[Federal Register: October 14, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 198)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Administrative Changes
AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice; administrative changes in the Integrated Risk
Information System hotline and records center.
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SUMMARY: IRIS is an EPA data base that contains EPA scientific
consensus positions on human health effects that may result from
chronic exposure to chemical substances in the environment. In this
action, EPA is announcing an upcoming change to the location and phone
number of EPA's contractor-operated IRIS hotline and publically-
accessible records center.
DATES: On or about October 17, 2003.
ADDRESSES: The new address of the IRIS Hotline and records center will
be IRIS Hotline, (Mail Code 28221T) EPA-West Building, 1301
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on this administrative
change, contact Rick Johnson, IRIS staff, National Center for
Environmental Assessment (mail code 8601D), Office of Research and
Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
20460, or call (202) 564-3291, or send electronic mail inquiries to johnson.rickc@epa.gov. For information on the IRIS program, contact Amy
Mills, Program Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment
(mail code 8601D), Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460, or call (202) 564-3204, or send electronic mail inquiries to mills.amy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
IRIS is an EPA data base containing Agency consensus scientific
positions on potential adverse human health effects that may result
from chronic (or lifetime) exposure to chemical substances found in the
environment. IRIS currently provides information on health effects
associated with more than 500 chemical substances. EPA has provided
outreach to facilitate the use
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and understanding of the data base. These efforts include a telephone
hotline which provides answers to public inquiries about access to
IRIS, the content of specific IRIS health assessments, and risk
assessment methodologies. EPA also operates a reading room where the
public may, by appointment, view background files supporting IRIS
assessments. Further, EPA provides IRIS on the Internet for public
access at http://www.epa.gov/iris.
Today's Action
EPA is moving the hotline function and reading room to the Agency's
combined docket facility, the EPA Docket Center. The hotline will be
accessed via a new phone number and fax number. The hotline email address will remain as Hotline.IRIS@epamail.epa.gov. The reading room
address, hotline phone and fax changes will be shown on the IRIS Web
site no later than October 15, 2003.
Dated: October 7, 2003.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 03-25936 Filed 10-10-03; 8:45 am]
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