[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74093-74094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29258]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[Docket No. ATSDR-2014-0001]
Availability of Draft Toxicological Profiles
AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR),
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
ACTION: Notice of availability, and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of Set 26 Toxicological
Profiles for review and comment. Comments can include additional
information or reports on studies about the health effects of Set 26
substances. Although ATSDR considered key studies for each of these
substances during the profile development process, this Federal
Register notice solicits any relevant, additional studies, particularly
unpublished data. ATSDR will evaluate the quality and relevance of such
data or studies for possible inclusion into the profile. ATSDR remains
committed to providing a public comment period for this document as a
means to best serve public health and our clients. The Set 26
Toxicological Profiles are available online at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/index.asp and http://www.regulations.gov/#!home, docket ATSDR-2014-0001.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Sec. 104(i)(3),[42 U.S.C.
9604(i)(3)], directs the ATSDR administrator to prepare Toxicological
Profiles of priority hazardous substances and, as necessary, to revise
and publish each updated toxicological profile.
DATES: To be considered, comments on the draft Toxicological Profiles
must be received not later than March 16, 2015. Comments received after
close of the public comment period will be considered solely at the
discretion of ATSDR, based upon what is deemed to be in the best
interest of the general public.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number ATSDR-
2014-0001, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/#!home. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences,
1600 Clifton Rd., NE., MS F57, Atlanta, Ga., 30333.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this notice. All relevant comments will be posted
without change. Because all public comments regarding ATSDR
Toxicological Profiles are available for public inspection, no
confidential business information or other confidential information
should be submitted in response to this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Delores Grant, Division of
Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE., MS F-57,
Atlanta, Ga., 30333. Phone: 770-488-3351.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA or Superfund) (42
U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) establishes certain responsibilities for ATSDR and
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) with regard to
hazardous substances most commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA
National Priorities List (NPL). As part of these responsibilities, the
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ATSDR administrator must prepare Toxicological Profiles for substances
enumerated on the priority list of hazardous substances. This list
identifies 275 hazardous substances which, according to ATSDR and U.S.
EPA, pose the most significant potential threat to human health. The
availability of the revised priority list of 275 hazardous substances
was announced in the Federal Register on November 03, 2011 (76 FR
68193). In addition, ATSDR has the authority to prepare Toxicological
Profiles for substances not found at sites on the National Priorities
List, in an effort to ``. . . establish and maintain inventory of
literature, research, and studies on the health effects of toxic
substances'' under CERCLA Section 104(i)(1)(B). ATSDR also prepares
Toxicological Profiles in response to requests for consultation under
section 104(i)(4), and as otherwise necessary to support the site-
specific response actions conducted by ATSDR.
Each profile will include an examination, a summary, and an
interpretation of available toxicological information and
epidemiological evaluations. This information and these data identify
the levels of significant human exposure for the substance and for the
associated health effects. The profiles must also include a
determination of whether adequate information on the health effects of
each substance is available (or in the process of development) in order
to identify levels of significant human exposure. If adequate
information is not available, ATSDR, in cooperation with the National
Toxicology Program (NTP), is required to ensure the initiation of a
program of research to provide such information.
Set 26 Toxicological Profiles:
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Name CAS
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1 Trichloroethylene(UPDATE)............................. 79-01-6
2 Tetrachloroethylene (UPDATE).......................... 127-18-4
3 Hydrogen Sulfide/Carbonyl Sulfide (UPDATE)............ 7783-06-4
463-58-1
4 Parathion (NEW)....................................... 56-38-2
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Sascha Chaney,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National
Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic, Substances and
Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 2014-29258 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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