[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49874-49875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23504]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8960-5; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0217]
Draft Toxicological Review of Chloroprene: In Support of the
Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a public comment period for the external
review draft document titled, ``Toxicological Review of Chloroprene: In
Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS)''. EPA intends to consider comments and recommendations
from the public and the expert peer-review workshop, which will be
scheduled at a later date and announced in the Federal Register, when
EPA finalizes the draft document. The public comment period will
provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the
document. EPA intends to forward public comments submitted in
accordance with this notice to the external peer-review panel prior to
the meeting for their consideration.
EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination public review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination.
The draft document and EPA's peer-review charge are available via
the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment's
(NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and
Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. When finalizing the
draft document, EPA intends to consider any public comments that EPA
receives in accordance with this notice.
DATES: The 60-day public comment period begins September 29, 2009, and
ends November 30, 2009. Technical comments should be in writing and
must be received by EPA by November 30, 2009. EPA intends to submit
comments from the public received by this date for consideration by the
external peer review panel.
ADDRESSES: The draft ``Toxicological Review of Chloroprene: In Support
of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)'' is available via the Internet on the NCEA's home page under
the Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of paper copies are available from
NCEA's Technical Information Staff, telephone: 703-347-8561; facsimile:
703-347-8691. If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your
name, mailing address, and the document title, ``Toxicological Review
of Chloroprene: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)''.
Comments may be submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions as provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
[email protected].
If you have questions about the document, contact Allen Davis,
Hazardous Pollutant Assessment Group (HPAG), National Center for
Environmental Assessment, 109 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle
Park, NC 27709; telephone: 919-541-3789; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or e-
mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Summary of Information About the Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)
IRIS is a database that contains potential adverse human health
effects information that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure
to specific chemical substances found in the environment. The database
(available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/iris) contains
qualitative and quantitative health effects information for more than
540 chemical substances that may be used to support the first two steps
(hazard identification and dose-response evaluation) of a risk
assessment process. When supported by available data, the database
provides oral reference doses (RfDs) and inhalation reference
concentrations (RfCs) for chronic health effects, and oral slope
factors and inhalation unit risks for carcinogenic effects. Combined
with specific exposure information, government and private entities can
use IRIS data to help characterize public health risks of chemical
substances in a site-specific situation and thereby support risk
management decisions designed to protect public health.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at http://www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-
0217 by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-1753.
Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-
566-1752.
Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is 202-566-1744. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should
be made for deliveries of boxed information.
If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit one
unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of
the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages
consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and
three copies.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2009-0217. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is
EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket
without change and to make the comments available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless a comment includes information
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claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov
Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA
without going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that
is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with
any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the
EPA Headquarters Docket Center.
Dated: June 15, 2009.
Rebecca Clark,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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