[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59567-59568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29504]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-138]


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 five final 
toxicological profiles, prepared by ATSDR for the Department of 
Defense, on unregulated hazardous substances.

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) of 1980. Section 211 of SARA also amended Title 10 of the 
U.S. Code, creating the Defense Environmental Restoration Program. 
Section 2704(a) and (b) 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 shall take necessary steps to ensure the timely preparation of 
toxicological profiles of these substances. Each profile includes an 
examination, summary and interpretation of available toxicological 
information and epidemiological evaluations. This information and these 
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 under development. When adequate 
information is not available, ATSDR, in cooperation with the National 
Toxicology Program (NTP), is required to assure initiation of research 
to determine these health effects.
    Notice of the availability of five new draft toxicological profiles 
for public review and comment was published in the Federal Register on 
November 26, 1996 (61 FR 60105), with notice of a 90-day public comment 
period for each profile, starting from the actual release date. 
Following the close of each comment period, chemical-specific comments 
were addressed, and where appropriate, changes were incorporated into 
each profile.
    The public comments, the classification of and response to those 
comments, and other data submitted in response to the Federal Register 
notice bear the docket control number ATSDR-115. This material is 
available for public inspection at the Division of Toxicology, Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Building 4, Suite 2400, 
Executive Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a mailing address), between 
8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

Availability

    This notice announces the availability of five final toxicological 
profiles for the Department of Defense. 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.

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                             Toxicological profile                               NTIS order No.       CAS No.
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1. 2-BUTOXYETHANOL AND 2-BUTOXYETHANOL ACETATE................................       PB99-102527     000111-76-2
                                                                                                     000112-07-2
2. DIISOPROPYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE..............................................       PB99-102535     001445-75-6
3. HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE.................................................       PB99-102543     000822-06-0
4. JET FUEL (JP-5)............................................................       PB99-102550     008008-20-6
    JET FUEL (JP-8)...........................................................  ................     070892-10-3
5. METHYLENEDIANILINE.........................................................       PB99-102568     000101-77-9
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    Dated: October 29, 1998.
Donna Garland,
Acting Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 98-29504 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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