Draft Toxicological Reviews of Cyanobacterial Toxins: Anatoxin-a, Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins LR, RR, YR and LA, 67119-67121 [E6-19558]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 223 / Monday, November 20, 2006 / Notices sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket Center is (202) 566– 0280. Visitors to EPA are required to show photographic identification and sign the EPA visitor log. Visitors to the EPA/DC Public Reading Room will be provided with an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times while in the EPA Building and returned to the guard upon departure. In addition, security personnel will escort visitors to and from the new EPA/DC Public Reading Room location. Up-to-date information about the EPA/DC is on the EPA web site at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/ dockets.htm. 2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. II. Background The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2609 section 10(g), authorizes EPA and other Federal agencies to establish and coordinate a system for exchange among Federal, state, and local authorities of research and development results respecting toxic chemical substances and mixtures, including a system to facilitate and promote the development of standard data format and analysis and consistent testing procedures. Through FOSTTA, the CIMP focuses on EPA’s chemical program and works to develop a more coordinated effort involving Federal, state, and tribal agencies. P2 promotes the prevention ethic across society, helping to integrate P2 into mainstream environmental activities at the Federal level and among the states and tribes. TAP concentrates on chemical and prevention issues that are most relevant to the tribes, including lead control and abatement, tribal traditional/subsistence life ways, and hazard communications and outreach. FOSTTA’s vision is to focus on major policy-level issues of importance to states and tribes, recruit more senior state and tribal leaders, increase outreach to all 50 states and some 560 Federally recognized tribes, and vigorously seek ways to engage the states and tribes in ongoing substantive discussions on complex and oftentimes controversial environmental issues. The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), in partnership with the National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) and EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), are cosponsoring the meetings. As part of a cooperative agreement, ECOS and NTEC facilitate ongoing efforts of the state and tribal leaders and OPPT to increase understanding and improve collaboration on toxic chemicals and VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:10 Nov 17, 2006 Jkt 211001 pollution prevention issues, and to continue a dialogue on how federal environmental programs can best be implemented among the states, tribes, and EPA. III. How Can I Request to Participate in this Meeting? You may submit a request to participate in this meeting to the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Do not submit any information in your request that is considered CBI. Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 2006–0929, must be received on or before December 7, 2006. IV. The Meeting In the interest of time and efficiency, the meetings are structured to provide maximum opportunity for state, tribal, and EPA participants to discuss items on the predetermined agenda. At the discretion of the chair, an effort will be made to accommodate participation by observers attending the proceedings. The FOSTTA representatives and EPA will discuss collaboration on all environmental protection and pollution prevention issues. The states and the tribes identified the following tentative agenda items: 1. Summary of selected presentations to be made at the Conference on Characterizing Chemicals in Commerce: Using Data on High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals, which is taking place December 12–14, 2006; see https:// www.NEWMOA.org/hpv for more information. 2. P2 Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Review. 3. P2 integration across EPA. 4. Prioritization of OPPTS work activities under the OPPTS Tribal Strategy. List of Subjects Environmental protection. Dated: November 14, 2006. Barbara A. Cunningham, Director, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. [FR Doc. 06–9274 Filed 11–16–06; 11:42 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 67119 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8244–1; EPA–HQ–Docket ID No. EPA– ORD–2006–0939] Draft Toxicological Reviews of Cyanobacterial Toxins: Anatoxin-a, Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins LR, RR, YR and LA Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of public comment period and external peer-review panel meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a forty-five day public comment period and an external peer-review panel meeting to review the external review draft documents entitled, ‘‘Toxicological Reviews of Cyanobacterial Toxins: Anatoxin-a, Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins LR, RR, YR and LA’’ (NCEA–C–1743, NCEA–C–1763 and NCEA–C–1765). Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as blue-green algae, are found in freshwater, estuarine and marine environments. Cyanobacteria, other freshwater algae, and their toxins are included as microbial contaminants on EPA’s Office of Water (OW) Contaminant Candidate List (CCL). These draft assessments discuss potential human health effects of exposure to these cyanobacterial toxins for four durations—acute, shortterm, subchronic and chronic— focusing on noncancer effects due to oral exposure. The public comment period and the external peer review are separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on these documents. These documents were prepared by EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research and Development. EPA will use comments and recommendations from the public and the expert panel meeting to finalize the draft documents. EPA is releasing these draft documents solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. These documents have not been formally disseminated by EPA. They do not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. DATES: The public comment period will begin on November 20, 2006 and continue until January 4, 2007. The public may submit comments via Regulations.gov (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below). The peer-review panel meeting will begin on January 10, 2007, at 9 a.m. and will end at 5 p.m. E:\FR\FM\20NON1.SGM 20NON1 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 67120 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 223 / Monday, November 20, 2006 / Notices The public may attend the peer-review panel meeting and are invited to provide oral statements at the commencement of the meeting (for more information refer to the instructions for registration below). ADDRESSES: Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peerreview panel meeting to review these draft documents. The external peerreview panel meeting will be held at EPA’s Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (AWBERC) located at 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH. Observers may attend the peer review meeting by filling out the form found on the Web site, https://www2.ergweb.com/ projects/conferences/ncea/toxin.htm, by calling Eastern Research Group, Inc.’s conference line between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EST at (781) 674– 7374 or toll free at (800) 803–2833, or by faxing a registration request to (781) 674–2906 (include full address and contact information). Pre-registration will begin December 15, 2006. Preregistration is strongly recommended as space is limited, and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for online preregistration is January 3, 2007. Telephone and fax registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, as will on-site registration, if space allows. Public comments submitted to Regulations.gov by December 29, 2006, will be provided to the external peer review panel prior to the meeting. The draft ‘‘Toxicological Reviews of Cyanobacterial Toxins: Anatoxin-a, Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins LR, RR, YR and LA’’ are available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment’s home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at https:// www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of paper copies are available from the Technical Information Staff (TIS) at NCEA’s Cincinnati office; telephone: (513) 569–7257; facsimile: (513) 569– 7916. If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and title of these documents. Copies are not available from Eastern Research Group, Inc. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding information about, registration, and logistics for the external peer review workshop should be directed to Eastern Research Group, Inc., 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421–3136 beginning December VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:10 Nov 17, 2006 Jkt 211001 15, 2006; telephone: (781) 674–7374 or toll free at (800) 803–2833; facsimile: (781) 674–2906; or e-mail: meetings@erg.com. If you have questions about the draft documents, contact Belinda Hawkins, National Center for Environmental Assessment, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive (A–110), Cincinnati, OH; telephone: (513) 569–7523; facsimile: (513) 487–2542; e-mail: hawkins.belinda@epa.gov. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0939. The official public docket consists of the documents referenced in this notice and a list of charge questions that have been submitted to the external peer reviewers. All documents are available on the Internet at https:// www.regulations.gov by using the search function and corresponding docket identification number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: How to Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https:// www.regulations.gov Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA’s Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on docket operations, locations and telephone numbers. The Docket Center’s mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure for submitting comments to https://www.regulations.gov are not affected by the flooding and will remain the same. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006– 0939 by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: ORD Docket@epa.gov. • 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, 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 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 in hard copy, 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–2006– 0939. 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 https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless a comment includes information 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://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 https:// 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 https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is E:\FR\FM\20NON1.SGM 20NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 223 / Monday, November 20, 2006 / Notices 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. Dated: November 13, 2006. Peter W. Preuss, Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E6–19558 Filed 11–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2006–0341; FRL–8057–1] Implementation of the Pilot Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program; Request for Comment Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: EPA is requesting comment on the implementation of the pilot phase of the Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program (VCCEP). VCCEP was designed to collect health effects, exposure, and risk information on chemicals to which children are likely to be exposed, and to make that information available to the public so the public may better understand the potential health risks to children associated with certain chemical exposures. EPA announced the program in December 2000 and the pilot began in 2001 when companies volunteered to sponsor their chemicals under VCCEP. At what is approximately the midpoint in the implementation of the pilot phase of VCCEP, EPA is preparing to evaluate how well it is meeting its objectives for VCCEP. To this end, EPA is seeking comments from participants and observers about the operations and experience under the VCCEP pilot to this point. If requested, EPA will hold a public meeting to take comment on the implementation of the pilot phase of VCCEP. DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 19, 2007. Requests for a public meeting must be received on or before December 11, 2006. To submit comments: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA– HQ–OPPT–2006–0341, by one of the following methods. ADDRESSES: VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:10 Nov 17, 2006 Jkt 211001 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001. • Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA East, Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2006–0341. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries are only accepted during the DCO’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 2006–0341. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information 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 regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website 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 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. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 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. 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EPA visitors are required to show photographic identification and sign the EPA visitor log. Visitors to the EPA/DC Public Reading Room will be provided with an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times while in the EPA Building and returned to the guard upon departure. In addition, security personnel will escort visitors to and from the new EPA/DC Public Reading Room location. Up-to-date information about the EPA/DC is on the EPA website at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/ dockets.htm. To request a public meeting: Submit your request, identified by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2006–0341, to Catherine Roman by one of the following methods: • E-mail address: roman.catherine@epa.gov. • Mail: Chemical Control Division (7405M), Office Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001, ATTN: Catherine Roman. • Hand Delivery: 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, EPA East, ATTN: Catherine Roman. Ask the reception desk to call (202) 564–4780. Such deliveries should be made during normal working hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone E:\FR\FM\20NON1.SGM 20NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67119-67121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19558]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8244-1; EPA-HQ-Docket ID No. EPA-ORD-2006-0939]


Draft Toxicological Reviews of Cyanobacterial Toxins: Anatoxin-a, 
Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins LR, RR, YR and LA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public comment period and external peer-review panel 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 
forty-five day public comment period and an external peer-review panel 
meeting to review the external review draft documents entitled, 
``Toxicological Reviews of Cyanobacterial Toxins: Anatoxin-a, 
Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins LR, RR, YR and LA'' (NCEA-C-1743, 
NCEA-C-1763 and NCEA-C-1765). Cyanobacteria, commonly referred to as 
blue-green algae, are found in freshwater, estuarine and marine 
environments. Cyanobacteria, other freshwater algae, and their toxins 
are included as microbial contaminants on EPA's Office of Water (OW) 
Contaminant Candidate List (CCL). These draft assessments discuss 
potential human health effects of exposure to these cyanobacterial 
toxins for four durations--acute, short-term, subchronic and chronic-- 
focusing on noncancer effects due to oral exposure.
    The public comment period and the external peer review are separate 
processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to 
comment on these documents. These documents were prepared by EPA's 
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office 
of Research and Development. EPA will use comments and recommendations 
from the public and the expert panel meeting to finalize the draft 
documents. EPA is releasing these draft documents solely for the 
purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information 
quality guidelines. These documents have not been formally disseminated 
by EPA. They do not represent and should not be construed to represent 
any Agency policy or determination.

DATES: The public comment period will begin on November 20, 2006 and 
continue until January 4, 2007. The public may submit comments via 
Regulations.gov (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below). The peer-review 
panel meeting will begin on January 10, 2007, at 9 a.m. and will end at 
5 p.m.

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The public may attend the peer-review panel meeting and are invited to 
provide oral statements at the commencement of the meeting (for more 
information refer to the instructions for registration below).

ADDRESSES: Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor for external 
scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts 
and organize and conduct an external peer-review panel meeting to 
review these draft documents. The external peer-review panel meeting 
will be held at EPA's Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research 
Center (AWBERC) located at 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, 
OH. Observers may attend the peer review meeting by filling out the 
form found on the Web site, https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/
conferences/ncea/toxin.htm, by calling Eastern Research Group, Inc.'s 
conference line between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. EST at (781) 
674-7374 or toll free at (800) 803-2833, or by faxing a registration 
request to (781) 674-2906 (include full address and contact 
information). Pre-registration will begin December 15, 2006. Pre-
registration is strongly recommended as space is limited, and 
registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The 
deadline for online pre-registration is January 3, 2007. Telephone and 
fax registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, as will 
on-site registration, if space allows. Public comments submitted to 
Regulations.gov by December 29, 2006, will be provided to the external 
peer review panel prior to the meeting.
    The draft ``Toxicological Reviews of Cyanobacterial Toxins: 
Anatoxin-a, Cylindrospermopsin and Microcystins LR, RR, YR and LA'' are 
available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for 
Environmental Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions and the 
Data and Publications menus at https://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited 
number of paper copies are available from the Technical Information 
Staff (TIS) at NCEA's Cincinnati office; telephone: (513) 569-7257; 
facsimile: (513) 569-7916. If you are requesting a paper copy, please 
provide your name, mailing address, and title of these documents. 
Copies are not available from Eastern Research Group, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding information about, 
registration, and logistics for the external peer review workshop 
should be directed to Eastern Research Group, Inc., 110 Hartwell 
Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421-3136 beginning December 15, 2006; 
telephone: (781) 674-7374 or toll free at (800) 803-2833; facsimile: 
(781) 674-2906; or e-mail: meetings@erg.com.
    If you have questions about the draft documents, contact Belinda 
Hawkins, National Center for Environmental Assessment, 26 W. Martin 
Luther King Drive (A-110), Cincinnati, OH; telephone: (513) 569-7523; 
facsimile: (513) 487-2542; e-mail: hawkins.belinda@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established an official public 
docket for this action under docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0939. The 
official public docket consists of the documents referenced in this 
notice and a list of charge questions that have been submitted to the 
external peer reviewers. All documents are available on the Internet at 
https://www.regulations.gov by using the search function and 
corresponding docket identification number.

How to Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov

    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation for people who wish to make hand deliveries or visit the 
Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's Federal 
Register notice at 71 FR 38147 (July 5, 2006) or the EPA Web site at 
https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on 
docket operations, locations and telephone numbers. The Docket 
Center's mailing address for U.S. mail and the procedure for 
submitting comments to https://www.regulations.gov are not affected 
by the flooding and will remain the same.

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-
0939 by one of the following methods:

     https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: ORD Docket@epa.gov.
     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, 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 in hard copy, 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-
2006-0939. 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 https://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless a comment includes information 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 https://www.regulations.gov or e-
mail. The https://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 https://
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 https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is

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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 
https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA 
Headquarters Docket Center.

    Dated: November 13, 2006.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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