[Federal Register: December 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 241)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[ATSDR-153]

 
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 two new final 
toxicological profiles, comprising the 1st set developed for the 
Department of Energy, prepared by ATSDR.

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: 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

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Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or 
Superfund). This public law directed ATSDR to prepare toxicological 
profiles for hazardous substances 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).
    Notice of the availability of the draft toxicological profiles for 
public review and comment was published in the Federal Register on 
October 28, 1997 (62 FR 55817), 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-
129. 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 two new final 
toxicological profiles, comprising the 1st set developed for the 
Department of Energy. 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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          Toxicological profile                     NTIS order No.                          CAS No.
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1. URANIUM..............................  PB99-163362.......................  MULTIPLE.
URANIUM 235.............................  ..................................  15117-96-1.
URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE....................  ..................................  7783-81-5.
URANIUM METAL...........................  ..................................  7440-61-1.
URANIUM ORE.............................  ..................................  53125-22-7.
URANIUM OCTAOXIDE.......................  ..................................  1344-59-8.
URANIUM PEROXIDE........................  ..................................  19525-15-6.
URANIUM TETRACHLORIDE...................  ..................................  10026-10-5.
URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE...................  ..................................  10049-14-6.
URANYL ACETATE..........................  ..................................  541-09-3.
URANYL NITRATE..........................  ..................................  10102-06-4.
URANYL NITRATE HEXAHYDRATE..............  ..................................  13520-83-7.
URANYL SULFATE..........................  ..................................  1314-64-3.
2. IONIZING RADIATION...................  PB99-163388.......................  NA.
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    Dated: December 10, 1999.
Georgi Jones,
Director, Office of Policy and External Affairs, Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry.
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