[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30098]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-115]


Availability of Draft 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, prepared by ATSDR for the Department of Defense, 
announces for review and comment the availability of five new draft 
toxicological profiles on unregulated hazardous substances. 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.

DATES: To ensure consideration, comments on these draft toxicological 
profiles must be received on or before January 27, 1997. 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. Loretta Norman, 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, 
and must specifically identify the profiled hazardous substance(s) 
profile(s) that 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-115. 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 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. Loretta Norman, Division of 
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop 
E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 
639-6322.

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 (HHS) of not less than 25 of 
the most commonly found unregulated hazardous substances at defense 
facilities. The Secretary of HHS is to prepare toxicological profiles 
of these substances. Each profile includes an examination, summary and 
interpretation of available toxicological information and epidemiologic 
evaluations. This information is used to ascertain the level 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 were made available to 
the public on October 27, 1996.

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       Document              Hazardous substance            CAS No.     
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1....................  2-BUTOXYETHANOL AND...........           111-76-2
                       2-BUTOXYETHANOL ACETATE.......           112-07-2
2....................  DIISOPROPYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE.          1445-75-6
3....................  HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE....           822-06-0
4....................  JET FUEL (JP-5)...............          8008-20-6
                       JET FUEL (JP-8)...............         70892-10-3
5....................  METHYLENEDIANILINE............           101-77-9
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    Dated: November 19, 1996.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 96-30098 Filed 11-25-96; 8:45 am]
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