61622 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 25, 2005 / Notices 

Services (HHS) is being amended at 

Chapter AP, ‘‘Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public Affairs (OASPA),’’

as last amended at 58 FR 52969–02, 

dated October 13, 1993. The proposed 

change is to make the following changes 

in the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

Public Affairs (Media): revise the 

functional statement for the News 

Division (APBI); and establish a new 

Web Communications Division (APB4). 

The changes are described below: 

I. Under Part A, Chapter AP, Section 

AP.10 Organization, delete in its 

entirety and replace with the following: 

AP.10 Organization. The Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Public 

Affairs, headed by the Assistant 

Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA) who 

reports to the Secretary, consists of the 

following organization: 

• The Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Public Affairs 

• The Office of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Affairs (Policy 

and Strategy) 

—Communications Services Division 

—Special Outreach Division 

• The Office of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Affairs (Medid) 

—News Division 

—Speech and Editorial Division 

—FOIA/Privacy Act Division 

—Web Communiations Division 

II. Under Section AP.20 Functions, 

paragraph C.1, ‘‘News Division,’’ delete 

in its entirety, and replace with the 

following: 

C.1 News Division (APB1)—Plans, 

directs and coordinates the issuance of 

public information from HHS to the 

press and broadcast media. 

Prepares news releases and other 

news material for the Secretary and 

other top Department officials. Reviews 

and clears all news releases and other 

news materials prepared by HHS 

components. 

Identifies news opportunities for the 

Secretary. 

Makes recommendations concerning 

press releases on upcoming publication 

of regulations or other actions. 

Identifies likely media questions for 

news conferences and interviews, 

assists in preparing background 

briefings for encounters with the press. 

Briefs the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 

and Chief of Staff, in conjunction with 

other departmental experts for all media 

events. 

Responds to press queries, either 

directly or by steering reporters to 

appropriate public affairs personnel in 

Operating Division press offices. 

Reviews for approval all media 

interview requests received by HHS 

components. 

Coordinates press conferences for the 

Secretary. Acts as a liaison for reporters 

requesting interviews and for 

newspaper editorial boards wishing to 

meet with the Secretary. 

Monitors major national media, and 

selected local media when appropriate, 

and distributes articles of interest 

throughout the day to key staff. 

Leads the planning, development and 

implementation of emergency incident 

communications strategies and activities 

for the Department. 

III. Under section AP.20 Functions, at 

the end paragraph C.3, add the 

following new paragraph: 

C.4 Web Communications Division 

(APB4): Leads the review of HHS Web 

information content, presentation, uses 

and technologies, and recommends and/ 

or implements web-based information 

policy, guidance and tools for the 

Department, as appropriate. 

Leads the review of the content of all 

proposed Department-wide and OSlevel sites to ensure they are consistent 

with Departmental policies and goals. 

Leads the development of Department 

Internet policy and public affairs issues 

as well as a development of a 

Department-wide policy on the creation 

and clearance of Web sites. 

Manages daily operations of the main 

HHS public Web site. Manages 

additional Office of the Secretary-level 

Web sites, as appropriate. 

Manages daily operations of the HHS 

intranet, and tools in support of HHS 

Web and intranet sites. 

Dated: October 5, 2005. 

Joe W. Ellis, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–21249 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–03–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

[ATSDR–214] 

Availability of Draft Toxicological 

Profiles 

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), as amended by the 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), 

Section 104(i)(3) [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(3)] 

directs the Administrator of ATSDR to 

prepare toxicological profiles of priority 

hazardous substances and to revise and 

publish each updated toxicological 

profile as necessary. This notice 

announces the availability of the 19th 

set of toxicological profiles, which 

consists of one new draft and seven 

updated drafts, prepared by ATSDR for 

review and comment. 

DATES: In order to be considered, 

comments on these draft toxicological 

profiles must be received on or before 

February 27, 2006. Comments received 

after the close of the public comment 

period will be considered at the 

discretion of ATSDR on the basis of 

what is deemed to be in the best interest 

of the general public. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for printed copies 

of the draft toxicological profiles should 

be sent to the attention of Ms. Olga 

Dawkins, Division of Toxicology and 

Environmental Medicine, Agency for 

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 

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

Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Electronic 

access to these documents is also 

available at the ATSDR Web site: 

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html. 

Comments regarding the draft 

toxicological profiles should be sent to 

the attention of Ms. Nickolette Roney, 

Division of Toxicology and 

Environmental Medicine, Agency for 

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 

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

Atlanta, Georgia 30333. 

Requests for printed copies of the 

draft toxicological profiles must be in 

writing, and must specifically identify 

the hazardous substance(s) profile(s) 

that you wish to receive. ATSDR 

reserves the right to provide only one 

copy of each profile requested, free of 

charge. In case of extended distribution 

delays, requestors will be notified. 

Written comments and other data 

submitted in response to this notice and 

the draft toxicological profiles should 

bear the docket control number ATSDR–

214. Send one copy of all comments and 

three copies of all supporting 

documents to Ms. Roney at the above 

stated address by the end of the 

comment period. Because all public 

comments regarding ATSDR 

toxicological profiles are available for 

public inspection, no confidential 

business information or other 

confidential information should be 

submitted in response to this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Olga Dawkins, Division of Toxicology 

and Environmental Medicine, Agency 

for Toxic Substances and Disease 

Registry, Mailstop E–29, 1600 Clifton 

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Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 

telephone 1–(888)422–8737 or 

(770)488–3315. 

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 

responsibilities for the ATSDR and the 

U.S. 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 responsibilities is that the 

Administrator of ATSDR prepare 

toxicological profiles for substances 

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 priority list of 275 hazardous 

substances was announced in the 

Federal Register on November 7, 2003 

(68 FR 63098). For prior versions of the 

list of substances see Federal Register 

notices dated 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); February 28, 1994 (59 FR 

9486); April 29, 1996 (61 FR 18744); 

November 17, 1997 (62 FR 61332); 

October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56792) and 

October 25, 2001 (66 FR 54014). 

[CERCLA also requires ATSDR to assure 

the initiation of a research program to 

fill data needs associated with the 

substances.] Section 104(i)(3) of 

CERCLA [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(3)] outlines 

the content of these profiles. Each 

profile will include an examination, 

summary and interpretation of available 

toxicological information and 

epidemiologic evaluations. This 

information and these data are to be 

used to identify the levels of significant 

human exposure for the substance and 

the associated health effects. The 

profiles must also include a 

determination of whether adequate 

information on the health effects of each 

substance is available or in the process 

of development. When adequate 

information is not available, ATSDR, in 

cooperation with the National 

Toxicology Program (NTP), is required 

to assure the initiation of research to 

determine these health effects. 

Although key studies for each of the 

substances were considered during the 

profile development process, this Federal 

Register notice seeks to solicit any additional 

studies, particularly unpublished data and 

ongoing studies, which will be evaluated for 

possible addition to the profiles now or in 

the future. 

The following draft toxicological 

profiles will be made available to the 

public on or about October 17, 2005. 

Document Hazardous substance CAS No. 

1 ............................................... ACROLEIN (Update) ................................................................................................................. 000107–02–8 

2 ............................................... ARSENIC (Update) .................................................................................................................... 007440–38–2 

3 ............................................... BARIUM (Update) ...................................................................................................................... 007440–39–3 

4 ............................................... BENZENE (Update) ................................................................................................................... 000071–43–2 

5 ............................................... HEPTACHLOR (Update)/ .......................................................................................................... 000076–44–8 

HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE ......................................................................................................... 001024–57–3 

6 ............................................... LEAD (Update) .......................................................................................................................... 007439–92–1 

7 ............................................... PERCHLORATES * .................................................................................................................... 014797–73–0 

8 ............................................... XYLENES (Update) ................................................................................................................... 001330–20–7 

* Denotes new profile. 

All profiles issued as ‘‘Drafts for 

Public Comment’’ represent ATSDR’s 

best efforts to provide important 

toxicological information on priority 

hazardous substances. We are seeking 

public comments and additional 

information which may be used to 

supplement these profiles. ATSDR 

remains committed to providing a 

public comment period for these 

documents as a means to best serve 

public health and our clients. 

Dated: October 17, 2005. 

Ken Rose, 

Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning 

and Evaluation, National Center for 

Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry. 

[FR Doc. 05–21254 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Committee on Childhood 

Lead Poisoning Prevention 

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

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the National Center for 

Environmental Health (NCEH) of the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) announces the 

following committee meeting: 

Correction. 

Name: Advisory Committee on 

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention 

(ACCLPP). 

Summary: The Department of Health 

and Human Services, CDC published a 

document in the Federal Register of 

September 20, 2005, concerning the 

ACCLPP. 

Correction: In the Federal Register of 

September 20, 2005, (Volume 70, 

Number 1811) [Notices] Page 55132 

‘‘Place: The Hubert Humphrey Federal 

Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20021’’ Should read: 

330 Independence Avenue, Room 5051, 

Snow Room Cohen Building, 

Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 

202–619–0814. 

Contact Person For More Information: 

Claudine Johnson, Lead Poisoning 

Prevention Branch, Division of 

Emergency and Environmental Health 

Services, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford 

Hwy, NE., M/S F–40, Atlanta, Georgia 

30341. Telephone: (770) 488–3300, fax: 

(770) 488–3635. 

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.