[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15567]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-200]


Development of Set 18 Toxicological Profiles for Public Comment

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of the selection of substances for profile development.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the 18th set of toxicological profiles 
prepared by ATSDR, comprising the development of one new and five 
updated priority hazardous substances.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jessilynn B. Taylor, Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Division of Toxicology, 
1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop F-32, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
telephone (770) 488-3313.

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) concerning hazardous 
substances that 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. ATSDR and EPA identified 275 hazardous substances that 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 November 7, 2003 (68 FR 63098). 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); November 17, 1997 (62 FR 61332); October 
21, 1999 (64 FR 56792); and October 25, 2001 (66 FR 54014).

Availability

    This notice announces the 18th set of toxicological profiles 
prepared by ATSDR, comprising the development of one new and five 
updated toxicological profiles. The following toxicological profiles 
will be developed and available for a 90-day public comment period on 
or about October 17, 2004.

                                18th Set
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                Toxicological profile                      CAS. No.
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1. Vinyl Chloride (update)..........................         000075-01-4
2. Dichlorobenzenes (update)
    1,2 Dichlorobenzene.............................         000095-50-1
    1,3-Dichlorobenzene.............................          00541-73-1
    1,4-Dichlorobenzene.............................          00106-46-7
3. 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (update)...................         000071-55-6
4. Cyanide (update).................................         000057-12-5
    Hydrogen Cyanide................................         000074-90-8
    Sodium Cyanide..................................         000143-33-9
    Potassium Cyanide...............................         000151-50-8
5. Hydrogen Sulfide (update)........................        007783-065-4
6. 1,4-Dioxane......................................         000123-91-3
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    Dated: June 30, 2004.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National Center 
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
[FR Doc. 04-15567 Filed 7-8-04; 8:45 am]
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