[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32572]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-154]


Availability of Final Toxicological Profile for Total Petroleum 
Hydrocarbons (TPH)

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 one final 
toxicological profile on unregulated hazardous substances prepared by 
ATSDR for the Department of Defense.

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 (Pub. L. 99-499) amended the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(Superfund) or CERCLA. 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 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, in cooperation with the National Toxicology Program (NTP), 
ATSDR may plan a program of research designed to determine these health 
effects.
    Notice of the availability of the draft toxicological profile for 
public review and comment was published in the Federal Register on 
November 4, 1998 (63 FR 59568), with notice of a 90-day public comment 
period 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 the 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-139. 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 one final toxicological 
profile for the Department of Defense. The following toxicological 
profile is 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 this profile as determined by NTIS.

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         Toxicological profile                    NTIS order No.
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1. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHs).  PB99-163370
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    Dated: December 10, 1999.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 99-32572 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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