Quarterly Public Health Assessments Completed

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-119]

Quarterly Public Health Assessments 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 public health assessments during

the period January-March 1997. This list includes sites that are on or

proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL).

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 was published in the Federal Register on March 21,

1997 [62 FR 13622]. 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 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 from 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. The NTIS order numbers are listed in parentheses following

the site names.

Public Health Assessments Completed or Issued

Between January 1, 1997, and March 31, 1997, public health

assessments were issued for the sites listed below:

NPL Sites

California

Montrose Chemical Corporation--Torrance--(PB97-146583)

T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition Company--Fresno--(PB97-138440)

Connecticut

Barkhamsted-New Hartford Landfill--Barkhamsted--(PB97-146435)

Iowa

Fairfield Coal Gasification Plant--Fairfield--(PB97-132252)

Massachusetts

U.S. Army Materials Technology Laboratory--Watertown--(PB97-140677)

Minnesota

Littlefork Groundwater Contamination--Littlefork--(PB97-141667)

Nebraska

Cleburn Street Well Site--Grand Island--(PB97-153621)

New Jersey

CPS/Madison Industries (a/k/a CPS Chemical/Madison Industries)--Old

Bridge Township--(PB97-138465)

Ohio

Air Force Plant 85--Columbus--(PB97-138473)

Nease Chemical--Salem--(PB97-138457)

Oregon

Reynolds Metals Company--Troutdale--(PB97-132245)

Utah

Murray Smelter--Murray--(PB97-129472)

Washington

Old Navy Dump/Manchester Laboratory (USEPA/NOAA)--Manchester--(PB97-

153639)

Dated: June 4, 1997.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

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