[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 44 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10046-10047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4885]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8776-7; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0040]
Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and
Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of listening session.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on March 25,
2009, during the public comment period for the external review draft
document entitled, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts
and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)''. This listening session is
a new step in EPA's revised IRIS process, announced on April 10, 2008,
for development of human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The
purpose of the listening session is to allow all interested parties to
present scientific and technical comments on draft IRIS health
assessments to EPA and other interested parties during the public
comment period and prior to the external peer review meeting. EPA
welcomes the scientific and technical comments that will be provided to
the Agency by the listening session participants. The comments will be
considered by the Agency as it revises the draft assessment in response
to the independent external peer review and public comments. All
presentations will become part of the official and public record.
The EPA's draft assessment and 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.
DATES: The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for
Halogenated Platinum (Pt) Salts and Pt Compounds will be held on March
25, 2009, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight
Time. If you wish to make a presentation at the listening session, you
should register by March 18, 2009, and indicate that you wish to make
oral comments at the session, and indicate the length of your
presentation. At the time of your registration, please indicate if you
require audio-visual aid (e.g., lap top and slide projector). In
general, each presentation should be no more than 30 minutes. If,
however, there are more requests for presentations than the allotted
time will allow, then the time limit for each presentation will be
adjusted accordingly. A copy of the agenda for the listening session
will be available at the meeting. If no speakers have registered by
March 18, 2009, the listening session will be cancelled. EPA will
notify those registered to attend of the cancellation.
The public comment period for review of this draft assessment was
announced previously in the Federal Register (FR) (74 FR 6154) on
February 05, 2009. As stated in that FR notice, the public comment
period began on February 5, 2009, and ends April 6, 2009. Any technical
comments submitted during the public comment period should be in
writing and must be received by EPA by April 6, 2009, according to the
procedures outlined below. Only those public comments submitted using
the procedures identified in the February 5, 2009, FR notice by the
April 6, 2009, deadline will be provided to the independent peer-review
panel prior to the peer-review meeting. The date and logistics for the
peer-review meeting will be announced later in a separate FR notice.
Listening session participants who wish to have their comments
available to the external peer reviewers should also submit written
comments during the public comment period using the detailed and
established procedures included in the aforementioned FR notice
(February 5, 2009). Comments submitted to the docket prior to the end
of the public comment period will be submitted to the external peer
reviewers and considered by EPA in the disposition of public comments.
Comments received in the docket after the public comment period closes
must still be submitted to the docket but will not be submitted to the
external peer reviewers.
ADDRESSES: The listening session on the draft Halogenated Platinum
Salts and Platinum Compounds assessment will be held at the EPA offices
at Two Potomac Yard (North Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 2733 South
Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. To attend the listening
session, register by March 18, 2009, via the Internet at https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/conferences/peerreview/register-platinum.htm.
You may also register via e-mail at e-mail: [email protected] (subject
line: Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds Listening
Session), by phone: 781-674-7374 or toll free at 800-803-2833, or by
faxing a registration request to 781-674-2906 (please reference the
``Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds Listening Session''
and include your name, title, affiliation, full address and contact
information). Please note that to gain entrance to this EPA building to
attend the meeting, attendees must have photo identification with them
and must register at the guard's desk in the lobby. The guard will
retain your photo identification and will provide you with a visitor's
badge. At the guard's desk, attendees should give the name Christine
Ross and the telephone number, 703-347-8592, to the guard on duty. The
guard will contact Ms. Ross who will meet you in the reception area to
escort you to the meeting room. Upon your exit from the building please
return your visitor's badge and you will receive the photo
identification that you provided.
A teleconference line will also be available for registered
attendees/speakers. The teleconference number is 866-299-3188 and the
access code is 7033478503, followed by the pound sign (). The
teleconference line will be activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be
asked to identify yourself and your affiliation at the beginning of the
call.
Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: EPA
welcomes the attendance of the public at the ``Halogenated Platinum
Salts and Compounds Listening Session'' and will make every effort to
accommodate persons with disabilities. For information on access or
services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Christine
Ross at 703-347-8592 or [email protected]. To request
accommodation of a disability, please contact Ms. Ross, preferably at
least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as
possible to process your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public
listening sessions, please contact Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National
Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-
8592; facsimile:
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703-347-8689; or e-mail: [email protected]. If you have questions
about the draft Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds
assessment, contact Andrew A. Rooney, IRIS Staff, National Center for
Environmental Assessment, U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, B243-01,
Durham, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-1492; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or
e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This listening session is a new step in
EPA's revised IRIS process, announced on April 10, 2008, for
development of human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The new
process is posted on the NCEA home page under the Recent Additions menu
at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. Two listening sessions are scheduled under
the new IRIS process. The first is during the public review of the
draft assessment that includes only qualitative discussion. The second
session is during the public review of the externally peer-reviewed
draft assessment; if feasible, the completed draft of IRIS assessments
will include both qualitative and quantitation elements. All IRIS
assessments that are at the document development stage will follow the
revised IRIS process, which includes the two listening sessions.
However, when EPA initiated the new IRIS process, the draft assessment
for Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds had already
completed document development and been through several rounds of
internal review. Therefore, EPA will only hold one listening session
during the public review and comment period of the externally peer-
reviewed draft.
Dated: February 17, 2009.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E9-4885 Filed 3-6-09; 8:45 am]
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