Availability of Draft Health Consultation

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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