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In addition to requiring plant 

divestitures, the proposed Order 

requires Respondent American 

Securities to obtain prior approval from 

the Commission before acquiring assets 

for the manufacture and sale of products 

in any of the three relevant markets for 

ten years. The prior approval provision 

is necessary because an acquisition of 

assets for the manufacture and sale of 

products in any of the three relevant 

markets likely would raise the same 

competitive concerns as the 

Acquisition. The proposed Order further 

requires KPS to obtain prior approval 

from the Commission for a period of 

three years before transferring any of the 

divested assets to any buyer, and for a 

period of seven additional years to any 

buyer with an interest in assets for the 

manufacture and sale of products in any 

of the three relevant markets. 

The purpose of this analysis is to 

facilitate public comment on the 

Consent Agreement and proposed Order 

to aid the Commission in determining 

whether it should make the proposed 

Order final. This analysis is not an 

official interpretation of the proposed 

Order and does not modify its terms in 

any way. 

By direction of the Commission. 

April J. Tabor, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Challenge Competition: 

Announcement of AHRQ Challenge on 

Innovative Solutions to Update or ReCreate TeamSTEPPS Videos 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking 

to announce a challenge competition to 

modernize TeamSTEPPS® video 

content; the videos are an integral part 

of AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS training 

program. TeamSTEPPS is an evidencebased set of tools aimed at improving 

patient outcomes by improving 

communication and teamwork among 

the members of healthcare teams. This 

challenge competition will be 

completed in two phases, with cash 

prizes awarded at the end of Phase 2. 

DATES: Phase 1 Submission Deadline on 

June 20, 2022 and Phase 2 Submission 

Deadline on October 31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your responses 

electronically via: https://

www.ahrq.gov/challenges/teamsteppsvideo/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Monika Haugstetter, Health Scientist 

Administrator, Email: 

TeamSTEPPSChallenge@ahrq.hhs.gov, 

Telephone: 301–427–1515. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Problem Statement 

The Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS), is 

announcing a challenge competition to 

modernize TeamSTEPPS® video 

content; the videos are an integral part 

of AHRQ’s TeamSTEPPS training 

program. The statutory authority for this 

challenge competition is Section 105 of 

the America COMPETES 

Reauthorization Act of 2010. 

TeamSTEPPS is an evidence-based set 

of tools aimed at improving patient 

outcomes by improving communication 

and teamwork among the members of 

healthcare teams. 

Communication gaps among 

healthcare professionals are linked to 

poor patient safety outcomes. 

Conversely, effective teamwork, 

collaboration, and active 

communication are considered essential 

to safer healthcare. Strengthening 

teamwork and communication among 

healthcare personnel is a key initiative 

within the patient safety domain and 

can transform the culture of safety 

within healthcare. The TeamSTEPPS 

training program offers a plethora of 

methods to build team skills and 

improve teamwork in healthcare. The 

training videos are an important tool to 

demonstrate those methods and how 

they can be used to achieve the best 

possible outcomes. 

For more than 15 years, the 

TeamSTEPPS curriculum has been 

widely used by the healthcare industry 

in various settings (including hospitals, 

outpatient clinics, nursing homes, and 

surgery centers). Medical and nursing 

schools routinely teach the 

TeamSTEPPS curricula as part of their 

core courses, and a variety of healthcare 

institutions and organizations promote 

TeamSTEPPS principles and techniques 

in their efforts to create skilled and 

cohesive teams. Several years have 

passed since many of the TeamSTEPPS 

videos were developed or last revised. 

In a fast-paced environment such as 

healthcare, this is a substantial amount 

of time. With advancements in health 

information technology, changes in how 

care is delivered, and an increased 

emphasis on engaging patients and 

families as members of the healthcare 

team, many of the current TeamSTEPPS 

videos need to be updated to align more 

closely with current clinical practice, 

standards of care, and improved 

methods of adult training and 

education. 

Challenge Goal 

Healthcare has evolved and advanced 

since the original TeamSTEPPS videos 

were created, and many of the current 

TeamSTEPPS videos no longer meet 

current healthcare setting needs. AHRQ 

plans to replace their content to capture 

the innovations and practices observed 

in the healthcare landscape today. 

This AHRQ Challenge seeks 

innovators to update the current 

TeamSTEPPS videos to provide 

improved TeamSTEPPS tools for 

communication and collaboration 

among healthcare team members. 

All existing TeamSTEPPS videos 

currently on the AHRQ website may be 

considered for updating. 

This Challenge consists of two phases: 

Phase 1: Elicit written proposals on 

innovatively modernizing current 

TeamSTEPPS videos in an equitable, 

culturally sensitive, and health literate 

manner (e.g., including diverse patients 

and providers, choice of clinical topics 

that affect diverse populations, 

modeling plain language). Each 

proposal is to be written in the form of 

a narrative story or a plan that briefly 

provides details about how to update an 

applicable TeamSTEPPS video topic, 

including video style, type of graphics, 

use of live or animated actors and/or 

narrator, and music, and plans for 

audience testing. 

An organization may choose to update 

between 1 and 3 TeamSTEPPS video 

topics, submitting a separate proposal 

for each one. Each proposal will be 

considered and evaluated on its own 

merit. Organizations may wish to 

consider the following while deciding 

on which video(s) to select for 

refreshing: 1. The organization deems a 

video or videos to be of most urgency 

to update and 2. the organization has 

experience in that particular area. A 

total of 10 proposals will be selected as 

winners for Phase 1. 

Phase 2: Organizations selected as 

winners in Phase 1 will be invited to 

produce a replacement for the existing 

TeamSTEPPS video identified in their 

proposal. Examples of products to 

consider that may replace a 

TeamSTEPPS video include animation 

videos, motion graphics videos, 

whiteboard videos, live action videos, 


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live action screencast, or video 

showcases. This is not an exhaustive 

list; innovative ideas of how to apply 

TeamSTEPPS training strategies 

appropriate for a healthcare 

environment are encouraged. Each 

video shall be up to 5 minutes in length. 

Each video shall be accompanied by a 

short debrief guide—a series of prompts 

to the learners who watch the video— 

in written format to support learners in 

adopting new practices. The debrief 

guide may include, for example, 

questions about how the learner would 

have handled the situation, how the 

learner would use the TeamSTEPPS tool 

featured in the video, and similar 

probing questions. 

Timeline and Prize Amounts 

AHRQ is hosting this challenge as a 

two-phase competition. All costs 

associated with both submitting 

proposals and creating the videos will 

be the responsibility of the Challenge 

participant. Cash prizes will be awarded 

only after the videos are evaluated and 

determined acceptable at the end of 

Phase 2. 

Timeline 

April 27, 2022—Challenge launch. 

June 20, 2022—Submissions for Phase 

1 (written proposals) are due. AHRQ 

will complete the review of the 

proposals within 6–8 weeks of closing 

the announcement. 

August 2022—AHRQ will announce 

the Phase 1 winners at the end of 

August 2022. Phase 2 of the Challenge 

will commence once the Phase 1 

winners are announced and notified by 

August 31, 2022. The AHRQ team will 

schedule a live, virtual technical 

assistance webinar with all winners of 

Phase 1 to discuss scope of content, 

end-product quality, accessibility/ 

compliance with Section 508, and 

address questions that the winners may 

have. 

October 31, 2022—Phase 2 

participants will have 60 calendar days 

from notification to create and submit 

their production(s) as described in their 

proposal(s). The deadline to submit the 

videos is October 31, 2022. 

December 2022—The final winners of 

Phase 2 of the competition will be 

announced in December of 2022. 

Prize Amounts 

Only the participants selected as 

winners of Phase 1 will be eligible to 

enter Phase 2. Phase 1 winners will not 

be awarded cash prizes. 

Winners of Phase 2 will be awarded 

$10,000 per successful video. Up to 10 

cash prizes will be awarded. 

Participants in Phase 2 may be 

disqualified if their submitted video 

deviates from their winning proposal or 

if the production quality does not meet 

standards per the assessment criteria 

stated in this announcement and the 

technical assistance standards. In case 

any Phase 2 proposals are disqualified, 

another proposal(s) from Phase 1 may be 

considered; any additional winner(s) 

will be contacted about submitting a 

video and will be given a new 60-day 

deadline to do so. 

How To Enter the Challenge 

Participants can register by visiting 

the Challenge.gov website or the AHRQ 

website (https://www.ahrq.gov/ 

challenges/teamstepps-video/ 

index.html). Participants should 

carefully review Challenge information 

and submission requirements on the 

website, including the intellectual 

property rules and assessment criteria. 

Submission Requirements 

Phase 1 

The submitted proposals must be 

written in US English and submitted 

using the Challenge.gov website or the 

AHRQ website no later than June 20, 

2022. Participants shall submit no more 

than three (3) video proposals —one 

proposal to replace one existing 

TeamSTEPPS video topic. No proposal 

shall describe more than one video. 

Each proposal will be no more than two 

pages, double spaced, in Calibri font, 

11-point type size, with 1-inch margins. 

AHRQ encourages participants to 

include with their proposal a link to a 

short (no longer than 5 minutes) sample 

of a previously created video on a site 

that does not require a password. 

Sample videos do not need to address 

TeamSTEPPS principles; they should 

demonstrate the submitter’s ability to 

produce an acceptable training video 

that will meet the specifications of this 

Challenge. Include in proposals plans 

for meeting WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 

compliance standards. 

Phase 2 

Video submissions shall be in US 

English and shall not include any 

branding or endorsements such as logos, 

wording, title slides, or other designs on 

posters, signs, clothing, equipment, or 

any other objects that can be seen in the 

video. Participants must secure 

permission releases from each and all 

individuals who appear in the video; 

location releases for any shooting 

location that is not controlled by the 

participant; music licenses for any 

music used in the video; and permission 

releases/licenses to use copyrighted 

property, if applicable. Participants 

must be prepared to provide AHRQ with 

these releases and licenses if their 

videos are chosen as winners of the 

Challenge. 

Prior to submission, Challenge 

participants shall ensure that the 

product(s) include closed-captioning 

and audio description in compliance 

with WCAG 2.0 and Section 508. The 

video(s) must be in a YouTube format 

with the proper codecs: MP4 (H.264 or 

H.265), MOV, AVI, WMV with an aspect 

of 16:9. Participants shall submit their 

product(s) online using the 

Challenge.gov website or the AHRQ 

website: https://www.ahrq.gov/ 

challenges/teamstepps-video/ 

index.html. 

Each video is required to be 

accompanied by a guide that is no 

longer than 250 words. The guide will 

function as a resource for debriefing on 

the TeamSTEPPS concept or tool 

demonstrated in the video. 

Review Process 

All submissions will be reviewed by 

at least two individuals who will score 

them based on the assessment criteria 

and provide a brief comment about the 

submission. 

The scores/comments on Phase 1 and 

Phase 2 submissions will be compiled, 

and a ranked summary provided to 

AHRQ staff. AHRQ will select winners 

based on quantitative and qualitative 

assessments. 

Evaluation Criteria for Selecting 

Winning Applications 

Assessment Criteria for Phase 1 

TeamSTEPPS Video Proposal 

Compliance (pass/fail)—Does the 

Phase 1 proposal adequately address 

required compliance standards (WCAG 

2.0 and Section 508)? 

Overall Approach (40 pts)—Does the 

proposal sufficiently describe why a 

particular TeamSTEPPS video has been 

chosen for updating? Does the proposal 

clearly, concisely, and adequately 

describe the approach chosen to update 

the TeamSTEPPS video? Does the 

proposal describe how the new video 

would be effective in augmenting the 

TeamSTEPPS program to train 

healthcare team members on 

communication and collaboration, and 

does it describe how the video will 

address equity, cultural sensitivity and 

health literacy? Does the proposal 

include a sample of past video work 

completed by the Challenge 

participants? Does the proposal include 

conducting audience testing? 

Impact (20 pts)—Does the proposal 

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demonstrate how the new production 

would be aligned with the current 

healthcare landscape to fully support 

the TeamSTEPPS training program? 

Innovation and Creativity (25 pts)— 

Does the proposal include innovative 

and appropriate methods for adult 

learning? Does the proposal use creative 

ways to update the existing 

TeamSTEPPS videos? Does the proposal 

include new insight and approaches to 

broadening diversity in TeamSTEPPS? 

Healthcare needs (15 pts)—Does the 

approach clearly address healthcare 

needs, current issues, approaches to 

improve patient safety (e.g., patient 

family engagement), changes in HIPAA 

laws and healthcare settings, and/or 

emerging trends (e.g., artificial 

intelligence in healthcare, 

telemedicine)? 

Assessment Criteria for Phase 2 

TeamSTEPPS Video Product 

Compliance (pass/fail)—Does the 

completed Phase 2 video meet the 

compliance standards? 

Approach (30 pts)—Does the 

production clearly follow the approach 

in the proposal? Is the message 

consistent with the proposal? Does the 

production clearly communicate the 

content/theme? Is it focused on the 

topic and organized? Is it captivating 

and edifying? 

Content (30 pts)—Is it appropriate for 

healthcare? Does it address diversity, 

equity, and inclusion? Is it tailored to 

diverse audiences from cultural, 

technological, and healthcare setting 

perspectives? 

Creativity (20 pts)—How creatively 

does the new product convey the 

message? Is it innovative? Is it well 

designed? 

Quality (20 pts)—How is the quality 

of the production? Is the lighting, 

sound, editing, and contrast 

appropriate? Is the dialogue clear and 

easy to understand? Is it visually 

appealing and effective? Is the 

captioning accurate? 

Eligibility Rules for Participating in the 

Challenge 

To be eligible under this Challenge, 

an individual (whether participating 

singly or in a group) or entity: 

1. Shall have registered 

(Challenge.gov) to participate in the 

Challenge. 

2. Shall have complied with the rules 

set forth in this announcement for 

participation in this Challenge. 

3. Shall be incorporated and maintain 

a primary place of business in the 

United States (in the case of a private 

entity), and in the case of an individual, 

whether participating singly or in a 

group, shall be a citizen or permanent 

resident of the United States. 

4. May not be a Federal entity or 

Federal employee acting within the 

scope of their employment. (All Federal 

employees should consult with their 

agency Ethics Official to determine 

whether the federal ethics rules will 

limit or prohibit the acceptance of a 

prize). 

5. May not be an employee of AHRQ 

or any other company, organization, or 

individual involved with the design, 

production, execution, judging, or 

distribution of the Challenge, or their 

immediate family (spouse, parents and 

step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, 

and children and step-children), or 

household members (people who share 

the same residence at least 3 months out 

of the year). 

6. May not use Federal funds from a 

grant to develop Challenge applications 

unless consistent with the purpose of 

the grant award. 

7. May not use Federal funds from a 

contract to develop Challenge 

applications or to fund efforts in 

support of a Challenge submission. 

8. Shall not be deemed ineligible 

because the individual or entity used 

Federal facilities or consulted with 

Federal employees during a competition 

if the facilities and employees are made 

equitably available to all individuals 

and entities participating in the 

competition. 

9. Shall not be required to purchase 

liability insurance as a condition of 

participation in this competition. 

Additional Rules of Participation 

By participating in this Challenge, 

each individual (whether participating 

singly or in a group) or entity: 

1. Agrees to follow all applicable 

Federal, State, and local laws, 

regulations, and policies. 

2. Agrees to comply with all terms 

and conditions of participation in this 

Challenge. 

3. Agrees that the submission will not 

use HHS or AHRQ logos or official seals, 

except as required by AHRQ. Videos 

submitted in response to this 

announcement must contain AHRQ/ 

HHS branding as provided by AHRQ 

during the technical assistance session. 

Notwithstanding this authorized use of 

AHRQ/HHS branding, participants will 

not claim endorsement by AHRQ/HHS. 

4. Videos must not contain branding 

of submitting organization, group, or 

individual. This includes logos, 

wording, or other designs on posters, 

signs, clothing, equipment, or any other 

objects that can be seen in the video. 

5. Understands that all materials 

submitted to AHRQ as part of a 

submission become AHRQ records. Any 

confidential commercial or financial 

information contained in a submission 

must be clearly designated as such at 

the time of submission. 

6. Submitters of winning videos may 

announce their status and may link to 

the final video posted on the AHRQ 

website, as well as share promotional 

materials and social media posts created 

by AHRQ/HHS about the competition 

and winning videos; however, except as 

a link to AHRQ, winners may not post 

the final video, or any draft version or 

any portion of the video, on their own 

website or through social media 

platforms. 

7. Agrees that the submission must 

not infringe upon copyright or any other 

rights of any third party. 

8. Agrees to assume any and all risks 

and waive claims against the Federal 

Government and its related entities, 

except in the case of willful misconduct, 

for any injury, death, damage, or loss of 

property, revenue, or profits, whether 

direct, indirect, or consequential, arising 

from participation in this prize contest, 

whether the injury, death, damage, or 

loss arises through negligence or 

otherwise. 

9. Agrees to indemnify the Federal 

Government against third-party claims 

for damages arising from or related to 

Challenge activities. 

10. Phase 2 video submitters 

understand that circulation of winning 

videos could be worldwide, and that the 

Federal Government will not 

compensate the submitters for this use; 

winners shall receive a one-time cash 

prize as set forth in this announcement. 

11. Understands that AHRQ reserves 

the right to cancel, suspend, and/or 

modify this prize contest, or any part of 

it, for any reason, at AHRQ’s sole 

discretion. AHRQ also reserves the right 

not to award any prizes if no entries are 

deemed worthy. 

12. Understands that AHRQ will not 

select a winner that is named on the 

Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). 

Intellectual Property (IP) Rights 

To be eligible to win this Challenge, 

a submission must meet the following 

requirements: 

1. Each participant retains title and 

full ownership in and to their 

submission. Participants expressly 

reserve all intellectual property rights 

not expressly granted. 

2. By participating in the Challenge, 

each participant (whether participating 

singly or in a group) acknowledges that 

he or she is the sole author or owner of, 

or has a right to use, any copyrightable 

works that the submission comprises, 

that the works are wholly original with 


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the participant (or is an improved 

version of an existing work that the 

participant has sufficient rights to use 

and improve), and that the submission 

does not infringe any copyright or any 

other rights of any third party of which 

participant is aware. In addition, each 

participant (whether participating singly 

or in a group) grants to the U.S. 

Government a paid-up, nonexclusive, 

royalty-free, irrevocable worldwide 

license in perpetuity and the right to 

reproduce, publish, post, link to, share, 

display publicly (on the web or 

elsewhere) and prepare derivative 

works, including the right to authorize 

others to do so on behalf of the U.S. 

Government. 

3. Each participant must clearly 

delineate any intellectual property and/ 

or confidential commercial information 

contained in a submission that the 

participant wishes to protect as 

proprietary data, in accordance with 

Additional Rules of Participation No. 5. 

4. If the submission includes any 

third-party works (such as third-party 

content or open-source code), the 

participant must be able to provide, 

upon request, documentation of all 

appropriate licenses and releases for use 

of such third-party works. If the 

participant cannot provide 

documentation of all required licenses 

and releases, AHRQ reserves the right, 

in its sole discretion, to disqualify the 

submission. 

Marquita Cullom, 

Associate Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[Docket No. ATSDR–2022–0003] 

Availability of Four Draft Toxicological 

Profiles 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry 

(ATSDR), within the Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), 

announces the opening of a docket to 

obtain comments on drafts of four 

updated toxicological profiles: 

Nitrobenzene, Nitrophenols, Mercury, 

and Copper. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 26, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket Number ATSDR– 

2022–0003, by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Innovation and 

Analytics, Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry, 4770 Buford 

Highway, Mail Stop S102–1, Atlanta, 

GA 30341–3717. Attn: Docket No. 

ATSDR–2022–0003. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and Docket 

Number. All relevant comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. Do 

not submit comments by email. ATSDR 

does not accept comments by email. For 

access to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kambria Haire, Office of Innovation and 

Analytics, Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry, 4770 Buford 

Highway, Mail Stop S102–1, Atlanta, 

GA 30329–4027; Email: 

ATSDRToxProfileFRNs@cdc.gov; 

Telephone: 1–800–232–4636. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATSDR 

has prepared drafts of four updated 

toxicological profiles based on current 

understanding of the health effects and 

availability of new studies and other 

information since their initial release. 

All toxicological profiles issued as 

‘‘Drafts for Public Comment’’ represent 

the result of ATSDR’s evidence-based 

evaluations to provide important 

toxicological information on priority 

hazardous substances to the public and 

health professionals. ATSDR considers 

key studies for these substances during 

the profile development process. To that 

end, ATSDR is seeking public 

comments and additional information or 

reports on studies about the health 

effects of these four substances for 

review and potential inclusion in the 

profiles. ATSDR will evaluate the 

quality and relevance of such data or 

studies for possible inclusion in the 

profile. 

Public Participation 

Interested persons or organizations 

are invited to participate by submitting 

written views, information, and data. 

Comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, are part of the public record 

and are subject to public disclosure. 

Comments will be posted on https://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, do not 

include any information in your 

comment or supporting materials that 

you consider confidential or 

inappropriate for public disclosure. If 

you include your name, contact 

information, or other information that 

identifies you in the body of your 

comments, that information will be on 

public display. Do not submit comments 

by email. ATSDR does not accept 

comments by email. ATSDR will review 

all submissions and may choose to 

redact or withhold submissions 

containing private or proprietary 

information such as Social Security 

numbers, medical information, 

inappropriate language, or duplicate/ 

near duplicate examples of a mass-mail 

campaign. ATSDR will carefully review 

and consider all comments submitted in 

preparation of the Final Toxicological 

Profiles and may revise the profiles as 

appropriate. 

Legislative Background 

The Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.] amended the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) [42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.] by establishing 

certain requirements for ATSDR and the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) regarding the hazardous 

substances most commonly found at 

facilities on the CERCLA National 

Priorities List. Among these statutory 

requirements is a mandate for the 

Administrator of ATSDR to prepare 

toxicological profiles for each substance 

included on the priority list of 

hazardous substances [also called the 

Substance Priority List (SPL)]. This list 

identifies 275 hazardous substances that 

ATSDR and EPA have determined pose 

the most significant potential threat to 

human health. The SPL is available 

online at www.atsdr.cdc.gov/spl. 

ATSDR is also mandated to revise and 

publish updated toxicological profiles, 

as necessary, to reflect updated health 

effects and other information. 

In addition, CERCLA provides ATSDR 

with the authority to prepare 

toxicological profiles for substances not 

found on the SPL. CERCLA authorizes 

ATSDR to establish and maintain an 

inventory of literature, research, and 

studies on the health effects of toxic 

substances (CERCLA Section 

104(i)(1)(B); 42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(1)(B)); to 

respond to requests for health 

consultations (CERCLA Section 

104(i)(4); 42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(4)); and to 

support the site-specific response 

actions conducted by the agency 

(CERCLA Section 104(i)(6); 42 U.S.C. 


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