[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 20 (Monday, February 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5840-5841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2163]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-252]


Availability of Final Toxicological Profiles

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 seven final 
toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances. This is the 
20th set of toxicological profiles that ATSDR has compiled. The 
profiles are available online at the ATSDR Web site: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Olga Dawkins, Division of 
Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, Mailstop F-32, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone (770) 488-3315.

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

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certain requirements for ATSDR and for the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) with regard to hazardous substances most 
commonly found at facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List 
(NPL). One such requirement directs the ATSDR Administrator to prepare 
toxicological profiles for each substance included on the priority 
lists of hazardous substances. These lists identify 275 hazardous 
substances determined by ATSDR and by U.S. EPA to pose the most 
significant potential threat to human health. The availability of the 
revised lists of the 275 priority substances was announced in the 
Federal Register on March 6, 2008 (73 FR 12178). For previous versions 
of the lists 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).
    Notice of the availability of toxicological profile drafts for 
public review and comment was published in the Federal Register on 
October 18, 2006, (71 FR 61471), 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 carry the docket control number ATSDR-
225. 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 seven toxicological 
profiles of priority hazardous substances: six updated final 
toxicological profiles and one new final toxicological profile. This is 
the 20th set of toxicological profiles that ATSDR has compiled.
    The following toxicological profiles are 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. These profiles are available for a fee as determined by 
NTIS.
    Twentieth Set:

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     Toxicological profile            NTIS order No.          CAS No.
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1. Aluminum (Update)...........  PB2009-100001..........     007429-90-5
2. Cresols (Update)............  PB2009-100002..........     001319-77-3
3. Diazinon (Update)...........  PB2009-100003..........     000333-41-5
4. Dichloropropenes (UPDATE)...  PB2009-100004..........     000563-58-6
                                                             000563-54-2
                                                             000563-57-5
                                                             000078-88-6
                                                             010061-01-5
                                                             010061-02-6
                                                             000542-75-6
5. Guthion*....................  PB2009-100005..........     000086-50-0
6. Phenols (Update)............  PB2009-100007..........     000108-95-2
7. 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane     PB2009-100008..........    000079-34-5
 (Update).
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* Denotes new profile.


    Dated: January 28, 2009.
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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