[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54693-54694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26445]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-103]


Notice of Availability of Administrative Reports of Health 
Effects Studies

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 announces the availability of Administrative 
Reports of twelve 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)(1),(7), (8), and (9) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), as amended [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(1),(7),(8), 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 concerns the reporting of 
results of health assessments and health effects studies, and provides 
that reports of health effects studies conducted under section 104(i) 
of CERCLA be available to the general public upon request. 

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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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              Health effects study                  NTIS document No.   
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Pancreatic Cancer Mortality and Residential      PB95-191359            
 Proximity to Railroad Refueling Facilities in                          
 Montana. ATSDR/HS-95/45.                                               
Biologic Indicators of Exposure to Heavy Metals  PB95-182994            
 in Fish Consumers, American Samoa. ATSDR/HS-95/                        
 46.                                                                    
Multisite Lead and Cadmium Exposure Study with   PB95-199188            
 Biological Markers Incorporated. ATSDR/HS-95/                          
 47.                                                                    
Madison County Lead Exposure Study. ATSDR/HS-95/ PB95-209631            
 48.                                                                    
Missouri Respiratory Study: Forest City and      PB95-212742            
 Glover, Missouri. ATSDR/HS-95/49.                                      
Symptom and Illness Prevalence with Biomarkers   PB95-222808            
 Health Study for Calvert City and Southern                             
 Livingston County, Kentucky. ATSDR/HS-95/50.                           
Analytic Study to Evaluate Associations Between  PB95-199196            
 Hazardous Waste Sites and Birth Defects. ATSDR/                        
 HS-95/51.                                                              
National Exposure Registry, Benzene              PB95-255766            
 Subregistry, Baseline Technical Report. ATSDR/                         
 HS-95/52.                                                              
Development and Evaluation of a Statewide        PB95-230553            
 Surveillance System: Hazardous Waste Sites and                         
 Cancer Incidence in New York State. ATSDR/HS-                          
 95/53.                                                                 
Biologic Indicators of Exposure to Cadmium and   PB95-225207            
 Lead: Palmerton, Pa. Part II. ATSDR/HS-95/54.                          
End-Stage Renal Disease Study, New York. ATSDR/  PB95-25389             
 HS-95/55.                                                              
A Case-Control Study to Determine Risk Factors   PB95-253837            
 for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children:                            
 Silver Valley, Idaho. ATSDR/HS-95/56.                                  
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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 44 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; 58 FR 63378, December 1, 1993; 59 FR 
47879, September 19, 1994; and 60 FR 25236, May 11, 1995). Additional 
final reports will be announced semiannually in the Federal Register as 
they become available.

    Dated: October 19, 1995.
Claire V. Broome,
Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 95-26445 Filed 10-24-95; 8:45 am]
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