Availability of Final Toxicological Profiles

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-175]

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.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the availability of six updated final toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances comprising the thirteenth set prepared by ATSDR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Franchetta Stephens, Division of Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 1-(888)422-8737 or (404)498-0720.

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 priority substances was announced in the

Federal Register

on October 21, 1999 (64 FR 56792). 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; and November 17, 1997 (62 FR 61332).

Notice of the availability of drafts of these six updated toxicological profiles for public review and comment was published in the

Federal Register

on October 15, 1999, (64 FR 55943), 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 number ATSDR-152. This material is available for public inspection at the Division of 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 six updated final toxicological profiles comprising the thirteenth set prepared by ATSDR. 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. There is a charge for these profiles as determined by NTIS.

Toxicological profile

NTIS Order No.

CAS No.

Thirteenth Set:

1. Asbestos

PB2001-109101

001332-21-4

Amosite Asbestos

012172-73-5

Chrysotile Asbestos

012001-29-5

2. Benzidine

PB2001-109102

000092-87-5

3. 1,2-Dichloroethane

PB2001-109103

000107-06-2

4. Di-n-butyl Phthalate

PB2001-109104

000084-74-2

5. Methyl Parathion

PB2001-109105

000298-00-0

6. Pentachlorophenol

PB2001-109106

000087-86-5

Dated: October 16, 2001.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

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