[Federal Register: June 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 120)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-199]
Availability of Draft Document on Proposed Interim Oral Guidance
Values for 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloroterephthalic Acid
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 a draft document on
the proposed interim oral health guidance values for 2,3,5,6-
tetrachloroterephthalic acid prepared by ATSDR for review and comment
for a 30-day public comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Selene Chou, Division of
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop
F32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (770)
488-3357.
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to hazardous
substances that are most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA
National Priorities List (NPL). Section 104(i)(4) of CERCLA (42 U.S.C.
9604(i)(4)), states that ``The Administrator of the ATSDR shall provide
consultations upon request on health issues relating to exposure to
hazardous or toxic substances, on the basis of available information,
to the Administrator of EPA, state officials and local officials. Such
consultation to individuals may be provided by states under cooperative
agreements established under the Act.'' In response to a request of a
state under cooperative agreement to provide guidance on 2,3,5,6-
tetrachloroterephthalic acid (TPA), ATSDR has developed interim oral
health guidance values for TPA. The information provided by ATSDR will
enable the state to respond to a request it had received concerning
groundwater contamination of TPA.
Availability
This notice announces the availability of the draft document on
proposed interim oral health guidance values for 2,3,5,6-
tetrachloroterephthalic acid (TPA). Although available key studies for
TPA were considered during development of the draft document, 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 draft document. ATSDR remains
committed to providing a public comment period as a means to best serve
public health and our clients.
The draft document is available on the ATSDR Web site at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/publiccomment.html.
The document will be available in
a pdf file. You may request a hard copy by telephone at (770) 488-3357
or e-mail at cjc3@cdc.gov. ATSDR reserves the right to provide only one
printed copy of the draft document, free of charge.
Written comments and other data submitted in response to this
notice and the draft document should bear the docket control number
ATSDR-199. Send one copy of all comments and three copies of all
supporting documents to Dr. Selene Chou, ATSDR, Division of Toxicology,
Mailstop F32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333 by the end
of the comment period, July 23, 2004. Because all public comments to
ATSDR on the proposed draft interim guidance values for TPA are
available for public inspection after the document is finalized, no
confidential business information or other confidential information
should be submitted in response to this notice.
Dated: June 16, 2004.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National Center
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
[FR Doc. 04-14173 Filed 6-22-04; 8:45 am]
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