[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 222 (Thursday, November 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69309-69310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29311]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-163]


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 new final and 
six updated final toxicological profiles of priority hazardous 
substances comprising the twelfth set prepared by ATSDR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Franchetta Stephens, Division of 
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop 
E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 1-(888) 
422-8737 or (404) 639-6345.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization 
Act (SARA) (Pub. L. 99-499) amends the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

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(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 October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56792). For prior versions 
of the list of substances see Federal Register notices dated November 
17, 1997 (62 FR 61332); 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).
    Notices (63 FR 56191) and (62 FR 55818) announcing the availability 
of the draft toxicological profiles for public review and comment were 
published in the Federal Register on October 21, 1998 or October 28, 
1997 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 numbers ATSDR-137 or ATSDR-127. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
legal holidays.

Availability

    This notice announces the availability of one new final and six 
updated final toxicological profiles comprising the twelfth 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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Twelfth Set:
    1. Arsenic...............  PB2000-108021         007440-38-2
    2. Chromium..............  PB2000-108022         007440-47-3
    3. Endosulfan............  PB2000-108023         000115-29-7
        Endosulfan, alpha....  ....................  000959-98-8
        Endosulfan, sulfate..  ....................  001031-07-8
        Endosulfan, beta.....  ....................  33213-65-9
    4. Ethion................  PB2000-108024         00563-12-2
    5. Manganese.............  PB2000-108025         007439-96-5
        Manganese chloride...  ....................  007773-01-5
        Manganese dioxide....  ....................  001313-13-9
        Maneb................  ....................  012427-38-2
        Methylcyclopentadieny  ....................  012108-13-3
         l Manganese
         Tricarbony.
    6. Methylene Chloride....  PB2000-108026         000075-09-2
    7. Toluene...............  PB2000-108028         000108-88-3
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    Dated: November 9, 2000.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
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