[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17444-17445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07437]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[Docket No. ATSDR-2015-0001]


Proposed Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 29 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 29 toxicological profiles.

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SUMMARY: ATSDR is initiating the development of its 29th set of 
toxicological profiles (CERCLA Set 29). This notice announces the list 
of proposed substances that will be evaluated for CERCLA Set 29 
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 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 within 30 days of the publication of this 
notice.

ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2015-0001, 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 Administrator of ATSDR 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 May 28, 2014 (79 FR 30613). 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 72840); and March 6, 2008 
(73 FR 12178); November 3, 2011 (76 FR 68193).

Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 29 Toxicological Profiles

    Each year, ATSDR develops a list of substances to be considered for 
toxicological profile development. The Set 29 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 29 Toxicological Profile 
development. This list may be found at the following Web site: 
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/SPL.

Submission of Nominations for the Evaluation of Set 29 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, 
and email address. When nominating a non-SPL substance, please include 
the rationale for the nomination. Please note that email addresses will 
not be posted on 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 (58 FR 27286-27287). 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_selecting_tp_support.pdf.

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    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.

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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