[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 180 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-23074]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[ATSDR-84]
Notice of Availability of Administrative Reports of Health
Effects Studies
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Public Health Service (PHS), Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of Administrative
Reports of six ATSDR health effects studies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey A. Lybarger, M.D., M.S.,
Director, Division of Health Studies, Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-31, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-6200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 104(i)(7) and (9) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), as amended [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(7) and (9)], provide the
Administrator of ATSDR with the authority to conduct pilot studies,
epidemiologic and other health studies, and to initiate health
surveillance programs to determine the relationship between human
exposure to hazardous substances in the environment and adverse health
outcomes.
On February 13, 1990, ATSDR published in the Federal Register [55
FR 5136] a final rule entitled, ``Health Assessments and Health Effects
Studies of Hazardous Substances Releases and Facilities.'' The primary
purpose of that rule, which created a new regulation at 42 CFR Part 90,
was to set forth general procedures that ATSDR will follow relating to
certain agency activities, including the conduct of health effects
studies. Section 90.11 of the regulation, which concerns the reporting
of results of health assessments and health effects studies, provides
that reports of health effects studies conducted under section 104(i)
of the CERCLA shall be available to the general public upon request.
Availability
The reports of the health effects studies listed below are now
available through the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical
Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia
22151, telephone: 1-800-553-6847. There is a charge for these items as
determined by NTIS.
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NTIS document No.
Health effects study
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Priority Health Conditions: An Integrated Strategy to PB93-203529
Evaluate the Relationship Between Illness and
Exposure to Hazardous Substances. ATSDR/HS-93/30.
Health Study to Assess Methylmercury Exposure Among PB94-134798
Members of the Fond Du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians
in Northern Minnesota. ATSDR/HS-94/31.
The Globeville Childhood Metals Study: An Exposure PB94-136694
Study, Denver Colorado. ATSDR/HS-94/32.
Clear Creek/Central City Mine Waste Exposure Study-- PB94-136702
Part II: Clear Creek/Central City Mine Sites. ATSDR/
HS-94/33.
Site-Specific Surveillance Project at the Koppers Co. PB94-154051
Inc. National Priorities List Site, Texarkana,
Texas. ATSDR/HS-94/34.
Biologic Indicators of Exposure to Cadmium and Lead, PB94-176955
Palmerton, Pennsylvania--Part I ATSDR/HS-94/35.
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In accordance with 42 CFR 90.11, copies of these final reports have
been distributed to the Environmental Protection Agency, the
appropriate State and local government agencies, and the affected local
communities.
ATSDR previously announced the availability of 29 final reports of
health effect studies and a software package for the analysis of
disease clusters [55 FR 31445, August 12, 1990; 57 FR 29091, June 30,
1992; 58 FR 29413, May 20, 1993; and 58 FR 63378, December 1, 1993].
Additional final reports will be announced semiannually in the Federal
Register as they become available.
Dated: September 12, 1994.
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.,
Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 94-23074 Filed 9-16-94; 8:45 am]
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