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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
ATSDR releases public health assessment on U.S. Naval Engineering Station Lakehurst for public review and comment
For Immediate Release: May 5, 2003
ATLANTA -- The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is issuing for review and public comment a public health assessment (PHA) for the 7,400-acre U.S. Naval Air Engineering Station at Lakehurst (NAES Lakehurst) in central New Jersey.
The public comment period is from May 6 to June 9. This PHA evaluates the possible exposure of on-base and off-base residents to contaminants from NAES Lakehurst, and addresses area residents' health concerns that might be associated with current and past releases of contaminants from NAES Lakehurst.
ATSDR reviewed available data from many sources and consulted with various local, state and federal agencies to examine thoroughly current environmental conditions on and near the site. On the basis of this information, ATSDR draws the following conclusions and makes the following recommendations in its PHA about several possible sources of contamination:
The document will be available for review on April 24 at the following repositories:
Ocean County Library
Toms River Branch
101 Washington St.
Toms River, N.J.
Administrative Record Room
Naval Air Engineering Station
Lakehurst, N.J.
Ocean County Library
Manchester Branch
21 Colonial Drive
Manchester, N.J.
The public comment period for the public health assessment is from May 6 through June 9. Community members are encouraged to provide ATSDR with written comments, which must be received by June 9, 2003.
Mail comments to the following address:
Chief, Program Evaluation, Records and Information Services Branch
ATSDR
1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Mailstop E-60
Atlanta, GA 30333
Comments received, without the names of those who made them, and ATSDR's responses to the comments will be included in an appendix to the final public health assessment. Names of those who submit comments are subject to release to requests received under the Freedom of Information Act.
Community members seeking information on the procedures or content of the public comment version of the public health assessment may contact Charles Grosse at 1-888-422-8737. ATSDR Region II Representative Arthur Block also may be contacted at 212-637-3253. Callers should refer to the Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst site in New Jersey.
Members of the news media may request an interview with ATSDR staff by calling Elaine McEachern in the ATSDR Office of Policy and External Affairs at 770-488-0700.
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updated May 8, 2003
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
770-488-0700 or e-mail (news media)
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