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1This provision, originally section 612(a), was 

added to the FCRA in September 1996 and became 

effective in September 1997. It was relabelled 

section 612(f) by section 211(a) of the Fair and 

Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (‘‘FACT 

Act’’), Public Law 108–159, which was signed into 

law on December 4, 2003.

Trade Commission is required to 

increase the $8.00 amount referred to in 

paragraph (1)(A)(i) of section 612(f) on 

January 1 of each year, based 

proportionally on changes in the 

Consumer Price Index (‘‘CPI’’), with 

fractional changes rounded to the 

nearest fifty cents. The CPI increased 

17.80 percent between September 1997, 

the date the FCRA amendments took 

effect, and September 2004. This 

increase in the CPI and the requirement 

that any increase be rounded to the 

nearest fifty cents results in an increase 

in the current maximum allowable 

charge to $9.50 effective January 1, 

2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission, 

Washington, DC 20580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Keith B. Anderson, Bureau of 

Economics, Federal Trade Commission, 

Washington, DC 20580, 202–326–3428.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

612(f)(1)(A) of the Fair Credit Reporting 

Act, which became effective in 1997, 

provides that a consumer reporting 

agency may charge a consumer a 

reasonable amount for making a 

disclosure to the consumer pursuant to 

section 609 of the Act.1 The law states 

that, where a consumer reporting agency 

is permitted to impose a reasonable 

charge on a consumer for making a 

disclosure to the consumer pursuant to 

section 609, the charge shall not exceed 

$8 and shall be indicated to the 

consumer before making the disclosure. 

Section 612(f)(2) goes on to state that the 

Federal Trade Commission (‘‘the 

Commission’’) shall increase the $8.00 

maximum amount on January 1 of each 

year, based proportionally on changes in 

the Consumer Price Index, with 

fractional changes rounded to the 

nearest fifty cents.

Section 211(a) of the Fair and 

Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 

2003 (‘‘FACT Act’’) adds a new section 

612(a) to the FCRA that gives consumers 

the right to request free annual 

disclosures once every 12 months. The 

maximum allowable charge established 

by this notice does not apply to requests 

made under that new provision. The 

charge will, however, apply where a 

consumer orders a file disclosure 

directly from one of the three 

nationwide consumer reporting agencies 

because the consumer is not yet eligible 

to receive a free annual disclosure, or 

has already received a free annual 

disclosure and does not otherwise 

qualify for an additional free disclosure. 

The Commission considers the $8 

amount referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(i) 

of section 612(f) to be the baseline for 

the effective ceiling on reasonable 

charges dating from the effective date of 

the amended FCRA, i.e., September 30, 

1997. Each year the Commission 

calculates the proportional increase in 

the Consumer Price Index (using the 

most general CPI, which is for all urban 

consumers, all items) from September 

1997 to September of the current year. 

The Commission then determines what 

modification, if any, from the original 

base of $8 should be made effective on 

January 1 of the subsequent year, given 

the requirement that fractional changes 

be rounded to the nearest fifty cents. 

Between September 1997 and 

September 2004, the Consumer Price 

Index for all urban consumers and all 

items increased by 17.80 percent—from 

an index value of 161.2 in September 

1997 to a value of 189.9 in September 

2001. An increase of 17.80 percent in 

the $8.00 base figure would lead to a 

new figure of $9.42. However, because 

the statute directs that the resulting 

figure be rounded to the nearest $0.50, 

the allowable charge should be $9.50. 

The Commission therefore determines 

that the allowable charge for the year 

2005 will be $9.50.

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[ATSDR–202] 

Availability of a Guidance Manual for 

the Assessment of Joint Toxic Action 

of Chemical Mixtures and Nine 

Interaction Profiles CD–ROM [Final 

Documents] and Two Interaction 

Profiles [Drafts for Public Comments]

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the Guidance Manual for 

the Assessment of Joint Toxic Action of 

Chemical Mixtures and nine interaction 

profiles CD–ROM prepared by ATSDR 

[final documents]. This notice also 

announces two additional interaction 

profiles that will be released as drafts 

for public comments.

DATES: The Guidance Manual and nine 

interaction profiles were included on 

the ATSDR ToxProfiles 2004 TM

including ToxFAQs TM CD–ROM 

released in October 2004. The two 

additional interaction profiles [drafts for 

public comments] will be available on 

January 1, 2005. The comment period 

for the two additional profiles will be 

from January 1, 2005 to March 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written requests for the CD–

ROM should be sent to the attention of 

Ms. Yulandia Jordan, Office of 

Communication, Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry, 

Mailstop E–29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333 or by e-mail to 

atsdric@cdc.gov.

Requests for the guidance manual 

and/or interaction profiles must be in 

writing and submitted to the address 

mentioned above. ATSDR reserves the 

right to provide only one copy free of 

charge. 

In case of extended distribution 

delays, requesters will be notified. 

The documents will be also available 

on ATSDR’s Web site at http://

www.atsdr.cdc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please send comments or questions 

regarding information contained in the 

profiles to Dr. Hana Pohl, Division of 

Toxicology, Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry, 

Mailstop F–32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (888) 

422–8737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Six of the 

interaction profiles were developed by 

ATSDR for hazardous substances at the 

National Priority List (NPL) sites and 

three interaction profiles were 

developed by ATSDR for the hazardous 

substances at the Department of Energy 

(DOE) and National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA) waste 

sites under Section 104(i)(3) and (5) of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA). This public law 

mandates that ATSDR shall assess 

whether adequate information on health 

effects is available for the priority 

hazardous substances. Where such 

information is not available or under 

development, ATSDR shall, in 

cooperation with the National 

Toxicology Program, initiate a program 

of research to determine these health 

effects. The Act further directs that 

where feasible, ATSDR shall develop 

methods to determine the health effects 

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of substances in combination with other 

substances with which they are 

commonly found. The Food Quality 

Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996 requires 

that factors to be considered in 

establishing, modifying, or revoking 

tolerances for pesticide chemical 

residues shall include the available 

information concerning the cumulative 

effects of substances that have a 

common mechanism of toxicity, and 

combined exposure levels to the 

substance and other related substances. 

The FQPA requires that the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency consult with the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (which includes 

ATSDR) in implementing some of the 

provisions of the act.

To carry out these legislative 

mandates, ATSDR has developed a 

chemical mixtures program. As part of 

the mixtures program, ATSDR 

developed a guidance manual that 

outlines the latest methods for mixtures 

health assessment. In addition, a series 

of documents called interaction profiles 

are being developed for certain priority 

mixtures that are of special concern to 

ATSDR. The purpose of an interaction 

profile is to evaluate data on the 

toxicology of the ‘‘whole’’ priority 

mixture (if available) and on the joint 

toxic action of the chemicals in the 

mixture in order to recommend 

approaches for the exposure-based 

assessment of the potential hazard to 

public health. 

All the documents were submitted to 

both the peer-review and the public 

review processes. Changes in the 

documents reflect those addressing 

reviewers’ comments. 

The following documents were made 

available to the public in October 2004. 

Document 1 

Guidance manual for the assessment 

of joint toxic action of chemical 

mixtures. 

Document 2 

Interaction profile for persistent 

chemicals found in fish. Chlorinated 

dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs), 

hexachlorobenzene, dichlorodiphenyl 

dichloroethane (p,p′-DDE), methyl 

mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls 

(PCBs). 

Document 3 

Interaction profile for persistent 

chemicals found in breast milk. 

Chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (CDDs), 

hexachlorobenzene, dichlorodiphenyl 

dichloroethane (p,p′-DDE), methyl 

mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls 

(PCBs). 

Document 4 

Interaction profile for 1,1,1-

trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, 

trichloroethylene, and 

tetrachloroethylene. 

Document 5 

Interaction profile for benzene, 

ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylenes 

(BTEX). 

Document 6 

Interaction profile for arsenic, 

cadmium, chromium, and lead. 

Document 7 

Interaction profile for copper, lead, 

manganese, and zinc. 

Document 8 

Interaction profile for cesium, cobalt, 

polychlorinated biphenyls, strontium, 

and trichloroethylene. 

Document 9 

Interaction profile for arsenic, 

hydrazines, jet fuels, strontium, 

trichloroethylene. 

Document 10 

Interaction profile for cyanide, 

fluoride, nitrate, and uranium. 

Two additional Interaction Profiles 

[Drafts for Public Comments] 

Interaction profile for atrazine 

deethylatrazine, diazinon, simazine, and 

nitrate. 

Interaction profile for chlorpyrifos, 

lead, mercury, and methylmercury.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Georgi Jones, 

Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and 

Evaluation, National Center for 

Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Environmental 

Health Specialist Network, Program 

Announcement Number (PA) 05013 

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting:

Name: Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special Emphasis 

Panel (SEP): Environmental Health Specialist 

Network, PA Number 05013. 

Times and Dates: 9 a.m.–9:30 a.m., January 

25, 2005 (Open), 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m., January 

25, 2005 (Closed). 

Place: Hilton Atlanta Airport, 1031 

Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30354, 

Telephone Number 404 767–9000. 

Status: Portions of the meeting will be 

closed to the public in accordance with 

provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and 

(6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of 

the Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 

92–463. 

Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will 

include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of applications received in 

response to: Environmental Health Specialist 

Network, PA Number 05013. 

Contact Person for Further Information:

Mildred Williams-Johnson, PhD, Scientific 

Review Administrator, Centers for Disease 

Control, National Center for Environmental 

Health, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop E28, 

Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone (404) 498–

0639. 

The Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, has been delegated the 

authority to sign Federal Register notices 

pertaining to announcements of meetings and 

other committee management activities, for 

both CDC and the Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Alvin Hall, 

Director, Management Analysis and Services 

Office, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control; Special 

Emphasis Panel (SEP): Fetal Alcohol 

Syndrome Prevention and Surveillance 

in South Africa-Developing 

Community-Level Strategies that Work, 

Request for Applications (RFA) DD05–

011

In accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting:

Name: Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special Emphasis 

Panel (SEP): Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 

Prevention and Surveillance in South AfricaDeveloping Community-Level Strategies that 

Work, RFA DD05–011. 

Times and Dates: 1 p.m.–1:35 p.m., 

January 11, 2005 (Open), 1:50 p.m.–4:30 

p.m., January 11, 2005 (Closed). 

Place: Teleconference Number: USA Toll 

Free 888–769–8515 Passcode 42438.