ATSDR document out for comment on dioxin in soil

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  [Federal Register: August 7, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 152)]
  [Notices]               
  [Page 42558-42559]
  >From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
  [DOCID:fr07au97-90]
  
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  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
  
  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  [ATSDR-123]
  
   
  ATSDR's Interim Policy Guideline and Technical Support Document 
  on Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Soil
  
  AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
  
  ACTION: Notice of availability.
  
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  SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of ATSDR's ``Interim 
  Policy Guideline: Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Soil,'' and the 
  ``Technical Support Document for ATSDR Interim Policy Guideline: Dioxin 
  and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Soil.'' ATSDR has adopted this interim 
  policy guideline to assess the public health implications of dioxin and 
  dioxin-like compounds in residential soils near or on hazardous waste 
  sites. These compounds include 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 
  (TCDD), related chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs), chlorinated 
  dibenzofurans (CDFs), and other structurally related groups of 
  chemicals from the family of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons.
  
  
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  DATES: Comments concerning this notice and the interim guidelines must 
  be received by October 6, 1997.
  
  ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of these documents should be sent to the 
  attention of Ms. Kim E. Jenkins, Division of Toxicology, Agency for 
  Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop E-29, 1600 Clifton 
  Road, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Requests for the documents must be in 
  writing.
      Comments on this notice should bear the docket control number 
  ATSDR-123 and should be sent to the attention of Dr. Jim Holler, Agency 
  for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology, 
  Emergency Response and Scientific Assessment Branch, 1600 Clifton Road, 
  NE Mailstop E-29, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Comments on this notice will 
  be available for public inspection at the Agency for Toxic Substances 
  and Disease Registry, Building 4, Executive Park Drive, Atlanta, 
  Georgia (not a mailing address), from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday 
  through Friday, except for legal holidays. Because all public comments 
  are available for public inspection, no confidential business 
  information should be submitted in response to this notice.
  
  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher T. De Rosa, Director, 
  Division of Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
  Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mailstop E-29, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
  telephone (404) 639-6300.
  
  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This interim policy guideline provides a 
  description of ATSDR's current approaches and judgments regarding 
  hazards posed by the presence of TCDD and its less toxic dioxin-like 
  congeners, the CDDs and CDFs, in residential soils. Likely users of 
  this interim policy guideline include health assessors at ATSDR and in 
  the States, and ATSDR partners including relevant Federal, State, and 
  local health and environmental entities, and concerned community groups 
  who may be involved in a range of health assessment and risk management 
  decisions.
      The technical support document is intended to serve as technical 
  background and support for the agency interim policy guideline and, to 
  the extent practicable, harmonize such efforts with those of other 
  Federal agencies and relevant organizations. This document reflects an 
  assessment of current practice within the agency and defines the 
  appropriate roles of professional judgment and emerging scientific 
  principles in ATSDR's public health assessments of exposures to dioxin 
  and dioxin-like compounds.
      These guidelines and procedures apply to human exposure by direct 
  ingestion of soils contaminated with dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 
  in residential areas and may not be appropriate for exposure by other 
  routes or media. This guidance will be evaluated in the future in view 
  of new data that may become available.
  
      Dated: July 31, 1997.
  Georgi Jones,
  Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
  Substances and Disease Registry.
  [FR Doc. 97-20740 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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