Availability of Final Toxicological Profile for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-154]

Availability of Final Toxicological Profile for Total Petroleum

Hydrocarbons (TPH)

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 one final

toxicological profile on unregulated hazardous substances prepared by

ATSDR for the Department of Defense.

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) of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-499) amended the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

(Superfund) or CERCLA. Section 211 of SARA also amended Title 10 of the

U.S. Code, creating the Defense Environmental Restoration Program.

Section 2704 (a) and (b) of Title 10 of the U.S. Code directs the

Secretary of Defense to notify the Secretary of Health and Human

Services of not less than 25 of the most commonly found, unregulated

hazardous substances at defense facilities. The Secretary of HHS shall

take necessary steps to ensure the timely preparation of toxicological

profiles of these substances. Each profile includes an examination,

summary and interpretation of available toxicological information and

epidemiological evaluations. This information and these data are used

to ascertain the levels of significant human exposure for the substance

and the associated health effects. The profiles include a determination

of whether adequate information on the health effects of each substance

is available or under development. When adequate information is not

available, in cooperation with the National Toxicology Program (NTP),

ATSDR may plan a program of research designed to determine these health

effects.

Notice of the availability of the draft toxicological profile for

public review and comment was published in the Federal Register on

November 4, 1998 (63 FR 59568), with notice of a 90-day public comment

period 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 the profile.

The public comments, the classification of and response to those

comments, and other data submitted in response to the Federal Register

notice bear the docket control number ATSDR-139. 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 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

Availability

This notice announces the availability of one final toxicological

profile for the Department of Defense. 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 this profile as determined by NTIS.

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Toxicological profile NTIS order No.

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1. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHs). PB99-163370

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Dated: December 10, 1999.

Georgi Jones,

Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

[FR Doc. 99-32572 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]

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