[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67375-67376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33507]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-131]


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 three new final and 
eight updated final toxicological profiles of priority hazardous 
substances comprising the ninth set prepared by ATSDR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Loretta Norman, Division of 
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop 
E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 
639-6322.

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 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 275 hazardous substances that ATSDR 
and EPA 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 November 17, 1997 
(62 FR 61332). For prior versions of the list of substances see Federal 
Register notices dated April 29, 1996 (61 FR 18744); 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); and February 28, 1994 (59 FR 9486).
    Notice of the availability of drafts of the ninth set of 
toxicological profiles for public review and comment was published in 
the Federal Register on October 30, 1995 (60 FR 55272), with notice of 
a 90-day public comment period 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 and 
other data submitted in response to the Federal Register notice bear 
the docket control number ATSDR-102. 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, (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 three new final and eight 
updated final toxicological profiles comprising the ninth set 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.

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       Toxicological profile            NTIS order No.        CAS No.   
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Ninth Set:                                                              
  1. BENZENE (UPDATE)..............  PB98-101157             000071-43-2
  2. CHLORFENVINPHOS...............  PB98-101116             000470-90-6
  3. CHLOROFORM (UPDATE)...........  PB98-101140             000067-66-3
  4. CHLORPYRIFOS..................  PB98-103088             002921-88-2
  5. CYANIDE (UPDATE)..............  PB98-101207             000057-12-5
    AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE...........  ...................     001762-95-4
    CYANAZINE......................  ...................     021725-46-2
    HYDROGEN CYANIDE...............  ...................     000074-90-8
    SODIUM CYANIDE.................  ...................     000143-33-9

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    THIOCYANATE....................  ...................     000302-04-5
    POTASSIUM CYANIDE..............  ...................     000151-50-8
    CALCIUM CYANIDE................  ...................     000592-01-8
    COPPER(I) CYANIDE..............  ...................     000544-92-3
    POTASSIUM SILVER CYANIDE.......  ...................     000506-61-6
    CYANOGEN.......................  ...................     000460-19-5
    CYANOGEN CHLORIDE..............  ...................     000506-77-4
  6. DICHLORVOS....................  PB98-101124             000062-73-7
  7. NICKEL (UPDATE)...............  PB98-101199             007440-02-0
    NICKEL CHLORIDE................  ...................     007718-54-9
    NICKEL OXIDE...................  ...................     001313-99-1
    NICKEL SULFATE.................  ...................     007786-81-4
    NICKEL SUBSULFIDE..............  ...................     012035-72-2
    NICKEL ACETATE.................  ...................     000373-02-4
    NICKEL NITRATE.................  ...................     013138-45-9
  8. POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS       PB98-101173             001336-36-3
   (UPDATE).                                                            
    AROCLOR 1016...................  ...................     012674-11-2
    AROCLOR 1221...................  ...................     011104-28-2
    AROCLOR 1232...................  ...................     011141-16-5
    AROCLOR 1242...................  ...................     053469-21-9
    AROCLOR 1248...................  ...................     012672-29-6
    AROCLOR 1254...................  ...................     011097-69-1
    AROCLOR 1260...................  ...................     011096-82-5
    AROCLOR 1262...................  ...................     037324-23-5
    AROCLOR 1268...................  ...................     011100-14-4
  9. TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (UPDATE)..  PB98-101181             000127-18-4
  10. TRICHLOROETHYLENE (UPDATE)...  PB98-101165             000079-01-6
  11. VINYL CHLORIDE (UPDATE)......  PB98-101132             000075-01-4
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    Dated: December 17, 1997.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 97-33507 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am]
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