[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 35033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14173]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-199]


Availability of Draft Document on Proposed Interim Oral Guidance 
Values for 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloroterephthalic Acid

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 a draft document on 
the proposed interim oral health guidance values for 2,3,5,6-
tetrachloroterephthalic acid prepared by ATSDR for review and comment 
for a 30-day public comment period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Selene Chou, Division of 
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop 
F32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (770) 
488-3357.

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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to hazardous 
substances that are most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA 
National Priorities List (NPL). Section 104(i)(4) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 
9604(i)(4)), states that ``The Administrator of the ATSDR shall provide 
consultations upon request on health issues relating to exposure to 
hazardous or toxic substances, on the basis of available information, 
to the Administrator of EPA, state officials and local officials. Such 
consultation to individuals may be provided by states under cooperative 
agreements established under the Act.'' In response to a request of a 
state under cooperative agreement to provide guidance on 2,3,5,6-
tetrachloroterephthalic acid (TPA), ATSDR has developed interim oral 
health guidance values for TPA. The information provided by ATSDR will 
enable the state to respond to a request it had received concerning 
groundwater contamination of TPA.

Availability

    This notice announces the availability of the draft document on 
proposed interim oral health guidance values for 2,3,5,6-
tetrachloroterephthalic acid (TPA). Although available key studies for 
TPA were considered during development of the draft document, 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 draft document. ATSDR remains 
committed to providing a public comment period as a means to best serve 
public health and our clients.
    The draft document is available on the ATSDR Web site at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/publiccomment.html. The document will be available in 
a pdf file. You may request a hard copy by telephone at (770) 488-3357 
or e-mail at [email protected]. ATSDR reserves the right to provide only one 
printed copy of the draft document, free of charge.
    Written comments and other data submitted in response to this 
notice and the draft document should bear the docket control number 
ATSDR-199. Send one copy of all comments and three copies of all 
supporting documents to Dr. Selene Chou, ATSDR, Division of Toxicology, 
Mailstop F32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333 by the end 
of the comment period, July 23, 2004. Because all public comments to 
ATSDR on the proposed draft interim guidance values for TPA are 
available for public inspection after the document is finalized, no 
confidential business information or other confidential information 
should be submitted in response to this notice.

    Dated: June 16, 2004.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National Center 
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
[FR Doc. 04-14173 Filed 6-22-04; 8:45 am]
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