[Federal Register: October 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 204)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-204]
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 one update and four
new final toxicological profiles, completing the 2nd set developed for
the Department of Energy, prepared by ATSDR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Yulandia Jordon, Office of
Communication, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Mailstop E-29, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333,
telephone 1-888-422-8737 or (404)498-0261.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These toxicological profiles were developed
by ATSDR for hazardous substances at Department of Energy (DOE) waste
sites under Section 104(i)(3) and (5) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA
or Superfund). This public law directed ATSDR to prepare toxicological
profiles for hazardous substances that are most commonly found at
facilities on the CERCLA National Priorities List (NPL) and that pose
the most significant potential threat to human health, as determined by
ATSDR and the EPA. The current ATSDR priority list of hazardous
substances at DOE NPL sites was announced in the Federal Register on
July 24, 1996 (61 FR 38451).
Notices (66 FR 53610) and (66 FR 41243) announcing the availability
of the draft toxicological profiles for public
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review and comment were published in the Federal Register on October
23, 2001, and August 7, 2001, 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-
174 and ATSDR-171. This material is available for public inspection at
the Division of Toxicology, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry, 1825 Century Boulevard, 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 update and four new
final toxicological profiles, comprising the 2nd set developed for the
Department of Energy, 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.
Second Set of DOE Profiles
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Toxicological profile NTIS order No. CAS No.
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1. Americium.......................... PB2004-104396 7440-35-9
2. Cesium............................. PB2004-104397 7440-46-2
3. Cobalt (Update).................... PB2004-104398 7440-48-4
4. Iodine............................. PB2004-104399 7553-56-2
5. Strontium.......................... PB2004-104400 7440-35-9
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Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, National Center
for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
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