Quarterly Public Health Assessments and Addendum Completed

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-117]

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 of sites for which

ATSDR has completed a public health assessment or issued an addendum to

a public health assessment during the period July-September 1996. This

list includes sites that are on, or proposed for inclusion on, the

National Priorities List (NPL), and a 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 November 25, 1996 [61 FR 59888].

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 July 1, 1996, and September 30, 1996, public health

assessments and one addendum were issued for the sites listed below:

NPL Sites

Alaska

Fort Richardson (U.S. Army--Fort Richardson--(PB96-195417)

California

Fort Ord--Marina--(PB97-103592)

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Arsenal--Commerce City--(PB97-104145)

Connecticut

Raymark Industries--Stratford--(PB97-104152)

Iowa

Waterloo Coal Gasification Plant--Waterloo--(PB97-104244)

Maryland

Spectron Incorporated (a/k/a Galaxy Incorporated)--Elkton--(PB97-

104194)

Michigan

Bay City Middlegrounds (a/k/a Bay City Middlegrounds Landfill)--Bay

City--(PB96-203096)

Bofors Nobel Incorporated--Egelston Township--(PB96-202056)

Thermo Chem Incorporated--Muskegon--(PB96-203088)

Willow Run Lagoon--Ypsilanti--(PB96-203112)

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Missouri

Big River Mine Tailings Desloge (a/k/a St. Joe Minerals)--Desloge--

(PB96-202379)

New York

Griffiss Air Force Base--Rome--(PB96-209861)

South Carolina

USMC Marine Corps Recruit Depot (a/k/a Parris Island Marine Corps

Recruit Depot)--Parris Island--(PB96-214796)

Utah

Kennecott (North Zone)--Magna--(PB96-203260)

Virginia

Fort Eustis (US Army)--Newport News--(PB96-193362)

Petitioned Sites

Georgia

Basket Creek Surface Impoundment--Douglasville--(PB96-210125)

Basket Creek Drum Disposal--Douglasville--(PB96-210125)

Dated: January 17, 1997.

Georgi Jones,

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

Substances and Disease Registry.

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