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Wednesday, April 13, 2016
ATLANTAThe Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released a public health assessment report for the Dwyer Property Groundwater Plume site in Elkton, Maryland for public comment today. The federal agency invites the public to review the report and submit their comments until May 16, 2016.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
A federal health assessment has found that trespassing or using all-terrain vehicles at the 68th Street Dump Site may cause harm to peoples health.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
A federal health assessment found no apparent health hazards at the 68th Street Dump Site in its current use. However to prevent unnecessary exposure, officials are warning members of the public to not trespass onto or fish at the 150-acre site.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has completed its Public Health Consultation of the Chillum Perchloroethylene Site in Prince George County, MD.

Monday, May 9, 2005
Exposure to site-related chemicals in on-site buildings, soil, groundwater, surface water, storm water or stream sediment is not expected to cause harmful health effects for people who live or work near the Central Chemical Site in Hagerstown, Md., says the public comment version of the public health assessment released by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The document will be available for public review and comment through June 10.

Wednesday, January 12, 2005
The Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard site in Baltimore does not pose a public health hazard, says a public health assessment released today by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The federal public health agency reported that exposure to contamination in on-site surface soil, surface water and sediment is not at levels that might cause adverse health effects.

Friday, December 17, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) today released the final version of a public health consultation concerning a gasoline and perchloroethylene (perc or PCE) plume in the soil at Chillum, Prince George's County, Md. The nearest residents to this contamination live in the Lamond Riggs Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Friday, August 6, 2004
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) today released a public health assessment for public review and comment on the Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard site in Baltimore. ATSDR found that contamination in on-site surface soil, surface water and sediment poses "no apparent public health hazard." Contamination in fish and crabs poses no apparent public health hazard if the fish and crab are consumed in portions no greater than recommended by the fish advisories issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for the entire Patapsco River basin, which includes the site.

Thursday, May 10, 2001
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the availability of the final version of its public health assessment for the Brandywine Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO), Brandywine, Maryland.

Thursday, June 3, 1999
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will hold a public availability session to discuss the Agency's public health assessment of the 68<sup>th</sup> Street Dump and Industrial Enterprises Site and to hear about community health concerns related to the site.
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