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effect of concern occurring as a result of
a one day or single exposure. An acute
dietary risk assessment was conducted
for tralkoxydim based on the NOAEL of
30 mg/kg/day from the rat
developmental study. The acute dietary
analysis using the Dietary Exposure
Evaluation Model (DEEMTM) computer
program estimates that the distribution
of single-day exposures utilizes 0.02%
of acute RfD.
ii. Chronic exposure and risk. The RfD
for Tralkoxydim is 0.005 mg/kg/day.
This value is based on the systemic
NOAEL of 0.5 mg/kg/day in the dog
chronic feeding study with a 100-fold
safety factor to account for interspecies
extrapolation (10x) and intraspecies
variability (10x).
2. Food. A DEEMTM chronic exposure
analysis was conducted using tolerance
levels for wheat and barley and
assuming that 100% of the crop is
treated to estimate dietary exposure for
the general population and 22
subgroups. The chronic analysis showed
that exposures from the tolerance level
residues in or on wheat, and barley for
children 1–6 years old (the subgroup
with the highest exposure) would be
1.4% of the RfD. The exposure for the
general U.S. population would be less
than 1% of the RfD.
iii. A lifetime dietary carcinogenicity
exposure analysis was conducted for
tralkoxydim using the proposed
tolerances along with the assumption of
100% of the crop treated and a Q* of
1.68 x 10-2 (mg/kg/day)-1. A lifetime risk
exposure analysis was also conducted
using the DEEMTM computer analysis.
The estimated cancer risk (5 x 10-7) is
less than the level that the Agency
usually considers for negligible cancer
risk estimates.
3. Drinking water. Drinking water
estimated concentrations (DWECs) for
surface water (parent tralkoxydim) were
calculated by EPA’s Pesticide Root Zone
Model (PRIZM) computer models to be
an average of 9.1 parts per billion (ppb).
The DWECs for ground water based on
the computer model screening
concentration in ground water (SCIGROW2) were calculated to be an
average of .016 ppb.
4. Non-dietary exposure. There are no
non-food uses of tralkoxydim currently
registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),
as amended. No non-dietary exposures
are expected for the general population.
D. Cumulative Effects
EPA does not have, at this time,
available data to determine whether
tralkoxydim has a common mechanism
of toxicity with other substances or how
to include this pesticide in a cumulative
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risk assessment. Tralkoxydim is
structurally a cyclohexanedione. Unlike
other pesticides for which EPA has
followed a cumulative risk approach
based on a common mechanism of
toxicity, tralkoxydim does not appear to
produce a toxic metabolite produced by
other substances. For the purposes of
these tolerances action, therefore, EPA
has not assumed that tralkoxydim has a
common mechanism of toxicity with
other substances.
E. Safety Determination
1. U.S. population — i. Acute risk.
The acute dietary analysis based on the
NOAEL of 30 mg/kg/day from the rat
developmental study using the DEEMTM
computer program estimates that the
distribution of single-day exposures
utilizes 0.02% of acute RfD. The
drinking water level of comparisons
(DWLOCs) for acute exposure to
tralkoxydim in drinking water
calculated for females 13+ years old was
9,000 ppb. The estimated average
concentration in surface water for
tralkoxydim is 9 ppb. EPA’s acute
drinking water level of comparison is
well above the estimated exposures for
tralkoxydim in water for the subgroup of
concern. For ground water, the
estimated environmental concentrations
(EEC’s) using the SCI-GROW model
were all less than 1 ppb.
ii. Chronic risk. A DEEM chronic
exposure analysis showed that exposure
from tolerance level residues in or on
wheat, and barley for children 1–6 years
old (the subgroup with the highest
exposure) would be 1.4% of the RfD.
The exposure for the general U.S.
population would be less than 1% of the
RfD. The DWLOCs for chronic exposure
to tralkoxydim in drinking water
calculated for U.S. population was 150
ppb and for children (1–6 years old) the
DWLOC was 50 ppb. The estimated
average concentration in surface water
for tralkoxydim is 9 ppb. EPA’s chronic
drinking water level of concern is above
the estimated exposures for tralkoxydim
in water for the U.S. population and the
subgroup of concern. Conservative
model estimates (SCI-GROW) of the
concentrations of tralkoxydim in ground
water indicate that exposure will be
minimal.
iii. Cancer risk. A DWLOC for cancer
was calculated as 1 ppb. The estimated
concentration in surface water and
ground water for tralkoxydim for
chronic exposure are 0.9 ppb (2.8 ppb
(the 56–day concentration)/3) and 0.1
ppb, respectively. The model exposure
estimates are less than the cancer
DWLOC. EPA concludes that there is a
reasonable certainty that no harm will
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result from aggregate exposure to
tralkoxydim residues.
2. Infants and children. The Agency
concluded that an extra safety factor to
protect infants and children is not
needed based on the following
considerations: The toxicology data base
is complete for the assessment of special
sensitivity of infants and children; the
developmental and reproductive
toxicity data do not indicate increase
susceptibility of rats or rabbits to in
utero and/or postnatal exposure; the
NOAEL used in deriving the RfD is
based on changes in liver function and
morphology in male adult dogs (not
developmental or neurotoxic effects)
after chronic exposure and thus are not
relevant for enhanced sensitivity to
infants and children; unrefined dietary
exposure estimates (assuming all
commodities contain tolerance level
residues) overestimate dietary exposure;
model data used for ground and surface
source drinking water exposure
assessments result in estimates
considered to be upper-bound
concentrations; there are no registered
uses for tralkoxydim that could result in
residential exposures. EPA concludes
that there is a reasonable certainty that
no harm will result to children from
aggregate exposure to tralkoxydim
residues.
F. International Tolerances
There are no Codex Alimentarius
Commission (Codex) or Mexican
Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for
tralkoxydim at this time.
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AGENCY
[FRL–7926–1]
Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
Framework and Outline
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Public comment period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of Environmental
Justice seeks public comment on: (1)
The draft ‘‘Framework for Integrating
Environmental Justice’’; and (2)
‘‘Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
Outline,’’ which includes proposed
Environmental Justice Priorities (EJ
Priorities). These two draft documents
will be the foundation for the
Environmental Justice Strategic Plan for
2006–2011. EPA is drafting the
Environmental Justice Strategic Plan to
integrate its environmental justice
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efforts into the Agency’s planning and
budgeting processes.
DATES: The Agency must receive written
comments on or before July 15, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Mr. Barry E. Hill, Director,
Office of Environmental Justice, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Mail Code
2201A, Ariel Rios South Building, Room
2226, Washington, DC 20460–0001. You
may also email comments to
hill.barry@epa.gov. Please identify emailed comments with the words ‘‘EJ
Strategic Plan Comments’’ in the subject
line
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danny Gogal, Senior Environmental
Protection Specialist, EPA Office of
Environmental Justice, (202) 564–2576,
gogal.danny@epa.gov or Delleane
McKenzie, Senior Program Analyst, EPA
Office of Environmental Justice, (202)
564–6358, mckenzie.delleane@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft
Framework identifies the proposed key
elements of the EJ Strategic Plan that
will help the Agency track progress and
benchmark its environmental justice
objectives. The draft Framework also
describes the proposed link between the
Environmental Justice Action Plans of
the Agency’s 10 regional offices and the
substantive program offices (e.g., Office
of Air and Radiation, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response) and
the priorities and targets established in
the EJ Strategic Plan.
The draft Outline identifies the
‘‘mission’’ and ‘‘vision’’ that will guide
the EJ Strategic Plan and identifies
where specific Environmental Justice
Strategic Targets will be included, once
they are developed. The Outline also
includes 12 potential EJ Priorities,
which would help focus attention on
critical human health and
environmental issues faced by
communities with disproportionate
impacts (e.g., asthma reduction, healthy
schools, safe drinking water). While we
will continue to take action on a wide
range of environmental justice issues,
using a spectrum of strategies including
cross-cutting approaches (e.g.,
community capacity building, grants,
training), we would like to select 5–7
priorities for heightened attention.
Therefore, in addition to providing
comments on the overall Outline, we
ask that you rank the potential priorities
(1 = highest priority, 12 = lowest
priority) and submit your ranking with
your other comments. If you have
additional suggested priorities, please
include those as well.
The draft ‘‘Framework for Integrating
Environmental Justice’’ and
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‘‘Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
Outline,’’ along with responses to
anticipated questions, are available
online at: https://www.epa.gov/
compliance/resources/reports/ej.html. A
hardcopy of this document is available
upon request.
Dated: June 16, 2005.
Barry E. Hill,
Director, Office of Environmental Justice.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7926-1]
Environmental Justice Strategic Plan Framework and Outline
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Environmental Justice seeks public comment on:
(1) The draft ``Framework for Integrating Environmental Justice''; and
(2) ``Environmental Justice Strategic Plan Outline,'' which includes
proposed Environmental Justice Priorities (EJ Priorities). These two
draft documents will be the foundation for the Environmental Justice
Strategic Plan for 2006-2011. EPA is drafting the Environmental Justice
Strategic Plan to integrate its environmental justice
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efforts into the Agency's planning and budgeting processes.
DATES: The Agency must receive written comments on or before July 15,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Mr. Barry E. Hill, Director,
Office of Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Mail Code 2201A, Ariel Rios South
Building, Room 2226, Washington, DC 20460-0001. You may also email
comments to hill.barry@epa.gov. Please identify e-mailed comments with
the words ``EJ Strategic Plan Comments'' in the subject line
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Danny Gogal, Senior Environmental
Protection Specialist, EPA Office of Environmental Justice, (202) 564-
2576, gogal.danny@epa.gov or Delleane McKenzie, Senior Program Analyst,
EPA Office of Environmental Justice, (202) 564-6358,
mckenzie.delleane@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft Framework identifies the proposed
key elements of the EJ Strategic Plan that will help the Agency track
progress and benchmark its environmental justice objectives. The draft
Framework also describes the proposed link between the Environmental
Justice Action Plans of the Agency's 10 regional offices and the
substantive program offices (e.g., Office of Air and Radiation, Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response) and the priorities and targets
established in the EJ Strategic Plan.
The draft Outline identifies the ``mission'' and ``vision'' that
will guide the EJ Strategic Plan and identifies where specific
Environmental Justice Strategic Targets will be included, once they are
developed. The Outline also includes 12 potential EJ Priorities, which
would help focus attention on critical human health and environmental
issues faced by communities with disproportionate impacts (e.g., asthma
reduction, healthy schools, safe drinking water). While we will
continue to take action on a wide range of environmental justice
issues, using a spectrum of strategies including cross-cutting
approaches (e.g., community capacity building, grants, training), we
would like to select 5-7 priorities for heightened attention.
Therefore, in addition to providing comments on the overall Outline, we
ask that you rank the potential priorities (1 = highest priority, 12 =
lowest priority) and submit your ranking with your other comments. If
you have additional suggested priorities, please include those as well.
The draft ``Framework for Integrating Environmental Justice'' and
``Environmental Justice Strategic Plan Outline,'' along with responses
to anticipated questions, are available online at: https://www.epa.gov/
compliance/resources/reports/ej.html. A hardcopy of this document is
available upon request.
Dated: June 16, 2005.
Barry E. Hill,
Director, Office of Environmental Justice.
[FR Doc. 05-12357 Filed 6-21-05; 8:45 am]
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