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ATSDR MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT
Public Availability Session to Hear Community's
Health Concerns about Former Amoco Neodesha Refinery Site
Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas

For Immediate Release: July 10, 2002

What: 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 on July 16, 2002. The session is to provide community members with an opportunity to discuss any health concerns that they believe may be related to the Former Amoco Neodesha Refinery site in Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas.

The public availability session format allows individual community members to speak privately with an ATSDR representative. The session will be at the W.A. Rankin Memorial Library at 502 Indiana St. in Neodesha from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Background: ATSDR is the principal federal public health agency involved with hazardous waste issues. ATSDR identifies persons who might be exposed to hazardous substances in their communities, determines whether they have been harmed by their exposure, and recommends actions that need to be taken to safeguard public health in the community.

For more information, area residents may call Shawn Blackshear, ATSDR regional representative, in the ATSDR Region VII office in Kansas City at (913) 551-1311, or Youlanda Outin, ATSDR community involvement specialist, at 1-888-422-8737 (toll free). When calling, please mention the Former Amoco Neodesha Refinery site.

Members of the news media are requested to make an appointment to interview ATSDR staff. Phone Kathy Skipper or John Florence, in the ATSDR Office of Policy and External Affairs, at (404) 498-0070.

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This page last updated on July 12, 2002
For more information, contact ATSDR at:
1-888-422-8737 or e-mail: atsdric@cdc.gov(public inquiries)
(404) 498-0080 or e-mail: atsdrmediainquires@cdc.gov (news media)