[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32665-32666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15002]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[Docket No. ATSDR-2015-0004]


Availability of Draft Toxicological Profile: Perfluoroalkyls; 
Extension of Comment Period

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

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments; extension of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the 
extension of the comment period for the Draft Toxicological Profile for 
Perfluoroalkyls. ATSDR is seeking public comments and additional 
information, reports, and studies about the health effects of these 
substances.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by August 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number ATSDR-
2015-0004, by any of the following methods:
     Internet: Access the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, 
MS F-57, Atlanta, GA, 30329. Attn: Docket No. ATSDR-2015-0004.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, 
1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS F-57, Atlanta, GA, 30329, Email: Susan Ingber, 
at [email protected]; Telephone 1-800-232-4636.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There have been two previous Public Comment 
periods for the Perfluoroalkyls toxicological profile, one in 2009 (74 
FR 36492) and 2015 (80 FR 53157). Due to the public comments

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received to both notices, as well as new literature, we revised the 
previous draft profile (including a revised Minimal Risk Level (MRL)); 
therefore, on June 21, 2018, ATSDR released a revised draft profile for 
public comment (83 FR 28849). Because the substantive revisions were 
limited to the MRLs Appendix, and given the public health demand for 
the updated toxicological profile, we opted for a 30 day comment 
period. ATSDR has received requests to extend the comment period for 
this profile. Accordingly, ATSDR is extending the comment period an 
additional 30 days. Comments must be submitted by August 20, 2018.

Availability

    The Draft Toxicological Profiles are available online at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles and at www.regulations.gov, Docket No. 
ATSDR-2015-0004.

Pamela I. Protzel Berman,
Director, Office of Policy, Partnerships and Planning, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 2018-15002 Filed 7-12-18; 8:45 am]
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