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Availability of Final Toxicological Profiles

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 Availability of Final Toxicological Profiles
[Federal Register: November 14, 1994]




DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-87]

 


Availability of Final Toxicological Profiles
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Public Health Service (PHS), Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS).
ACTION: Notice of availability.



SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of 6 final and 9 
updated final toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances 
comprising the sixth set prepared by ATSDR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kim Fears, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, Division of Toxicology, 1600 Clifton 
Road, NE., Mail Stop E-29, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-
6304.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act (SARA) (Pub. L. 99-499) amends the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) by establishing certain requirements for the ATSDR 
and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to hazardous 
substances which 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 lists of hazardous 
substances. These lists identified the 275 hazardous substances which 
both agencies determined pose the most significant potential threat to 
human health. The availability of the revised list of the 275 most 
hazardous substances was announced in the Federal Register on February 
28, 1994 (59 FR 9486). 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) and 
October 28, 1992, (57 FR 48801).

    Notice of the availability of drafts of the sixth set (15) of 
toxicological profiles for public review and comment was published in 
the Federal Register on October 8, 1992, (57 FR 46393), with notice 
that a 90-day public comment period would be provided for each profile, 
starting from the actual release date. Following the close of each 
comment period, chemical-specific comments were addressed, and where 
appropriate, changes were incorporated into each profile. The public 
comments, the classification of and response to those comments, and 
other data submitted in response to the Federal Register notice bear 
the docket control number ATSDR-59. This material is available for 
public inspection at the Division of Toxicology, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, Building 4, Suite 2400, Executive Park 
Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except legal holidays.
Availability
    This notice announces the availability of 6 final and 9 updated 
final toxicological profiles comprising the sixth set. The following 
toxicological profiles are now 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. 
There is a charge for these profiles as determined by NTIS.



    Toxicological profile           NTIS Order No.            CAS No.   


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