95-27948. User's Guide to Federal Accidental Release Databases

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 57005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27948]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5329-8]


User's Guide to Federal Accidental Release Databases

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the public availability of an EPA 
document developed in coordination with the 16 federal agencies on the 
National Response Team (NRT) titled ``User's Guide to Federal 
Accidental Release Databases.'' This document was produced to address 
impediments to accessing the various federal accidental release 
databases as identified by ``A Review of Federal Authorities for 
Hazardous Materials Accident Safety,'' which was required under Section 
112(r)(10) of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: This report is now available at the address indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the report may be obtained by phoning the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information Hot Line 
Telephone: [phone] or [phone] when calling local from 
Washington, DC area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Chung, Chemical Emergency 
Preparedness and Prevention Office (Code 5101), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, Telephone 
202-260-8942.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is announcing the public availability of 
a document titled ``User's Guide to Federal Accidental Release 
Databases.'' The guide was produced to make the various federal 
accidental release databases more usable, available, and comparable. It 
addresses the problems with using the federal accidental release 
databases as identified by the report titled ``A Review of Federal 
Authorities for Hazardous Materials Accident Safety,'' which was called 
for under section 112(r)(10) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412. 
Issuance of the user's guide does not represent final Agency action.
    The user's guide provides information on the seven major federal 
accidental release databases maintained by the National Response Center 
(NRC), EPA, DOT, OSHA, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (ATSDR) so as to facilitate data interpretation, analysis, and 
comparison. The guide describes the information included in each of the 
databases and outlines some general search strategies to assist the 
user in formulating a search strategy and choosing the appropriate 
database. Also included in the user's guide are brief, descriptive 
profiles of the seven federal accidental release databases and 
discussions of future linking of databases to enable analysis of the 
databases in combination.
Jim Makris,
Director, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office.
[FR Doc. 95-27948 Filed 11-9-95; 8:45 am]
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