Quarterly Public Health Assessments and Addendum Completed

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 (404) 639-0610.

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 (703) 487-4650. 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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