[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29505]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-139]
Availability of Draft Toxicological Profile
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, prepared by ATSDR for the Department of Defense,
announces for review and comment, the availability of one new draft
toxicological profile on unregulated hazardous substances. Profiles
issued as ``Drafts for Public Comment'' represent the agency's best
efforts to provide important toxicological information on priority
hazardous substances. We are seeking public comments and additional
information or reports on studies about the health effects of
petrochemical substances and their components for review and potential
inclusion in the profile.
DATES: In order to be considered, comments on this draft toxicological
profile must be received on or before February 22, 1999. Comments
received after the close of the public comment period will be
considered at the discretion of ATSDR based upon scientific relevance
and public health significance.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the draft toxicological profile
should be sent to the attention of Ms. Loretta Norman, Division of
Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop
E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333. Comments
regarding the draft toxicological profile should be sent to the
attention of Dr. Ganga Choudhary, Division of Toxicology, Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Mailstop E-29, 1600 Clifton
Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Requests for the draft toxicological profile must be in writing,
and must specifically identify the profiled hazardous substance(s)
profile(s) that you wish to receive. ATSDR reserves the right to
provide only one copy of each profile requested, free of charge. In
case of extended distribution delays, requestors will be notified.
Written comments and other data submitted in response to this
notice and the draft toxicological profile should bear the docket
control number ATSDR-139. Send one copy of all comments and three
copies of all supporting documents to Dr. Ganga Choudhary at the above
address by the end of the comment period. All written comments and the
draft toxicological profile will be available for public inspection at
ATSDR, Building 4, Executive Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a
mailing address), from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except for legal holidays. Because all public comments
regarding ATSDR toxicological profiles are available for public
inspection, no confidential business information should be submitted in
response to this notice.
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 (CERCLA or
Superfund). Section 211 of SARA also amended Title 10 of the U.S. Code,
creating the Defense Environmental Restoration Program. Section 2704(a)
of Title 10 of the U.S. Code directs the Secretary of Defense to notify
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) of not less than 25 of
the most commonly found unregulated hazardous substances at defense
facilities. The Secretary of HHS is to prepare toxicological profiles
of these substances. Each profile includes an examination, summary and
interpretation of available toxicological information and epidemiologic
evaluations. This information is used to ascertain the level 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 in
the process of development. When adequate information is not available,
ATSDR, in cooperation with the National Toxicology Program (NTP), is
required to assure initiation of research to determine these health
effects.
Although key studies for the substance were considered during the
profile development process, this Federal Register notice seeks to
solicit any additional studies, particularly unpublished data and
ongoing studies, which will be evaluated for possible addition to the
profile now or in the future.
The draft toxicological profile will be made available to the
public on or about October 17, 1998.
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Document Hazardous substance CAS No.
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1........................... Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
(TPHs).
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Dated: October 29, 1998.
Donna Garland,
Acting Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
[FR Doc. 98-29505 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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