[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20022-20023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7975]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-275; Regulations.gov Docket: ATSDR-2012-0001]
Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 26 Toxicological Profiles
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Request for comments on the proposed substances to be evaluated
for Set 26 toxicological profiles.
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SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund), as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), requires
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), located
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to prepare
and to periodically revise toxicological profiles on hazardous
substances. ATSDR is initiating the development of its 26th set of
toxicological profiles (CERCLA Set 26). This notice announces the list
of substances that will be evaluated for CERCLA Set 26 toxicological
profile development. ATSDR's Division of Toxicology and Human Health
Sciences (proposed) is soliciting public nominations from the list of
substances to be evaluated for toxicological profile development. ATSDR
also will consider the nomination of any additional substances that are
not included on this list that may have public health implications, on
the basis of ATSDR's authority to prepare toxicological profiles for
substances not found at sites on the National Priorities List. The
agency will do so in order to ``* * * establish and maintain inventory
of literature, research, and studies on the health effects of toxic
substances'' under CERCLA Section 104(i)(1)(B), to respond to requests
for consultation under section 104(i)(4), and to support the site-
specific response actions conducted by ATSDR, as otherwise necessary.
DATES: Nominations from the substance priority list and/or additional
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substances must be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2012-0001, by any of the following methods:
Internet: Access the Federal eRulemaking portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences
(proposed), 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS F-62, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice. All relevant comments will be posted
without change. This means that no confidential business information or
other confidential information should be submitted in response to this
notice. Refer to the section Submission of Nominations (below) for the
specific information required.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please
contact CDR Jessilynn Taylor, Division of Toxicology and Human Health
Sciences (proposed), 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS F-62, Atlanta, Georgia
30333, Email: [email protected]; phone: 1-800-232-4636.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization
Act of 1986 (SARA) [42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.] amended the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (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 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 List of Hazardous Substances (also called the Substance
Priority List). This list identifies 275 hazardous substances that
ATSDR (in cooperation with EPA) have 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 November 3rd, 2011 (76 FR 68193). For prior
versions of the list of substances, see Federal Register notices dated
December 7, 2005 (70 FR 70284); and March 6, 2008 (73 FR 12178).
Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 26 Toxicological Profiles
Each year, ATSDR develops a list of substances to be considered for
toxicological profile development. The Set 26 nomination process
includes consideration of all substances on the ATSDR's Substance
Priority List (SPL) as well as other substances nominated by the
public. The 275 substances on the list will be considered for Set 26
Toxicological Profile development. This list may be found at the
following Web site: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/SPL, and in the docket at
www.regulations.gov.
Submission of Nominations for the evaluation of Set 26 Substances:
Today's notice invites voluntary public nominations for substances
included on the SPL and for substances not listed on the SPL. All
nominations should include full name of the nominator, affiliation, and
email address. When nominating a non-SPL substance, please include the
rationale for the nomination. Please note, email addresses will not be
posted on regulations.gov.
ATSDR will evaluate all data and information associated with
nominated substances and will determine the final list of substances to
be chosen for toxicological profile development. Substances will be
chosen according to ATSDR's specific guidelines for selection. These
guidelines can be found in the Selection Criteria announced in the
Federal Register on May 7, 1993 (58FR27286-27287). A hard copy of the
Selection Criteria is available upon request or may be accessed at:
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/guidance/criteria_for_selecting_tp_support.pdf.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
nomination period. Nominations received after the closing date will be
marked as late and may be considered only if time and resources permit.
Dated: March 28, 2012.
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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