[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43205-43206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17355]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[Docket No. ATSDR-2013-0002]
Proposed Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 27 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 27 toxicological profiles.
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SUMMARY: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is initiating
the development of its 27th set of toxicological profiles (CERCLA Set
27). This notice announces the list of proposed substances that will be
evaluated for Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act(CERCLA) Set 27 toxicological profile development. ATSDR's
Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences is soliciting public
nominations from the list of proposed substances to be evaluated for
toxicological profile development. ATSDR also will consider the
nomination of any additional, non-CERCLA substances that may have
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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
substances must be submitted on or before August 19, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations, identified by Docket No. ATSDR-
2013-0002, 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, 1600
Clifton Rd. NE., MS F-57, Atlanta, Ga., 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 Commander Jessilynn B. Taylor, Division of Toxicology and Human
Health Sciences, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., MS F-57, Atlanta, Ga., 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 ATSDR Administrator to
prepare toxicological profiles for each substance included on the
Priority List of Hazardous Substances. This list identifies 275
hazardous substances that ATSDR and EPA have determined pose the most
significant current potential threat to human health. The availability
of the revised list of the 275 priority substances was announced in the
Federal Register on November 3, 2011 (76 FR 68193). 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); October 25, 2001 (66 FR 54014), November 7,
2003 (68 FR 63098); December 7, 2005 (70 FR 70284); and March 6, 2008
(73 FR 12178).
Substances To Be Evaluated for Set 27 Toxicological Profiles
Each year, ATSDR develops a list of substances to be considered for
toxicological profile development. The Set 27 nomination process
includes consideration of all substances on ATSDR's Priority List of
Hazardous Substances, also known as the Substance Priority List (SPL),
as well as other substances nominated by the public. The 275 substances
on the SPL will be considered for Set 27 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 27 Proposed
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 the full name of the nominator,
affiliation, email address. When nominating a non-SPL substance, please
include the rationale for the nomination. Please note email addresses
will not be posted on www.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_selectingtpsupport.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: July 11, 2013.
Sascha Chaney,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National
Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
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