[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74192-74193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30087]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-276]
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 ten final
toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances prepared by
ATSDR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Delores Grant, Division of
Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, Mailstop F-57, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Atlanta,
Georgia 30333; telephone number (800) 232-4636 or (770)488-3351.
Electronic access to these documents is available at the ATSDR Web
site: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986 (SARA) (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) amended by the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (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). Among
these statutory requirements is a mandate for the Administrator of
ATSDR to prepare toxicological profiles for each substance included on
the priority list of hazardous substances (also called the Substance
Priority List). This list identifies 275 hazardous substances that
ATSDR (in cooperation with EPA) has 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 November 3, 2011 (76 FR 68193) and is available at
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/spl. In addition, ATSDR has the authority to prepare
toxicological profiles for substances not found at sites on the
National Priorities List, in an effort to ``* * * establish and
maintain inventory of literature, research, and studies on the health
effects of toxic substances'' under CERCLA Section 104(i)(1)(B), to
respond to requests for consultation under section 104(i)(4), and as
otherwise necessary to support the site-specific response actions
conducted by ATSDR.
Notice of the availability of these toxicological profiles in draft
form for public review and comment was published in the Federal
Register on November 6, 2008 (73 FR 66047) and December 17, 2009 (74 FR
66978), 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 numbers ATSDR-247, ATSDR-256. This
material is available for public inspection at ATSDR.
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Availability
This notice announces the availability of three new and seven
updated final toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances
prepared by ATSDR. The following final toxicological profiles were made
available to the public on December 7, 2012. These documents are
available at the ATSDR Web site: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp.
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Toxicological profile CAS No.
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1. Acrylamide........................................... 79-06-1
2. 1,3-Butadiene........................................ 106-99-0
3. Cadmium.............................................. 7440-43-9
4. Carbon Monoxide...................................... 630-08-0
5. Chromium............................................. 7440-47-3
6. 1,4-Dioxane.......................................... 123-91-1
7. Manganese............................................ 7439-96-5
8. Phosphate Ester Flame Retardants..................... 78-51-3
126-73-8
126-71-6
115-86-6
13674-84-5
13674-87-8
115-96-8
9. Radon................................................ 10043-92-2
10. Vanadium............................................ 7440-62-2
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The final profiles are also 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.
These profiles are available for a fee as determined by NTIS.
Dated: December 6, 2012.
Ken Rose,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National Center
for Environmental Health/ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
[FR Doc. 2012-30087 Filed 12-12-12; 8:45 am]
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