[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25669-25670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12865]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5509-3]
Integrated Report of the Urban Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration
Project
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a final report
titled, Integrated Report of the Urban Soil Lead Abatement
Demonstration Project (EPA/600/P-93/001 aF), as well as the pertinent
underlying data sets and documentation. This Report is an integrated
assessment of scientific data from the separate Boston, Baltimore and
Cincinnati studies.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a single copy of the Integrated Report, interested
parties should contact the ORD Publications Office, Technology Transfer
Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive,
Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone: 513-569-7562; facsimile:
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513-569-7566. Copies of the Integrated Report will be available on or
about May 30, 1996. Please provide your name and mailing address, and
request the document by the title and EPA number (EPA/600/P-93/001aF).
Also, a limited number of the 1993 individual reports on the separate
city studies are still available. The EPA document numbers for the
separate three city reports are: Boston (EPA/600/AP-93/001b) Baltimore
(EPA/600/AP-93/001c) and Cincinnati (EPA/600/AP-93/001d). There will be
a limited number of paper copies of the Integrated Report available
from the above source. Requests will be filed on a first-come-first-
served basis. After the supply is exhausted, copies of the Integrated
Report and any of the individual final reports on the separate city
studies can be purchased separately or as a set, from the National
Technical Information Service (NTIS) by calling (703) 487-4650 or
sending a facsimile to (703) 321-8547. The NTIS order numbers are:
Urban Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration Project. Volume 1: Integrated
Report (PB96-168356), Urban Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration Project.
Volume 2: Boston Report (PB96-168364), Urban Soil Lead Abatement
Demonstration Project. Volume 3: Baltimore Report (PB96-168372), and
Urban Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration Project. Volume 4: Cincinnati
Report (PB96-168380). The NTIS ordered number for the four volume set
is PB96-168349.
An official copy, on diskette only, of the underlying data sets
used in the EPA Integrated Report and a copy of the accompanying
documentation, can be obtained by contacting: Dr. Robert W. Elias,
National Center for Environmental Assessment (MD-52), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone: (929) 541-4167; facsimile: (919) 541-5078. e-mail:
elias.robert@epamail.epa.gov
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Robert W. Elias, National Center for Environmental Assessment (MD-
52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711; telephone: (919) 541-4167; facsimile: (919) 541-5078. e-mail:
[email protected]: or Larry J. Zaragoza, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response (5204G), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone; (703) 603-
8867, facsimile: (703) 603-9100, e-mail: zaragoza.larry@epamail.epa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Urban Soil Lead Abatement Demonstration
Project, generally known as the Three-City Lead Study, was authorized
in 1986 under Section 111(b)(6) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act [42 U.S.C. Sec. 9611(a)(6)] and was initiated in
December 1986 in cooperation with states, state health departments, and
local scientists. The purpose was to determine whether abatement of
lead in soil could reduce the lead in blood of inner city children. The
three selected cities, chosen in late 1987, were Boston, Baltimore, and
Cincinnati. The individual results for each of the three cities were
initially presented at an EPA-sponsored symposium in August 1992 and
published as final reports in August 1993.
While not part of the original project plan, EPA believed that all
interested parties would benefit from an integrated assessment of data
from the three coordinated studies. Thus, as an adjunct to the original
project, this Integrated Report was developed. It includes further
statistical analysis and integrates and standardizes, as appropriate,
the results of the individual three cities studies into a single
report.
The final EPA Integrated Report on the Three-City Lead Study
basically confirms the findings of the individual city reports. The
Integrated Report concludes that:
(1) When soil is a significant source of lead in the child's
environment, the abatement of that soil will result in a reduction in
exposure that will, under certain conditions, cause a reduction in
childhood blood lead concentrations.
(2) Although these conditions for a reduction in blood are not
fully understood, it is likely that four factors are important: (1) The
past history of exposure of the child to lead, as reflected in the
preabatement blood lead; (2) the magnitude of the reduction in soil
lead concentrations; (3) the magnitude of the other sources of lead
exposure, relative to soil; and (4) a direct exposure pathway between
soil and the child.
Dated: May 16, 1996.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-12865 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
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