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a previously completed public health

assessment, during the period October–

December 1995. This list includes sites

that are on, or proposed for inclusion

on, the National Priorities List (NPL)

and a site for which an assessment was

prepared in response to a request from

the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert C. Williams, P.E., DEE, 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)

639–0610.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The most

recent list of completed public health

assessments and public health

assessments with addenda was

published in the Federal Register on

February 14, 1995 [61 FR 5787]. The

quarterly 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, Building 33, Executive Park

Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing

address), between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except legal

holidays. The completed public health

assessments are also 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 (703) 487–4650. A

charge is applied by NTIS for these

public health assessments. The NTIS

order numbers are listed in parentheses

following the site name.

Public Health Assessments or

Addendum Completed or Issued

Between October 1, 1995 and

December 31, 1995, public health

assessments were issued for the sites

listed below:

NPL Sites

California

Frontier Fertilizer—Davis—(PB96–

125596)

Indiana

Fisher Calo—Kingsbury—(PB96–

128079)

Iowa

Mason City Coal Gasification Plant—

Mason City—(PB96–107289)

Massachusetts

Industri-Plex Site—Woburn—(PB96–

136445)

Wells, G and H—Woburn—(PB96–

136411)

Michigan

Lower Ecorse Creek Dump—

Wyandotte—(PB96–128061)

New York

Pfohl Brothers Landfill—

Cheektowaga—(PB96–118641)

Port Washington Landfill—North

Hempstead—(PB96–115688)

Tennessee

USA Defense Depot Memphis—

Memphis—(PB96–117908)

Washington

Hanford 1100-Area (USDOE)—

Richland—(PB96–125521)

McChord Air Force Base Wash Rack/

Treatment)—American Lake

Gardens/Mchord Air Force Base (a/

k/a McChord Air Force Base Area

‘‘D’’)—Tacoma—(PB96–131909)

Non-NPL Petitioned Site

Georgia

Southern Wood Piedmont Company—

Augusta—(PB96–127675)

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Claire V. Broome,

Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

[FR Doc. 96–10503 Filed 4–26–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–70–P

[ATSDR–108]

Notice of the Revised Priority List of

Hazardous Substances That Will Be

the Subject of Toxicological Profiles

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA or Superfund), as amended by

the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act (SARA), requires

that ATSDR and the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) revise the

Priority List of Hazardous Substances to

include additional substances most

commonly found at facilities on the

CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL).

This announcement provides notice that

the agencies have developed and are

making available a revised CERCLA

Priority List of 275 Hazardous

Substances, based on the most recent

information available to ATSDR and

EPA. This revised priority list includes

newly listed substances that have been

determined to pose the most significant

potential threat to human health at or

around NPL hazardous waste sites. Each

substance on the priority list is a

candidate to become the subject of a

toxicological profile prepared by

ATSDR and subsequently a candidate

for the identification of priority data

needs.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the

1995 CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous

Substances That Will Be The Subject of

Toxicological Profiles and Support

Document or comments on this notice

should bear the docket control number

ATSDR–108, and should be submitted

to: ATSDR, Division of Toxicology,

Emergency Response and Scientific

Assessment Branch, Mail Stop E–29,

1600 Clifton Rd., NE., Atlanta, GA

30333.

This is an informational notice only,

and comments are not being solicited at

this time. However, any comments

received will be placed in a publicly

accessible docket; therefore, please do

not submit confidential business

information.

Electronic Availability: The 1995

Revised Priority List will be available as

an electronic file on the Federal Bulletin

Board on or near the day of publication

in the Federal Register. By modem, dial

(202) 512–1387 and set your parity to

None, Data Bits to 8, and Stop Bit to 1

(N,8,1). To access the Federal Bulletin

Board via Internet, use the telnet

command to fedbbs.access.gpo.gov. This

file is available in WordPerfect 5.1,

Dbase IV, and ASCII. The top 20

substances from the priority list are also

listed on ATSDR’s Home Page on the

World-Wide Web located at http://

atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/

atsdrhome.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

ATSDR, Division of Toxicology,

Emergency Response and Scientific

Assessment Branch, 1600 Clifton Rd.,

NE., Mailstop E–29, Atlanta, GA 30333,

telephone (404) 639–6300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CERCLA

establishes certain requirements for

ATSDR and EPA with regard to

hazardous substances that are most

commonly found at facilities on the

CERCLA NPL. Section 104(i)(2) of

CERCLA, as amended [42 U.S.C.

9604(i)(2)], requires that the two

agencies prepare a list, in order of
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priority, of at least 100 hazardous

substances that are most commonly

found at facilities on the NPL and

which, in their sole discretion, are

determined to pose the most significant

potential threat to human health (see 52

FR 12866, April 17, 1987). CERCLA also

requires the agencies to revise the

priority list to include 100 or more

additional hazardous substances (see 53

FR 41280, October 20, 1988), and to

include at least 25 additional hazardous

substances in each of the three

successive years following the 1988

revision (see 54 FR 43619, October 26,

1989; 55 FR 42067, October 17, 1990; 56

FR 52166, October 17, 1991). CERCLA

also requires that ATSDR and EPA shall,

not less often than once every year

thereafter, revise the list to include

additional hazardous substances that are

determined to pose the most significant

potential threat to human health. In

1995, the agencies decided to alter the

publication schedule of the priority list

by moving to a 2-year publication

schedule, reflecting the stability of this

listing activity (see 60 FR 16478, March

30, 1995). As a result, the priority list

is now on a 2-year publication schedule

with a yearly informal review and

revision. Each substance on the

CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous

Substances is a candidate to become the

subject of a toxicological profile

prepared by ATSDR and subsequently a

candidate for the identification of

priority data needs.

The previous priority lists of

hazardous substances were based on the

most comprehensive and relevant

information available when the lists

were developed. More comprehensive

sources of information on the frequency

of occurrence and the potential for

human exposure to substances at NPL

sites became available for use in the

1991 priority list with the development

of ATSDR’s HazDat database.

Additional information from HazDat

became available for the 1995 listing

activity.

In the initial listing activities (1987–

1990), new substances were added to

the end of the list, without a

comparative reranking. A notice

announcing the intention of ATSDR and

EPA to revise and rerank the Priority

List of Hazardous Substances was

published on June 27, 1991 (56 FR

29485). In the 1995 listing activity, as in

the previous three years, new candidate

substances (substances found at three or

more NPL sites) were assigned a

toxicity/environmental score (TES)

using the EPA Reportable Quantity

methodology, and were added to the

group of substances previously

considered for the list. All substances

were then evaluated together for

consideration on the priority list.

The approach used to generate the

1991 revised priority list was

summarized in the ‘‘Revised Priority

List of Hazardous Substances’’ (56 FR

52166, October 17, 1991). The same

approach and the same algorithm were

used in the 1995 listing activity. As a

result, more than 750 candidate

substances have been ranked to create

the current list of 275 substances.

The additional information used in

the 1995 listing activity has been

entered into ATSDR’s HazDat database

since the development of the 1993

Priority List of Hazardous Substances.

As with other site-specific information

used in the listing activity, this

information has been collected from

ATSDR public health assessments and

from site file data packages used in the

development of public health

assessments. The new information

includes more recent NPL frequency of

occurrence data, additional

concentration data, and more

information on exposure or potential

exposure to substances at NPL sites.

At this time the list includes 275

substances that ATSDR and EPA have

determined to pose the most significant

potential threat to human health based

on the criteria of CERCLA Section

104(i)(2) [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(2)]. All

candidate substances have been

analyzed and ranked with the current

algorithm, and may become the subject

of toxicological profiles in the future.

The addition of approximately 14,000

contaminant data records to the HazDat

database since the 1993 listing activity

has allowed the agencies to better assess

the potential for human exposure to

substances at NPL hazardous waste

sites. With these additional data, 23

substances have been replaced on the

list of 275 substances. Of the 23

replacement substances, 12 are new

candidate substances, and 11 are

substances that were previously under

consideration. These changes in the

order of substances appearing on the

CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous

Substances will be reflected in the

program activities that rely on the list

for future direction. These changes

reflect the dynamic nature of scientific

data on substances present at NPL

hazardous waste sites.

This evaluation activity and

announcement of a revised Priority List

of Hazardous Substances fulfills the

conditions of CERCLA Section 104(i), as

amended. ATSDR and EPA intend to

publish the next revised list of

hazardous substances in two years, with

an informal review and revision

performed in one year. These revisions

will reflect changes and improvements

in data collection and availability.

Additional information on the existing

methodology used in the development

of the CERCLA Priority List of

Hazardous Substances can be found in

the Federal Register notices mentioned

previously.

Administrative Record

ATSDR and EPA are establishing a

single administrative record entitled

ATSDR–108 for materials pertaining to

this notice. All materials received as a

result of this notice will be included in

the public file, which is available for

inspection from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

legal holidays, at the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry, #4

Executive Park Drive, Suite 2400,

Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing address).

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Claire V. Broome,

Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

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Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Advisory Committees; Annual Reports;

Notice of Availability

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to Section 13 of Public Law 92–463 (5

U.S.C. Appendix 2), the Fiscal Year

1995 annual reports for the following

Federal advisory committees used by

the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry have

been filed with the Library of Congress:

Advisory Committee for Energy-Related

Epidemiologic Research

Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention

and Control

Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead

Poisoning Prevention

Advisory Committee on Immunization

Practices

Advisory Committee to the Director, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

Advisory Council for the Elimination of

Tuberculosis

Board of Scientific Counselors, Agency for

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Board of Scientific Counselors, National

Center for Infectious Diseases

Board of Scientific Counselors, National

Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health

Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection

and Control Advisory Committee

CDC Advisory Committee on the Prevention

of HIV Infection