[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 53612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26586]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-175]


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 six updated final 
toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances comprising the 
thirteenth set prepared by ATSDR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Franchetta Stephens, Division of 
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop 
E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 1-
(888)422-8737 or (404)498-0720.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act (SARA) (Pub. L. 99-499) amends the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) by establishing certain requirements for ATSDR and 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to hazardous 
substances which are most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA 
National Priorities List (NPL). Among these statutory requirements is a 
mandate for the Administrator of ATSDR to prepare toxicological 
profiles for each substance included on the priority lists of hazardous 
substances. These lists identified 275 hazardous substances that ATSDR 
and EPA determined 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 October 21, 1999 
(64 FR 56792). For prior 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; and 
November 17, 1997 (62 FR 61332).
    Notice of the availability of drafts of these six updated 
toxicological profiles for public review and comment was published in 
the Federal Register on October 15, 1999, (64 FR 55943), 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 bear 
the docket control number ATSDR-152. 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 8:00 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

Availability

    This notice announces the availability of six updated final 
toxicological profiles comprising the thirteenth set prepared by ATSDR. 
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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Thirteenth Set:
    1. Asbestos................  PB2001-109101               001332-21-4
        Amosite Asbestos.......  .......................     012172-73-5
        Chrysotile Asbestos....  .......................     012001-29-5
    2. Benzidine...............  PB2001-109102               000092-87-5
    3. 1,2-Dichloroethane......  PB2001-109103               000107-06-2
    4. Di-n-butyl Phthalate....  PB2001-109104               000084-74-2
    5. Methyl Parathion........  PB2001-109105               000298-00-0
    6. Pentachlorophenol.......  PB2001-109106               000087-86-5
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    Dated: October 16, 2001.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
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