[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 204 (Friday, October 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62050-62051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23617]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-204]


Availability of Final Toxicological Profiles

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 one update and four 
new final toxicological profiles, completing the 2nd set developed for 
the Department of Energy, prepared by ATSDR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Yulandia Jordon, Office of 
Communication, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 
Mailstop E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
telephone 1-888-422-8737 or (404)498-0261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These toxicological profiles were developed 
by ATSDR for hazardous substances at Department of Energy (DOE) waste 
sites under Section 104(i)(3) and (5) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA 
or Superfund). This public law directed ATSDR to prepare toxicological 
profiles for hazardous substances that are most commonly found at 
facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL) and that pose 
the most significant potential threat to human health, as determined by 
ATSDR and the EPA. The current ATSDR priority list of hazardous 
substances at DOE NPL sites was announced in the Federal Register on 
July 24, 1996 (61 FR 38451).
    Notices (66 FR 53610) and (66 FR 41243) announcing the availability 
of the draft toxicological profiles for public

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review and comment were published in the Federal Register on October 
23, 2001, and August 7, 2001, with notice of a 90-day public comment 
period for each profile, 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 
each profile. The public comments and other data submitted in response 
to the Federal Register notices bear the docket control number ATSDR-
174 and ATSDR-171. This material is available for public inspection at 
the Division of Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry, 1825 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia, (not a mailing 
address) between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
legal holidays.

Availability

    This notice announces the availability of one update and four new 
final toxicological profiles, comprising the 2nd set developed for the 
Department of Energy, prepared by ATSDR. 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.

                       Second Set of DOE Profiles
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         Toxicological profile            NTIS order No.       CAS No.
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1. Americium..........................       PB2004-104396     7440-35-9
2. Cesium.............................       PB2004-104397     7440-46-2
3. Cobalt (Update)....................       PB2004-104398     7440-48-4
4. Iodine.............................       PB2004-104399     7553-56-2
5. Strontium..........................       PB2004-104400     7440-35-9
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Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National Center 
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry.
[FR Doc. 04-23617 Filed 10-21-04; 8:45 am]
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