[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43205-43206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17355]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[Docket No. ATSDR-2013-0002]


Proposed Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 27 Toxicological 
Profiles

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

ACTION: Request for comments on the proposed substances to be evaluated 
for Set 27 toxicological profiles.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is initiating 
the development of its 27th set of toxicological profiles (CERCLA Set 
27). This notice announces the list of proposed substances that will be 
evaluated for Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and 
Liability Act(CERCLA) Set 27 toxicological profile development. ATSDR's 
Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences is soliciting public 
nominations from the list of proposed substances to be evaluated for 
toxicological profile development. ATSDR also will consider the 
nomination of any additional, non-CERCLA substances that may have

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public health implications, on the basis of ATSDR's authority to 
prepare toxicological profiles for substances not found at sites on the 
National Priorities List. The agency will do so in order 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 to support the site-specific response actions 
conducted by ATSDR, as otherwise necessary.

DATES: Nominations from the Substance Priority List and/or additional 
substances must be submitted on or before August 19, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2013-0002, by any of the following methods:
    *Internet: Access the Federal eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    *Mail: Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, 1600 
Clifton Rd. NE., MS F-57, Atlanta, Ga., 30333 Instructions: All 
submissions must include the agency name and docket number for this 
notice. All relevant comments will be posted without change. This means 
that no confidential business information or other confidential 
information should be submitted in response to this notice. Refer to 
the section Submission of Nominations (below) for the specific 
information required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact Commander Jessilynn B. Taylor, Division of Toxicology and Human 
Health Sciences, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS F-57, Atlanta, Ga., 30333, 
Email: [email protected]; phone: 1-800-232-4636.

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 most commonly found at 
facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL). Among these 
statutory requirements is a mandate for the ATSDR Administrator to 
prepare toxicological profiles for each substance included on the 
Priority List of Hazardous Substances. This list identifies 275 
hazardous substances that ATSDR and EPA have determined pose the most 
significant current 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). 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); October 25, 2001 (66 FR 54014), November 7, 
2003 (68 FR 63098); December 7, 2005 (70 FR 70284); and March 6, 2008 
(73 FR 12178).

Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 27 Toxicological Profiles

    Each year, ATSDR develops a list of substances to be considered for 
toxicological profile development. The Set 27 nomination process 
includes consideration of all substances on ATSDR's Priority List of 
Hazardous Substances, also known as the Substance Priority List (SPL), 
as well as other substances nominated by the public. The 275 substances 
on the SPL will be considered for Set 27 Toxicological Profile 
development. This list may be found at the following Web site: 
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/SPL and in the docket at www.regulations.gov
    Submission of Nominations for the Evaluation of Set 27 Proposed 
Substances: Today's notice invites voluntary public nominations for 
substances included on the SPL and for substances not listed on the 
SPL. All nominations should include the full name of the nominator, 
affiliation, email address. When nominating a non-SPL substance, please 
include the rationale for the nomination. Please note email addresses 
will not be posted on www.regulations.gov.
    ATSDR will evaluate all data and information associated with 
nominated substances and will determine the final list of substances to 
be chosen for toxicological profile development. Substances will be 
chosen according to ATSDR's specific guidelines for selection. These 
guidelines can be found in the Selection Criteria announced in the 
Federal Register on May 7, 1993 (58FR27286-27287). A hard copy of the 
Selection Criteria is available upon request or may be accessed at: 
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/guidance/criteria_for_selectingtpsupport.pdf.
    Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified 
nomination period. Nominations received after the closing date will be 
marked as late and may be considered only if time and resources permit.

    Dated: July 11, 2013.
Sascha Chaney,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National 
Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
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