[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 25236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11629]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-94]


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 nine 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, 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 CERCLA will 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 
                  Health effects study                         No.      
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Soil-Related Lead Poisoning in Socorro, New Mexico.      PB94-193406    
 ATSDR/HS-94/36.                                                        
A Standardized Test Battery for Lung and Respiratory     PB94-205556    
 Diseases for Use in Environmental Health Field                         
 Studies. ATSDR/HS-94/37.                                               
Immune Function Test Batteries for Use in Environmental  PB94-204328    
 Health Field Studies. ATSDR/HS-94/38.                                  
National Exposure Registry Policies and Procedures       PB95-154571    
 Manual (Revised). ATSDR/HS-95/39.                                      
National Exposure Registry Trichloroethylene (TCE)       PB95-154589    
 Subregistry Baseline Technical Report (Revised). ATSDR/                
 HS-95/40.                                                              
Mortality Study of Children Residing Near ASARCO Copper  PB95-142022    
 Smelting in Ruston, Washington. ATSDR/HS-95/41.                        
Health Study to Assess the Human Health Effects of       PB95-167276    
 Mercury Exposure to Fish Consumed from the Everglades.                 
 ATSDR/HS-95/42.                                                        
Exposure to PCBs from Hazardous Waste Among Mohawk       PB95-159935    
 Women and Infants at Akwesasne. ATSDR/HS-95/43.                        
Jasper County, Missouri Superfund Site Lead and Cadmium  PB95-179404    
 Exposure Study. ATSDR/HS-95/44.                                        
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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 35 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; and 59 
FR 47879, September 19, 1994]. Additional final reports will be 
announced semiannually in the Federal Register as they become 
available.

    Dated: May 5, 1995.
Claire V. Broome,
Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 95-11629 Filed 5-10-95; 8:45 am]
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