[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 3248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-885]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-89]
Availability of Draft Health Consultation
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Public Health Service (PHS), Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Availability and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(4)] states
that the Administrator of the ATSDR shall provide consultations upon
request on health issues relating to exposure to hazardous or toxic
substances, on the basis of available information, to the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency, State officials, and local
officials. In response to such a request, ATSDR has developed a
chemical-specific health consultation report designed to address
specific questions with regard to current drinking water standards.
This notice announces, for review and comment, the availability of this
chemical-specific health consultation report prepared by ATSDR on 1,4-
dioxane.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments on this health consultation
report must be received on or before January 30, 1995. Comments
received after the close of the public comment period will be
considered at the discretion of ATSDR based on what is in the best
interest of the general public.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the chemical specific health
consultation report and comments concerning it should be sent to the
attention of Ms. Kim Jenkins, Division of Toxicology, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E29,
Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Requests for the health consultation report must be in writing.
ATSDR reserves the right to provide only one free copy of the document
to each requestor.
Written comments and other data submitted in response to this
notice and the health consultation report must bear the docket control
number ATSDR-89. Send one copy of all comments and three copies of all
supporting documents to the Division of Toxicology at the above address
by the end of the comment period. All written comments and the health
consultation report will be available for public inspection at ATSDR,
Building 4, Executive Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing
address), from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
for legal holidays. Because all public comments are available for
public inspection, no confidential business information should be
submitted in response to this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kim Jenkins, Division of
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1600
Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E29, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone
(404) 639-6357.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Health consultations are ATSDR actions that
provide advice and recommendations on specific, health-related
questions associated with actual or potential human exposure to
hazardous substances as defined in CERCLA, as amended, or any other
associated human health hazards.
Dated: January 6, 1995.
Jack Jackson,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
[FR Doc. 95-885 Filed 1-12-95; 8:45 am]
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