[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61133-61134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24388]


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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.
[FR Doc. E8-24388 Filed 10-14-08; 8:45 am]
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