[Federal Register: October 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 200)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-246]
Availability of Final Toxicological Profile for Perchlorates
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 the final
toxicological profile for perchlorates, which completes the nineteenth
set prepared by ATSDR. The announcement of seven toxicological profiles
for the nineteenth set was published in the Federal Register on October
25, 2005 (70 FR 61622).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Olga Dawkins, Division of
Toxicology and Environmental, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry, Mailstop F-32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia
30333, telephone 1-(800) 232-4636 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 statutory requirements
for ATSDR and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
regarding hazardous substances most commonly found at facilities on the
National Priorities List (NPL). Among the requirements is a mandate for
the Administrator of ATSDR to prepare toxicological profiles for each
substance included on the priority list of hazardous substances. This
list identifies 275 hazardous substances that ATSDR and U.S. EPA
determined 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 March 6, 2008 (73 FR 12178). For
previous 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); October 25,
2001 (66 FR 54014); November 7, 2003 (68 FR 63098) and December 7, 2005
(70 FR 72840).
The Federal Register notice announcing that the draft toxicological
profile for perchlorates was available for public review and comment
was published on October 25, 2005(70 FR 61622). After the close of the
90-day public comment period, chemical-specific comments were
addressed, and where appropriate, changes were incorporated into the
profile. The public comments and other data submitted in response to
the Federal Register notice
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bear the docket control number ATSDR-214. This material is available
for public inspection at the Division of Toxicology and Environmental
Medicine, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 4700 Buford
Highway, Building 106, Second Floor, Chamblee, Georgia 30341 between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.
Availability
This notice announces the availability of the final toxicological
profile for perchlorates, which completes the nineteenth set prepared
by ATSDR. The following toxicological profile is now available at
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html or through the U.S. Department of
Commerce, National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port
Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, telephone 1-800-553-6847. This
profile is available for a fee as determined by NTIS.
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Toxicological profile NTIS Order No. CAS No.
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Perchlorates........... PB2009-100006......... 10034-81-8
007778-81-8
007790-74-7
007601-89-0
007791-03-9
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Dated: October 9, 2008.
Ken Rose,
Director, Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation, National Center for
Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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