[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28821-28822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13434]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-147]
Availability of Final Toxicological Profile for Mercury
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 updated
toxicological profile for mercury completing the eleventh set prepared
by ATSDR. The announcement of nine toxicological profiles for the
eleventh set was published in the Federal Register on March 1, 1999 (64
FR 9999).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Loretta Norman, Division of
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop
E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404)
639-6322.
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 requirements for ATSDR and
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to hazardous
substances which are 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 lists of hazardous
substances. These lists identified 275 hazardous substances that ATSDR
and EPA determined pose the most significant potential threat to human
health. The availability of the revised list of the 275 most hazardous
substances was announced in the Federal Register on November 17, 1997
(62 FR 61332). For prior versions of the list of substances see Federal
Register notices dated April 29, 1996 (61 FR 18744); 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); and February 28, 1994 (59 FR 9486).
Notices (62 FR 55816) and (62 FR 55818) announcing the availability
of draft toxicological profiles for public review and comment were
published in the Federal Register on October 28, 1997 (62 FR 55816)
with notice of a 90-day public comment period for each profile,
starting from the actual release date. Following the close of the
comment period, chemical-specific comments were addressed, and where
appropriate, changes were incorporated into each profile. The public
comments and other data submitted in response to the Federal Register
notices bear the docket control numbers ATSDR-127 or ATSDR-128. This
material is available for public inspection at the Division of
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Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Building
4, Suite 2400, Executive Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, (not a mailing
address) between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
legal holidays.
Availability
This notice announces the availability of the final updated
toxicological profile for mercury completing the eleventh set prepared
by ATSDR. The following toxicological profile is now available through
the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service
(NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, telephone 1-
800-553-6847. There is a charge for these profiles as determined by
NTIS.
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Toxicological profile NTIS order No. CAS No.
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MERCURY....................... PB99-142416 007439-97-6
MERCURIC (II) ACETATE......... 001600-27-7
MERCURIC (II) SULFIDE......... 001134-48-5
MERCURIC (I) CHLORIDE......... 010112-91-1
METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE....... 000115-09-3
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Dated: May 20, 1999.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 99-13434 Filed 5-26-99; 8:45 am]
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