[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06377]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[ATSDR-278]


Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Availability of 
Final Toxicological Profile

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 the final 
Toxicological Profile for Uranium 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 this document 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 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 3rd, 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 this toxicological profile in draft 
form for public review and comment was published in the Federal 
Register on April 27, 2011 (76 FR 23600), 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 and other data submitted in response to 
the Federal Register notices bear the docket control number CDC-2001-
005. This material is available for public inspection at ATSDR.

Availability

    This notice announces the availability of the Toxicological Profile 
for Uranium prepared by ATSDR. The Toxicological Profile for Uranium 
will be made available to the public on or about March 5, 2013 at the 
ATSDR Web site: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp.
    This final profile is 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 for a 
fee as determined by NTIS.

    Dated: March 13, 2013.
Ken Rose,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National Center 
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
[FR Doc. 2013-06377 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am]
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