[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40819-40820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20013]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-121]


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 20 ATSDR health effects studies and associated publications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey A. Lybarger, M.D., MS, 
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 and 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.
    Availability: The reports of the health effects studies and 
associated publications in the following list 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 or 703-487-4650. There is a charge for these items as 
determined by NTIS.

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            Health effects study                 NTIS document Number   
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Southbend Subdivision Health Outcomes Study,  PB95-265518               
 Harris County, Texas, ATSDR/HS-95-57.                                  
Biologic Indicators of Exposure to Lead, RSR  PB95-265500               
 Smelter Site, Dallas, Texas, ATSDR/HS-95-59.                           
Fort Hall Air Emissions Study, Fort Hall      PB96-109046               
 Indian Reservation, Fort Hall, Idaho,.                                 
A Population-Based Case-Control Study of      PB96-109038               
 Lung Cancer Mortality in Four Arizona                                  
 Smelter Towns, ATSDR/HS-95-61.                                         
McClellan Air Force Base Cross-Sectional      PB96-138144               
 Health Study, Sacramento, Sacramento                                   
 County, California, ATSDR/HS-95-62.                                    
Lead and Cadmium Exposure Study, Galena,      PB96-138151               
 Kansas, ATSDR/HS-95-63.                                                
National Exposure Registry,                   PB96-157573               
 Trichloroethylene (TCE) Subregistry,                                   
 Followup 1 Technical Report, ATSDR/HS-96-64.                           
National Exposure Registry, Volatile Organic  PB96-172101               
 Compounds Registry, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane                              
 (TCA) Subregistry, Baseline and Followup 1                             
 Technical Report, ATSDR/HS-96-65.                                      
Evaluating Individuals Reporting              PB96-187646               
 Sensitivities to Multiple Chemicals,                                   
 California Department of Health Services,                              
 ATSDR/HS-96-66.                                                        
The Occurrence of Neural Tube, Heart, and     PB96-109632               
 Oral Cleft Defects in Areas With National                              
 Priorities List Sites: A Case-Control                                  
 Study, California Department of Health                                 
 Services, California Birth Defects                                     
 Monitoring Program, ATSDR/HS-96-67.                                    
National Exposure Registry, Dioxin            PB96-196613               
 Subregistry, Baseline and Followups 1 and 2                            
 Technical Report, ATSDR/HS-96-70.                                      
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal Pilot Exposure     PB96-162151               
 Study, Part II: Analysis of Exposure to                                
 Diisopropylmethylphosphate, Aldrin,                                    
 Dieldrin, Endrin, Isodrin, and                                         
 Chlorophenylmethsulfone, Colorado                                      
 Department of Public Health and Environment                            
 Disease Control and Environmental                                      
 Epidemiology Division, Denver, Colorado,                               
 ATSDR/HS-96-68.                                                        
Reproductive, Neurobehavioral, and Other      PB96-178058               
 Disorders in Communities Surrounding the                               
 Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado State                                 
 University, Department of Environmental                                
 Health, Fort Collins, Colorado, ATSDR/HS-96-                           
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Sympton and Disease Prevalence With           PB96-187760               
 Biomarkers Health Study, Cornhusker Army                               
 Ammunition Plant, Hall County, Nebraska,                               
 ATSDR/HS-96-72.                                                        
Disease and Sympton Prevalence Survey,        PB96-199484               
 Tucson International Airport Site, Tucson,                             
 Arizona, ATSDR/HS-96-71.                                               
Evaluation of Developmental Disabilities in   PB97-137715               
 Relation to Environmental Exposures in                                 
 Groton, Massachusetts, ATSDR/HS-97-75.                                 
Adult Environmental Neurobehavioral Test      PB96-109012               
 Battery, ATSDR/HS-95-58.                                               
Standardized Assessment of Birth Defects and  PB96-199609               
 Reproductive Disorders in Environmental                                
 Health Field Studies, ATSDR/HS-96-73.                                  
Pediatric Environmental Neurobehavioral Test  PB96-207352               
 Battery, ATSDR/HS-96-74.                                               
National Exposure Registry,                   PB95-501987               
 Trichloroethylene (TCE) Subregistry, TCE                               
 Baseline, CD-ROM Series: TCE, Volume:                                  
 Baseline, No. 1.                                                       
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    In accordance with 42 CFR 90.11, copies of these final publications 
have been distributed, as appropriate, to the Environmental Protection 
Agency; the applicable State and local government agencies; the 
affected local communities; and parties potentially responsible for 
their release, if their identity is readily available to ATSDR.
    Additional final reports will be announced semiannually in the 
Federal Register as they become available.

    Dated: July 24, 1997.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 97-20013 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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