (TB9). (1)
Develops and applies innovative
research methods to expand knowledge
of the relationship between exposure to
hazardous substances and adverse
human health effects; (2) coordinates all
activities associated with toxicological
profiles including associated research;
(3) develops and applies science-based
health educational tools, methods and
strategies to deliver messages,
education, and training; (4) develops
educational materials in support of
environmental medicine; (5) provides
expertise and service to site-specific
activities across ATSDR including
chemical-specific consultations as
needed; (6) provides technical expertise
and site specific support in addressing
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the health issues presented by
emergency or acute release events and
threatened releases of hazardous
materials; (7) coordinates agency
toxicology and environmental medicine
activities with the Environmental
Protection Agency, National Toxicology
Program, and other appropriate federal,
state, local, or public programs.
Applied Toxicology Branch (TB94).
(1) Provides scientific expertise for the
development of toxicological
information and disseminates
educational information in multiple
formats; (2) develops and disseminates
toxicological profiles; (3) develops,
implements, and coordinates a program
of research designed to identify priority
data needs and determine the health
effects of those data needs for various
hazardous substances; (4) works as an
integral partner with other division
branches to ensure that toxicological
activities incorporate environmental
medicine and emergency preparedness
perspectives into their basic message;
(5) coordinates toxicological
information and research activities with
the Environmental Protection Agency,
the National Toxicology Program, the
Interagency Testing Committee, other
appropriate federal, state, and local
programs, and other public and private
concerns, as appropriate.
Prevention, Response and Medical
Support Branch (TB95). (1) Provides
technical expertise and site specific
support in addressing the health issues
presented by emergency or acute release
events and threatened releases of
hazardous materials; (2) conducts
special priority setting and evaluation
activities; (3) provides technical
expertise to conduct special evaluation
activities necessary for support of
division programs; (4) provides
infrastructure to support planning and
evaluation activities for the toxicology
programs of the division; (5) works
within the National Response Program
and CDC guidelines to collaborate with
other federal, state, and local agencies
during emergency response situations;
(6) develops information resources and
guidance for first responders and health
care providers for use in responding to
unplanned release and spills; (7) works
as an integral partner with other
division branches to ensure that
environmental medicine activities
incorporate toxicological and emergency
preparedness perspectives into their
basic message.
Environmental Medicine and
Educational Services Branch (TB96). (1)
Establishes program goals and objectives
for health education and environmental
medicine practices; (2) develops and
applies science-based health education
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strategies, services, and tools to deliver
key messages, education, and training to
state public health partners, other
public health partners, health
professionals, and community groups to
improve environmental health outcomes
at the local, state, and national levels;
(3) coordinates and facilitates practice
development in environmental
medicine across ATSDR divisions and
offices; (4) develops educational
materials in support of health education
and environmental medicine; (5)
provides leadership in development,
implementation, and evaluation of
internal and external professional health
education and environmental medicine
activities; and (6) provides expertise and
service to site-specific activities across
ATSDR.
Dated: November 28, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Agency for Toxic Substances and
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[ATSDR–217]
Notice of the Revised Priority List of
Hazardous Substances That Will Be
the Subject of Toxicological Profiles
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA or Superfund), as amended by
the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA), requires
that ATSDR and the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) revise the
Priority List of Hazardous Substances.
This list includes substances most
commonly found at facilities on the
CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL)
which have been determined to be of
greatest concern to public health at or
around these NPL hazardous waste
sites. This announcement provides
notice that the agencies have developed
and are making available a revised
CERCLA Priority List of 275 Hazardous
Substances, based on the most recent
information available. Each substance
on the priority list is a candidate to
become the subject of a toxicological
profile prepared by ATSDR and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part T (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (50 FR 25129-25130, dated
June 17, 1985, as amended most recently at 70 FR 59350, dated October
12, 2005) is amended to reflect the reorganization of the Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Section T-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the title and functional statements for the
Program Services Activity (TV612), Division of Health Assessment and
Consultation (TB6).
Delete in its entirety the functional statement for the Community
Involvement Branch (TB67), and insert the following:
Health Promotion and Community Involvement Branch (TB67). (1)
Plans, directs, coordinates and implements the division's health
promotion and community involvement program; communicates ATSDR's roles
and responsibilities to communities and tribes; and, provides technical
advice, guidance and support on site-specific community involvement and
participation to the division, and to
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other agency entities upon request; (2) participates in the design,
implementation, and impact evaluation of health promotion interventions
at sites at the individual and community level to mitigate health
effects from potential and actual exposures; provides leadership in
using the best available science for health promotion products and
activities in communities; advocates for public health promotion in
support of community concerns and needs; (3) plans, designs and
implements strategies for engaging (site entry) in site-specific
community and tribal public health activities and, upon completion of
activities strategies for disengagement; (4) provides leadership in
developing, managing, and implementing the health education component
of the ATSDR's state-based cooperative agreement program with external
partners; ensures that the technical and administrative requirements of
the health education component of the program are met; (5) provides
leadership in establishing linkages between communities and technical
and science staff; where appropriate, maintains and coordinates
community contact; maintains database of site-specific community
concerns and needs and actions taken to respond; and, advocates for the
public health needs of the community and serves to mediate and assist
in resolving areas of dispute or conflict; (6) in activities that
involve communities, tribes, tribal governments and tribal
organizations, collaborates with ATSDR programs to ensure cultural
awareness and respect are observed and practiced.
Delete in its entirety the titles and functional statements for the
Division of Health Education and Promotion (TB7)
Delete in its entirety the titles and functional statements for the
Division of Toxicology (TB9) and inserting the following:
Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine (TB9). (1)
Develops and applies innovative research methods to expand knowledge of
the relationship between exposure to hazardous substances and adverse
human health effects; (2) coordinates all activities associated with
toxicological profiles including associated research; (3) develops and
applies science-based health educational tools, methods and strategies
to deliver messages, education, and training; (4) develops educational
materials in support of environmental medicine; (5) provides expertise
and service to site-specific activities across ATSDR including
chemical-specific consultations as needed; (6) provides technical
expertise and site specific support in addressing the health issues
presented by emergency or acute release events and threatened releases
of hazardous materials; (7) coordinates agency toxicology and
environmental medicine activities with the Environmental Protection
Agency, National Toxicology Program, and other appropriate federal,
state, local, or public programs.
Applied Toxicology Branch (TB94). (1) Provides scientific expertise
for the development of toxicological information and disseminates
educational information in multiple formats; (2) develops and
disseminates toxicological profiles; (3) develops, implements, and
coordinates a program of research designed to identify priority data
needs and determine the health effects of those data needs for various
hazardous substances; (4) works as an integral partner with other
division branches to ensure that toxicological activities incorporate
environmental medicine and emergency preparedness perspectives into
their basic message; (5) coordinates toxicological information and
research activities with the Environmental Protection Agency, the
National Toxicology Program, the Interagency Testing Committee, other
appropriate federal, state, and local programs, and other public and
private concerns, as appropriate.
Prevention, Response and Medical Support Branch (TB95). (1)
Provides technical expertise and site specific support in addressing
the health issues presented by emergency or acute release events and
threatened releases of hazardous materials; (2) conducts special
priority setting and evaluation activities; (3) provides technical
expertise to conduct special evaluation activities necessary for
support of division programs; (4) provides infrastructure to support
planning and evaluation activities for the toxicology programs of the
division; (5) works within the National Response Program and CDC
guidelines to collaborate with other federal, state, and local agencies
during emergency response situations; (6) develops information
resources and guidance for first responders and health care providers
for use in responding to unplanned release and spills; (7) works as an
integral partner with other division branches to ensure that
environmental medicine activities incorporate toxicological and
emergency preparedness perspectives into their basic message.
Environmental Medicine and Educational Services Branch (TB96). (1)
Establishes program goals and objectives for health education and
environmental medicine practices; (2) develops and applies science-
based health education strategies, services, and tools to deliver key
messages, education, and training to state public health partners,
other public health partners, health professionals, and community
groups to improve environmental health outcomes at the local, state,
and national levels; (3) coordinates and facilitates practice
development in environmental medicine across ATSDR divisions and
offices; (4) develops educational materials in support of health
education and environmental medicine; (5) provides leadership in
development, implementation, and evaluation of internal and external
professional health education and environmental medicine activities;
and (6) provides expertise and service to site-specific activities
across ATSDR.
Dated: November 28, 2005.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
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