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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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