[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 71310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6584]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-216]


Public Health Assessments 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 announces those sites for which ATSDR has 
completed public health assessments during the period from July through 
September 2005. This list includes sites that are on or proposed for 
inclusion on the National Priorities List (NPL) and includes sites for 
which assessments were prepared in response to requests from the 
public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Cibulas, Jr., PhD., 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) 498-0007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The most recent list of completed public 
health assessments was published in the Federal Register on September 
7, 2005 [70 FR 53197]. This 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 are available for public 
inspection at the Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1825 Century 
Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing address), between 8 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday except legal holidays. Public health 
assessments are often available for public review at local repositories 
such as libraries. Many public health assessments are available through 
ATSDR's Web site at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/. In addition, the 
completed public health assessments are 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 (800) 553-6847. NTIS charges for copies of public health 
assessments. The NTIS order numbers are listed in parentheses following 
the site names.

Public Health Assessments Completed or Issued

    Between July 1, 2005, and September 30, 2005, public health 
assessments were issued for the following sites:

NPL and Proposed NPL Sites

California
AMCO Chemical Company--(PB2005-100692)
Casmalia Resources Superfund Site--(PB2005-110706)
Concord Naval Weapons Station (a/k/a Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach 
Detachment Concord)--(PB2005-108881)
Florida
Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville--(PB2005-107543)
Indiana
Conrail Rail Yard--(PB2005-109457)
Maryland
Central Chemical Site--(PB2005-109382)
Massachusetts
Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant Bedford--(PB2005-109459)
Puerto Rico
Cidra Groundwater--(PB2005-110011)
Pesticide Warehouse III--(PB2005-110012)
Washington
Bremerton Naval Complex Including Puget Sound Naval Shipyard--(PB2005-
110668)

Non-NPL Petitioned Sites

Alabama
Redstone Army Garrison/Marshall Space Flight Center--(PB2005-107565)
District of Columbia
River Terrace Community--(PB2005-108882)
Illinois
Asarco, Incorporated--(PB2005-107579)
New Jersey
Cedar Brook Area Groundwater Contamination--(PB2005-107580)
Pennsylvania
Bear Creek Chemical Area--(PB2005-108987)
Tennessee
Jersey Miniere Zinc Company (a/k/a Pasminco Clarksville Zinc Plant)--
(PB2005-109383)

    Dated: November 17, 2005.
Kenneth Rose,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National 
Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
[FR Doc. E5-6584 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am]
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