[Federal Register: July 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 131)]
[Notices]
[Page 41490]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-200]
Development of Set 18 Toxicological Profiles for Public Comment
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of the selection of substances for profile development.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the 18th set of toxicological profiles
prepared by ATSDR, comprising the development of one new and five
updated priority hazardous substances.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jessilynn B. Taylor, Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Division of Toxicology,
1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop F-32, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,
telephone (770) 488-3313.
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) concerning hazardous
substances that 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. ATSDR and EPA identified 275 hazardous substances that pose
the most significant potential threat to human health. The availability
of the revised list of the 275 priority 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).
Availability
This notice announces the 18th set of toxicological profiles
prepared by ATSDR, comprising the development of one new and five
updated toxicological profiles. The following toxicological profiles
will be developed and available for a 90-day public comment period on
or about October 17, 2004.
18th Set
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Toxicological profile CAS. No.
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1. Vinyl Chloride (update).......................... 000075-01-4
2. Dichlorobenzenes (update)
1,2 Dichlorobenzene............................. 000095-50-1
1,3-Dichlorobenzene............................. 00541-73-1
1,4-Dichlorobenzene............................. 00106-46-7
3. 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (update)................... 000071-55-6
4. Cyanide (update)................................. 000057-12-5
Hydrogen Cyanide................................ 000074-90-8
Sodium Cyanide.................................. 000143-33-9
Potassium Cyanide............................... 000151-50-8
5. Hydrogen Sulfide (update)........................ 007783-065-4
6. 1,4-Dioxane...................................... 000123-91-3
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Dated: June 30, 2004.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National Center
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
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