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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT

Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee To Hold
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting in Kingston, Tenn.

For Immediate Release: Jan. 28, 2004

ATLANTA - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today announced
that a meeting of the Oak Ridge Reservation Health Effects Subcommittee (ORRHES) will be held Tuesday, Feb. 3.

The meeting will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the

Kingston Community Center
201 Patton Ferry Road
Kingston, Tenn. 37763
865-376-9476

Agenda items will include presentations and discussions on the following items:

Members of the community are encouraged to attend and will have the opportunity to make comments between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

ORRHES, a federal advisory committee created in 1999, is comprised of a representative group of citizens that live in the communities surrounding the Oak Ridge Reservation. The group provides advice and recommendations to ATSDR and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the two agencies' public health activities and research regarding the Oak Ridge Reservation site. ORRHES members work with private citizens, advocacy groups, and state and federal agencies in the region and provide community members with an opportunity to communicate directly with federal public health agencies. The group holds regular meetings to update the community on ongoing activities.

Members of the community who have questions about these meetings, ORRHES or ATSDR activities at the Oak Ridge Reservation may contact the ORRHES Designated Federal Official, Lorine Spencer, toll free at 1-888-422-8737 or by calling 404-498-1745. Environmental Health Scientist Bill Taylor also may be contacted in the Oak Ridge Field Office at 865-220-0295. Callers should refer to the Oak Ridge site in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

ATSDR, a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, evaluates the human health effects of exposure to hazardous substances. Established by Congress in 1980 under the Superfund law, ATSDR conducts public health assessments at each of the sites on the EPA National Priorities List, as well as other sites when petitioned. Headquartered in Atlanta, ATSDR is staffed by more than 400 health professionals including epidemiologists, physicians, toxicologists, engineers and public health educators.

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Members of the news media can request an interview with ATSDR staff by calling Jennifer Sarginson or Jill Smith in the ATSDR Office of Communication at 404-498-0070.


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Updated by R. Searfoss January 29, 2004
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
1-888-422-8737 or e-mail (public inquiries)
404-498-0080 or e-mail (news media)


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