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Hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha) ....................................................................................... Hexachlorocyclohexane (technical) .................................................................................. 4. Naphthalene ........................................................................................................................ 1-Methyl Naphthalene ...................................................................................................... 2-Methyl Naphthalene ...................................................................................................... 5. Nickel ................................................................................................................................... 6. Tin ........................................................................................................................................ 7. Tungsten * ............................................................................................................................ 8. Zinc ...................................................................................................................................... PB2006–100001 ........................................ PB2006–100002 PB2006–100003 ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ PB2006–100004 ........................................ ........................................ PB2006–100005 PB2006–100006 PB2006–100007 PB2006–100008 CAS No. 000075–25–2 000124–48–1 000056–23–5 000058–89–9 000319–85–7 000319–86–8 000319–84–6 000608–73–1 000091–20–3 000090–12–0 000091–57–6 007440–02–0 007440–31–5 007440–33–7 007440–66–6 Note.—* Denotes new profile. Kevin A. 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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9345-9346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2577]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

[ATSDR-218]

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 new and seven
updated final toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances
comprising the seventeenth set prepared by ATSDR.

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. Electronic access to these
documents is also available at the ATSDR website: https://
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html.

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 certain
requirements for ATSDR and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) with regard to hazardous substances that 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 December 7, 2005 (70 FR 234). 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); November 17, 1997 (62 FR 61332); October
21, 1999 (64 FR 56792); October 25, 2001 (66 FR 54014) and November 7,
2003 (68 FR 63098).
Notice of the availability of drafts of these seven updated and one
new toxicological profiles for public review and comment was published
in the Federal Register on October 23, 2003, (68 FR 60696), 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-197. 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 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

Availability

This notice announces the availability of one new and seven updated
final toxicological profiles of priority hazardous substances
comprising the seventeenth 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.

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Seventeenth Set:

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Toxicological profile NTIS order No. CAS No.
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1. Bromoform/................................................. PB2006-100001 000075-25-2
Dibromochloromethane...................................... ....................... 000124-48-1
2. Carbon Tetrachloride....................................... PB2006-100002 000056-23-5
3. Hexachlorocyclohexane (gamma).............................. PB2006-100003 000058-89-9
Hexachlorocyclohexane (beta).............................. ....................... 000319-85-7
Hexachlorocyclohexane (delta)............................. ....................... 000319-86-8
Hexachlorocyclohexane (alpha)............................. ....................... 000319-84-6
Hexachlorocyclohexane (technical)......................... ....................... 000608-73-1
4. Naphthalene................................................ PB2006-100004 000091-20-3
1-Methyl Naphthalene...................................... ....................... 000090-12-0
2-Methyl Naphthalene...................................... ....................... 000091-57-6
5. Nickel..................................................... PB2006-100005 007440-02-0
6. Tin........................................................ PB2006-100006 007440-31-5
7. Tungsten *................................................. PB2006-100007 007440-33-7
8. Zinc....................................................... PB2006-100008 007440-66-6
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Note.--* Denotes new profile.

Kevin A. Ryan,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, National
Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry.
[FR Doc. E6-2577 Filed 2-22-06; 8:45 am]
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