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The final report of the Commission is

available from the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA

15250–7954 (202–512–1800) (Stock

Number 017–001–00531–2). The final

report is also available on the

INTERNET at http://web.health.gov/

dietsupp/. For additional information,

contact Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D.,

Executive Director, Commission on

Dietary Supplement Labels, Office of

Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Room 738G, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201,

(202) 690–5526 or facsimile (202–205–

0463).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

Law 103–417, Section 12, authorized

the establishment of a Commission on

Dietary Supplement Labels whose seven

members were appointed by the

President in November, 1995. The

appointments to the Commission by the

President and the establishment of the

Commission by the Secretary of Health

and Human Services reflect the

commitment of the President and the

Secretary to the development of a sound

and consistent regulatory policy on

labeling of dietary supplements.

The Commission has conducted a

study that provides recommendations

for regulation of label claims and

statements for dietary supplements,

including the use of supplemental

literature in connection with their sale

and, in addition, procedures for

evaluation of label claims. The

Commission has also considered how

best to provide truthful, scientifically

valid, and non-misleading information

to consumers in order that they may

make informed health care choices for

themselves and their families.

In accordance with the provisions of

its Charter, dated February 13, 1997,

delivery of the Commission’s final

report constitutes completion of the

function of the Commission.

Accordingly, the Commission has been

discharged.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Susanne A. Stoiber,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health

(Disease Prevention and Health Promotion),

U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services.

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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.

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, chemicalspecific 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.

Toxicological profile NTIS order No. CAS No.

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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Toxicological profile NTIS order No. CAS No.

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 (UPDATE) ............................................................. PB98–101173 001336–36–3

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

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs,

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Agency For Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[ATSDR–132]

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.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of nine final toxicological

profiles on unregulated hazardous

substances prepared by ATSDR for the

Department of Defense.

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) of 1986

(Pub. L. 99–499) amended the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (Superfund) or CERCLA.

Section 211 of SARA also amended

Title 10 of the U.S. Code, creating the

Defense Environmental Restoration

Program. Section 2704(a) and (b) of Title

10 of the U.S. Code directs the Secretary

of Defense to notify the Secretary of

Health and Human Services of not less

than 25 of the most commonly found,

unregulated hazardous substances at

defense facilities. The Secretary of HHS

shall take necessary steps to ensure the

timely preparation of toxicological

profiles of these substances. Each profile

includes an examination, summary and

interpretation of available toxicological

information and epidemiological

evaluations. This information and these

data are used to ascertain the levels of

significant human exposure for the

substance and the associated health

effects. The profiles include a

determination of whether adequate

information on the health effects of each

substance is available or under

development. When adequate

information is not available, in

cooperation with the National

Toxicology Program (NTP), ATSDR may

plan a program of research designed to

determine these health effects.

Notice of the availability of nine new

draft toxicological profiles for public

review and comment was published in

the Federal Register on October 18,

1994 (59 FR 52549), 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, 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–

86. 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 nine final toxicological profiles for

the Department of Defense. 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.