[Federal Register: April 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 68)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-240]
Availability of Final Toxicological Profiles
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 seven updated final
toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances. This is the
19th set of toxicological profiles that ATSDR has compiled.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Olga Dawkins, Division of
Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, Mailstop F-32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, telephone (770) 488-3315. Electronic access to these
documents is also available at the ATSDR Web site: http://
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986 (SARA) (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) amended the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA
or Superfund) (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) by establishing certain
requirements for ATSDR and for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) with regard to hazardous substances most commonly found at
facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL). One such
requirement directs the ATSDR Administrator to prepare toxicological
profiles for each substance included on the priority lists of hazardous
substances. These lists identify 275 hazardous substances determined by
ATSDR and by EPA to pose the most significant potential threat to human
health. The availability of the revised list of the 275 priority
substances was announced in the Federal Register on December 7, 2005
(70 FR 234). For previous versions of the list of substances, see
Federal Register notices dated April 17, 1987 (52 FR 12866); October
20, 1988 (53 FR 41280); October 26, 1989 (54 FR 43619); October 17,
1990 (55 FR 42067); October 17, 1991 (56 FR 52166); October 28, 1992
(57 FR 48801); February 28, 1994 (59 FR 9486); April 29, 1996 (61 FR
18744; November 17, 1997 (62 FR 61332); October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56792);
October 25, 2001 (66 FR 54014) and November 7, 2003 (68 FR 63098).
Notice of the availability of toxicological profile drafts for
public review and comment was published in the Federal Register on
October 25, 2005 (70 FR 61622), with notice of a 90-day public comment
period for each profile, starting from the actual release date.
Following the close of the comment period, chemical-specific comments
were addressed, and, where appropriate, changes were incorporated into
each profile. The public comments and other data submitted in response
to the Federal Register notices carry the docket control number ATSDR-
214. This material is available for public inspection at the Division
of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry, 4700 Buford Highway, Building 106, Second Floor,
Chamblee, Georgia 30341, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except legal holidays.
Availability
This notice announces the availability of seven updated final
toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances. This is the
19th set of toxicological profiles that ATSDR has compiled. The
following toxicological profiles are now available through the U.S.
Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service (NTIS),
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, telephone 1-800-553-
6847. There is a charge for these profiles, as determined by NTIS.
Nineteenth Set:
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Toxicological profile NTIS order No. CAS No.
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1. Acrolein (Update)............ PB2008-100001 000107-02-8
2. Arsenic (Update)............. PB2008-100002 007440-38-2
3. Barium (Update).............. PB2008-100003 007440-39-3
4. Benzene (Update)............. PB2008-100004 000071-43-2
5. Heptachlor (UPDATE).......... PB2008-100005 000076-44-8
Heptachlor Epoxide.......... .................. 001024-57-3
6. Lead (Update)................ PB2008-100007 007439-92-1
7. Xylenes (Update)............. PB2008-100008 001330-20-7
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Dated: April 2, 2003.
Ken Rose,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National Center
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
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