Draft Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether: In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), 48538-48539 [E9-22923]

Download as PDF 48538 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 23, 2009 / Notices Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the 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. Publicly available docket materials are generally available either electronically in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; however, certain materials, such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy. Dated: September 10, 2009. Rebecca Clark, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E9–22953 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8957–5; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2009–0229] Draft Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether: In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of listening session. SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on October 7, 2009, during the public comment period for the external review draft document entitled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/ 635/R–08/019A). This listening session is a step in EPA’s revised IRIS process, announced on May 21, 2009, to develop human health assessments for inclusion in the IRIS database. 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 before 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 public record. The EPA’s draft assessment and peer review charge are available via the Internet on the National Center for VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:06 Sep 22, 2009 Jkt 217001 Environmental Assessment’s (NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and Publications menus at https:// www.epa.gov/ncea. DATES: The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether will be held on October 7, 2009, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. If you want to make a presentation at the listening session, you should register by September 30, 2009, indicate that you wish to make oral comments at the session, and indicate the length of your presentation. When you register, please indicate if you will need audiovisual 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 allows, then the time limit for each presentation will be adjusted. A copy of the agenda for the listening session will be available at the meeting. If no speakers have registered by September 30, 2009, the listening session will be cancelled and EPA will notify those registered of the cancellation. The public comment period for review of this draft assessment was announced previously in the Federal Register (FR) (74 FR 42069) on August 20, 2009. As stated in that FR notice, the public comment period began on August 20, 2009, and ends October 19, 2009. Any technical comments submitted during the public comment period should be in writing and must be received by EPA by October 19, 2009, according to the procedures outlined below. Only those public comments submitted using the procedures identified in the August 20, 2009 FR notice by the October 19, 2009 deadline will be provided to the independent peer-review panel prior to the peerreview meeting. The date and logistics for the peer-review meeting will be announced later in a separate FR notice. Listening session participants who want EPA to share their comments with 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 (August 20, 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. All comments must be submitted to the docket, but comments received after the public comment period closes will not be submitted to the external peer reviewers. PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ADDRESSES: The listening session on the draft Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether 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 September 30, 2009, via email at Meetings@erg.com (subject line: Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether listening session), by phone: 781–674–7374, or by faxing a registration request to 781–674– 2906 (please reference the ‘‘Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether 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. When you leave the building, please return your visitor’s badge to the guard and you will receive your photo identification. A teleconference line will also be available for registered attendees/ speakers. The teleconference number is 866–299–3188 and the access code is 926–378–7897, 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 public attendance at the ‘‘Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether 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 ross.christine@epa.gov. 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, (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703–347–8592; facsimile: 703–347– 8689; or e-mail: ross.christine@epa.gov. If you have questions about the draft E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 23, 2009 / Notices Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether assessment, contact Andrew Hotchkiss, IRIS Staff, National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, B243–01, Durham, NC 27711; telephone: 919–541–4164; facsimile: 919–541–0245; or e-mail: hotchkiss.andrew@epa.gov. 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 https://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. This listening session is a step in EPA’s revised process, announced on May 21, 2009, for development of human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The updated process is posted on the IRIS home page at https:// www.epa.gov/iris. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: September 10, 2009. Rebecca Clark, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E9–22923 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES [FRL–8954–9; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2009–0245] Draft Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts: In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public comment period and listening session. AGENCY: VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:06 Sep 22, 2009 Jkt 217001 SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a public comment period and a public listening session for the external review draft document titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–08/016). The draft document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD). The public comment period and the external peer-review workshop, which will be scheduled at a later date and announced in the Federal Register, are separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document. EPA intends to forward the public comments that are submitted in accordance with this notice to the external peer-review panel prior to the meeting for their consideration. When finalizing the draft document, EPA intends to consider any public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice. EPA is also announcing a listening session to be held on October 27, 2009, during the public comment period for this draft document. This listening session is a step in EPA’s revised IRIS process, announced on May 21, 2009, to develop human health assessments for inclusion in the IRIS database. 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 before 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 the public comments. All presentations will become part of the official public record. EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of predissemination peer 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. DATES: The public comment period begins September 23, 2009, and ends November 23, 2009. Technical comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by November 23, 2009. PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48539 The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts will be held on October 27, 2009, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. If you want to make a presentation at the listening session, you should register by October 20, 2009, indicate that you wish to make oral comments at the session, and indicate the length of your presentation. When you register, please indicate if you will need 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 allows, then the time limit for each presentation will be adjusted. A copy of the agenda for the listening session will be available at the meeting. If no speakers have registered by October 20, 2009, the listening session will be cancelled and EPA will notify those registered of the cancellation. Listening session participants who want EPA to share their comments with the external peer reviewers should also submit written comments during the public comment period using the detailed and established procedures described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. 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. All comments must be submitted to the docket, but comments received after the public comment period closes will not be submitted to the external peer reviewers. ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological Review of Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ is available primarily via the Internet on the NCEA home page under the Recent Additions and Publications menus at https:// www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of paper copies are available from the Information Management Team, NCEA; 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. Comments may be submitted electronically via https://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. The listening session on the draft Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts assessment will be held at the EPA E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22923]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8957-5; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0229]


Draft Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether: 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 October 7, 
2009, during the public comment period for the external review draft 
document entitled, ``Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl 
Ether: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk 
Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/635/R-08/019A). This listening session 
is a step in EPA's revised IRIS process, announced on May 21, 2009, to 
develop human health assessments for inclusion in the IRIS database. 
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 before 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 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 Publications menus at 
https://www.epa.gov/ncea.

DATES: The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for 
Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether will be held on October 7, 2009, beginning 
at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. If you want to 
make a presentation at the listening session, you should register by 
September 30, 2009, indicate that you wish to make oral comments at the 
session, and indicate the length of your presentation. When you 
register, please indicate if you will need 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 allows, then the time limit for 
each presentation will be adjusted. A copy of the agenda for the 
listening session will be available at the meeting. If no speakers have 
registered by September 30, 2009, the listening session will be 
cancelled and EPA will notify those registered of the cancellation.
    The public comment period for review of this draft assessment was 
announced previously in the Federal Register (FR) (74 FR 42069) on 
August 20, 2009. As stated in that FR notice, the public comment period 
began on August 20, 2009, and ends October 19, 2009. Any technical 
comments submitted during the public comment period should be in 
writing and must be received by EPA by October 19, 2009, according to 
the procedures outlined below. Only those public comments submitted 
using the procedures identified in the August 20, 2009 FR notice by the 
October 19, 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 want EPA to share their comments 
with 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 (August 20, 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. All comments must be 
submitted to the docket, but comments received after the public comment 
period closes will not be submitted to the external peer reviewers.

ADDRESSES: The listening session on the draft Ethyl Tertiary Butyl 
Ether 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 
September 30, 2009, via e-mail at Meetings@erg.com (subject line: Ethyl 
Tertiary Butyl Ether listening session), by phone: 781-674-7374, or by 
faxing a registration request to 781-674-2906 (please reference the 
``Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether 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. When you leave the building, please return your 
visitor's badge to the guard and you will receive your photo 
identification.
    A teleconference line will also be available for registered 
attendees/speakers. The teleconference number is 866-299-3188 and the 
access code is 926-378-7897, 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 public attendance at the ``Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether 
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 ross.christine@epa.gov. 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, (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-
8592; facsimile: 703-347-8689; or e-mail: ross.christine@epa.gov. If 
you have questions about the draft

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Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether assessment, contact Andrew Hotchkiss, IRIS 
Staff, National Center for Environmental Assessment, U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, B243-01, Durham, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-4164; 
facsimile: 919-541-0245; or e-mail: hotchkiss.andrew@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 https://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.
    This listening session is a step in EPA's revised process, 
announced on May 21, 2009, for development of human health assessments 
for inclusion on IRIS. The updated process is posted on the IRIS home 
page at https://www.epa.gov/iris.

    Dated: September 10, 2009.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E9-22923 Filed 9-22-09; 8:45 am]
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