[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 3248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-885]



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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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