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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-86]

 

Availability of Draft Toxicological Profiles

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Public Health Service (PHS), Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of eight new draft 
toxicological profiles on unregulated hazardous substances prepared for 
the Department of Defense by ATSDR for review and comment.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments on these draft toxicological 
profiles must be received on or before December 12, 1994. Comments 
received after the close of the public comment period will be 
considered at the discretion of ATSDR based upon what is deemed to be 
in the best interest of the general public.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the draft toxicological profiles or 
comments regarding the draft toxicological profiles should be sent to 
the attention of Ms. Kim Fears, Division of Toxicology, Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop E-29, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
    Requests for the draft toxicological profiles must be in writing. 
Please specify the profiled hazardous substance(s) you wish to receive. 
ATSDR reserves the right to provide only one copy of each profile 
requested, free of charge. In case of extended distribution delays, 
requestors will be notified.
    Written comments and other data submitted in response to this 
notice and the draft toxicological profiles should bear the docket 
control number ATSDR-86. Send one copy of all comments and three copies 
of all supporting documents to the Division of Toxicology at the above 
address by the end of the comment period. All written comments and 
draft profiles will be available for public inspection at the ATSDR, 
Building 4, Executive Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing 
address), from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
for legal holidays. Because all public comments regarding ATSDR 
toxicological profiles are available for public inspection, no 
confidential business information should be submitted in response to 
this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kim Fears, Division of Toxicology, 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop E-29, 1600 
Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone, (404) 639-6304.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act (SARA) of 1986 (Public Law 99-499) amended the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or 
Superfund). Section 211 of SARA also amended Title 10 of the U.S. Code, 
creating the Defense Environmental Restoration Program. Section 2704(a) 
of Title 10 of the U.S. Code directs the Secretary of Defense to notify 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services of not less than 25 of the 
most commonly found unregulated hazardous substances at defense 
facilities. Each profile includes an examination, summary and 
interpretation of available toxicological information and epidemiologic 
evaluations. This information and data are used to ascertain the levels 
of significant human exposure for the substance and the associated 
health effects. The profiles include a determination of whether 
adequate information on the health effects of each substance is 
available or in the process of development. When adequate information 
is not available, ATSDR, in cooperation with the National Toxicology 
Program (NTP), may plan a program of research designed to determine 
these health effects.
    Although key studies for each of the substances were considered 
during the profile development process, this Federal Register notice 
seeks to solicit any additional studies, particularly unpublished data 
and ongoing studies, which will be evaluated for possible addition to 
the profiles now or in the future.
    The following draft toxicological profiles are expected to be 
available to the public on or about September 23, 1994. 

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             Document and hazardous substance                  CAS No.  
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1. Di-N-Octylphthalate....................................      117-84-0
2. Hexachloroethane.......................................       67-72-1
3. HMX....................................................     2691-41-0
4. Hydraulic Fluids.......................................           (1)
5. Hydrazines.............................................      302-01-2
  1,1-Dimethylhydrazine...................................       57-14-7
  1,2-Dimethylhydrazine...................................      540-73-8
  Dimethylhydrazine.......................................    30260-66-3
6. Mineral-Based Crankcase Oil............................     8002-05-9
7. Titanium Tetrachloride.................................     7550-45-0
8. White Phosphorus.......................................    7723-14-0 
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    All profiles issued as ``Drafts for Public Comment'' represent the 
agency's best efforts to provide important toxicological information on 
priority hazardous substances. We are seeking public comments and 
additional information which may be used to supplement these profiles. 
ATSDR remains committed to providing a public comment period for these 
documents as a means to best serve public health and our clients.

    Dated: October 12, 1994.
Claire V. Broome,
Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 94-25689 Filed 10-17-94; 8:45 am]
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