Implementation of CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) health authorities

Conference · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5154115

Siegel, M R

The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) greatly expanded the health authorities of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund). The federal agency most affected by the health orientation emphasis of SARA is the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the US Public Health Service (PHS). One of ATSDR's main responsibilities is to complete health assessments for all sites on, or proposed for, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Priorities List (NPL). This paper will review ATSDR's efforts to address this new statutory mandate, especially for federal facilities, and will focus on different conceptual frameworks for implementing the health assessment program. 12 refs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5154115
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-17310; CONF-891053-13; ON: DE90004680
• Resource Relation: Conference: 28. Hanford life sciences symposium on environmental monitoring, restoration and assessment: what have we learned, Richland, WA (USA), 16-19 Oct 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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