[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74093-74094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29258]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[Docket No. ATSDR-2014-0001]


Availability of Draft Toxicological Profiles

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Notice of availability, and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of Set 26 Toxicological 
Profiles for review and comment. Comments can include additional 
information or reports on studies about the health effects of Set 26 
substances. Although ATSDR considered key studies for each of these 
substances during the profile development process, this Federal 
Register notice solicits any relevant, additional studies, particularly 
unpublished data. ATSDR will evaluate the quality and relevance of such 
data or studies for possible inclusion into the profile. ATSDR remains 
committed to providing a public comment period for this document as a 
means to best serve public health and our clients. The Set 26 
Toxicological Profiles are available online at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp and http://www.regulations.gov/#!home, docket ATSDR-2014-0001.
    The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments 
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Sec.  104(i)(3),[42 U.S.C. 
9604(i)(3)], directs the ATSDR administrator to prepare Toxicological 
Profiles of priority hazardous substances and, as necessary, to revise 
and publish each updated toxicological profile.

DATES: To be considered, comments on the draft Toxicological Profiles 
must be received not later than March 16, 2015. Comments received after 
close of the public comment period will be considered solely at the 
discretion of ATSDR, based upon what is deemed to be in the best 
interest of the general public.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number ATSDR-
2014-0001, by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/#!home. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Mail: Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, 
1600 Clifton Rd., NE., MS F57, Atlanta, Ga., 30333.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this notice. All relevant comments will be posted 
without change. 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. Delores Grant, Division of 
Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE., MS F-57, 
Atlanta, Ga., 30333. Phone: 770-488-3351.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA or Superfund) (42 
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) establishes certain responsibilities for ATSDR and 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) with regard to 
hazardous substances most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA 
National Priorities List (NPL). As part of these responsibilities, the

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ATSDR administrator must prepare Toxicological Profiles for substances 
enumerated on the priority list of hazardous substances. This list 
identifies 275 hazardous substances which, according to ATSDR and U.S. 
EPA, 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 03, 2011 (76 FR 
68193). In addition, ATSDR has the authority to prepare Toxicological 
Profiles for substances not found at sites on the National Priorities 
List, in an effort to ``. . . establish and maintain inventory of 
literature, research, and studies on the health effects of toxic 
substances'' under CERCLA Section 104(i)(1)(B). ATSDR also prepares 
Toxicological Profiles in response to requests for consultation under 
section 104(i)(4), and as otherwise necessary to support the site-
specific response actions conducted by ATSDR.
    Each profile will include an examination, a summary, and an 
interpretation of available toxicological information and 
epidemiological evaluations. This information and these data identify 
the levels of significant human exposure for the substance and for 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) in order 
to identify levels of significant human exposure. If adequate 
information is not available, ATSDR, in cooperation with the National 
Toxicology Program (NTP), is required to ensure the initiation of a 
program of research to provide such information.
    Set 26 Toxicological Profiles:

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                          Name                                  CAS
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1 Trichloroethylene(UPDATE).............................         79-01-6
2 Tetrachloroethylene (UPDATE)..........................        127-18-4
3 Hydrogen Sulfide/Carbonyl Sulfide (UPDATE)............       7783-06-4
                                                                463-58-1
4 Parathion (NEW).......................................         56-38-2
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Sascha Chaney,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National 
Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic, Substances and 
Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 2014-29258 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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