96-24796. Quarterly Public Health Assessments and Addendum Completed

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24796]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-114]


Quarterly Public Health Assessments and Addendum Completed

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is a quarterly announcement that contains a list 
of sites for which ATSDR has completed a public health assessment or an 
addendum during the period April-June 1996. This list includes sites 
that are on, or proposed for inclusion on, the National Priorities List 
(NPL), and one site for which an assessment was prepared in response to 
a request from the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert C. Williams, P.E., DEE, 
Director, Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop 
E-32, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The most recent list of completed public 
health assessments and public health assessments with addenda was 
published in the Federal Register on July 25, 1996, [61 FR 38754]. The 
quarterly announcement is the responsibility of ATSDR under the 
regulation Public Health Assessments and Health Effects Studies of 
Hazardous Substances Releases and Facilities [42 CFR Part 90]. This 
rule sets forth ATSDR's procedures for the conduct of public health 
assessments under section 104(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) [42 U.S.C. 
9604(i)].

Availability

    The completed public health assessments and addendum are available 
for public inspection at the Division of Health Assessment and 
Consultation, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 
Building 33, Executive Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing 
address), between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday except 
legal holidays. The completed public health assessments are also 
available by mail through the U.S. Department of Commerce, National 
Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161, or by telephone at [phone]. NTIS 
charges for copies of public health assessments and addenda. The NTIS 
order numbers are listed in parentheses following the site names.

Public Health Assessments and Addendum Completed or Issued

    Between April 1, 1996 and June 30, 1996, five public health 
assessments and one addendum were issued for the sites listed below:
NPL Sites
Kansas--Ace Services Incorporated--Colby--(PB96-183546)
New Hampshire--Beede Waste Oil--Plaistow--(PB96-182951)
North Carolina--Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station--Cherry Point--
(PB96-188842)
South Carolina--Annie Creek Mine Tailings (Reliance Tailings)--Leade 
(PB96-188784)
Virgin Islands--Tutu Wellfield--St. Thomas--(PB96-177183)
Petitioned Site
Ohio--Fields Brook (addendum) (Specifically concerning Radiological 
Contaminants at Reactive Metals Incorporated)--Ashtabula--(PB96-164975)

    Dated: September 20, 1996.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 96-24796 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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