Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Announcement of Availability of Literature Searches for IRIS Assessments, 56611-56612 [E9-26335]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 210 / Monday, November 2, 2009 / Notices State, unless the petitioner demonstrates that it was impracticable to raise these issues during the comment period or the grounds for the issues arose after this period. On August 14, 2008, EPA received a petition from Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action requesting that EPA object to the issuance of the Title V operating permit to Kerr-McGee/Anadarko for the operation of the Frederick Compressor Station. First, the Petitioner asserts that natural gas wells owned or controlled by Kerr-McGee/Anadarko constitute pollutant emitting activities connected with the Frederick Compressor Station. Second, the Petitioner alleges the natural gas wells owned or controlled by Kerr-McGee/Anadarko constitute pollutant emitting activities that are contiguous or adjacent to the Frederick Compressor Station. Finally, the Petitioner argues that by CDPHE’s failure to aggregate emissions from KerrMcGee/Anadarko’s interrelated and connected natural gas wells with the Frederick Compressor Station, CDPHE has issued a Title V permit that fails to assure compliance with Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements and without a required compliance schedule to bring the facility into compliance with PSD requirements and is in violation of title V permitting regulations at 40 CFR 70. On October 8, 2009, the Administrator issued an order granting the petition. The order explains the reasons behind EPA’s conclusion grant the petition for objection. Dated: October 22, 2009. Carol Rushin, Acting Regional Administrator. [FR Doc. E9–26339 Filed 10–30–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8974–1; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2007–0664] srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Announcement of Availability of Literature Searches for IRIS Assessments AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Announcement of availability of literature searches for IRIS assessments; request for information. SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of literature searches for three IRIS assessments that were or may be started in 2009 and requesting VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:03 Oct 30, 2009 Jkt 220001 scientific information on health effects that may result from exposure to these chemical substances. The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is an EPA database that contains information on human health effects that may result from exposure to chemical substances in the environment. DATES: EPA will accept information related to the specific substances included herein as well as any other compounds being assessed by the IRIS Program. Please submit any information in accordance with the instructions provided below. ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant scientific information identified by docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 0664, online at https:// www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred method); by e-mail to ord.docket@epa.gov; mailed to Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001; or by hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Information on a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted in Word or as an ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the IRIS program, contact Dr. Abdel-Razak Kadry, IRIS Program Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment, (mail code: 8601D), Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (703) 347–8545, facsimile: (703) 347–8689; or e-mail: kadry.abdel@epa.gov. For general questions about access to IRIS, or the content of IRIS, please call the IRIS Hotline at (202) 566–1676 or send electronic mail inquiries to hotline.iris@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background IRIS is a database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various chemical substances found in the environment. (EPA notes that information in the IRIS database has no preclusive effect and does not predetermine the outcome of any rulemaking. When EPA uses such information to support a rulemaking, the scientific basis for, and the application of, that information are subject to comment.) IRIS currently PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56611 provides information on health effects associated with more than 500 chemical substances. The database includes chemicalspecific summaries of qualitative and quantitative health information in support of the first two steps of the risk assessment process, i.e., hazard identification and dose-response evaluation. Combined with specific situational exposure assessment information, the information in IRIS is an important source in evaluating potential public health risks from environmental contaminants. The IRIS Annual Agenda The 2008 IRIS agenda was announced in a Federal Register Notice (FRN) of December 21, 2007 (72 FR 72715), which can be found on the IRIS Web site at https://www.epa.gov/iris. With the December 21, 2007, IRIS agenda announcement, EPA started a new process to actively solicit information from the public at the beginning of assessment development. As literature searches are completed, the results will be posted on the IRIS Web site (https:// www.epa.gov/iris). The public is invited to review the literature search results and submit additional information to EPA. EPA posted literature searches for 11 chemicals and stated that the availability of additional literature searches would be announced in subsequent FRNs. Request for Public Involvement in IRIS Assessments EPA is soliciting public involvement in assessments on the IRIS agenda, including new assessments starting in 2009. While EPA conducts a thorough literature search for each chemical substance, there may be unpublished studies or other primary technical sources that are not available through the open literature. EPA would appreciate receiving scientific information from the public during the information gathering stage for the assessments listed in this notice or any other assessments on the IRIS agenda. Interested persons should provide scientific analyses, studies, and other pertinent scientific information. While EPA is primarily soliciting information on new assessments starting in 2009 and beyond, the public may submit information on any chemical substance at any time. This notice provides (1) a list of new IRIS assessments for which literature searches have recently become available; and (2) instructions to the public for submitting scientific information to EPA pertinent to the development of assessments. E:\FR\FM\02NON1.SGM 02NON1 56612 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 210 / Monday, November 2, 2009 / Notices srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES EPA is announcing the availability of additional literature searches on the IRIS Web site (https://www.epa.gov/iris). The public is invited to review the literature search results and submit additional information to EPA. Literature searches are now available for chromium VI (hexavalent chromium) (CAS 18540–29–9), ammonia (7664–41– 7), and 10 alkylates—2-methylpentane (107–83–5), 2-methylbutane (78–78–4), 3-methylpentane (96–14–0), 2,2,5trimethylhexane (3522–94–9), 2,3,3trimethylpentane (560–21–4), 2,3,5trimethylpentane (565–75–3), cyclohexane (110–82–7), methylcyclohexane (108–87–2), nheptane (142–82–5), and n-octane (111– 65–9) at https://www.epa.gov/iris under ‘‘Annual IRIS Agenda.’’ Literature search results were provided on December 21, 2007, and April 25, 2008, at https://www.epa.gov/iris for tert-amyl methyl ether, biphenyl, n-butanol, tertbutanol, carbonyl sulfide, diethyl phthalate, diisopropyl ether, hexabromocyclodecane, manganese, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5trimethylbenzene, tungsten, urea, and weathered toxaphene. Additional literature searches will be posted as they are completed. Availability will be announced in the Federal Register. Instructions on how to submit information are provided below under General Information. General Information Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 0664 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, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center’s 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 information by mail or hand delivery, please submit one unbound original with pages VerDate Nov<24>2008 17:03 Oct 30, 2009 Jkt 220001 numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the main text, and submit an unbound original and three copies. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 0664. 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 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. PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: October 20, 2009. Rebecca Clark, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E9–26335 Filed 10–30–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8975–9] Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent Decree; Request for Public Comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (CAA or ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Association of Irritated Residents (‘‘Plaintiff’’) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California: Association of Irritated Residents v. EPA, No. 09–cv–1890–CW (N.D. Cal.). On or about April 30, 2009, Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that EPA failed to perform a nondiscretionary duty to take action under section 110(k) of the Act on a revision to the state implementation plan (SIP) submitted by the State of California. Specifically, the complaint alleges that EPA failed to take action on two rules amended by the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (‘‘District’’) on September 21, 2006 and included in a SIP revision submitted to EPA by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on December 29, 2006: Rule 2020 (‘‘Exemptions’’) and Rule 2020 (‘‘New and Modified Stationary Source Review Rule’’). The subject rule amendments relate to permitting of agricultural sources. In the SIP revision dated December 29, 2006, CARB submitted amended District Rule 2020 in its entirety but only Paragraph 4.6.9 of District Rule 2020. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, a deadline has been established for EPA to take action on the amended District rules as submitted on December 29, 2006. If EPA fulfills its obligations, Plaintiff has agreed to dismiss this suit with prejudice. DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received by December 2, 2009. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA– HQ–OGC–2009–0831, online at https:// www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred E:\FR\FM\02NON1.SGM 02NON1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8974-1; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0664]


Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Announcement of 
Availability of Literature Searches for IRIS Assessments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of literature searches for IRIS 
assessments; request for information.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 
the availability of literature searches for three IRIS assessments that 
were or may be started in 2009 and requesting scientific information on 
health effects that may result from exposure to these chemical 
substances. The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is an EPA 
database that contains information on human health effects that may 
result from exposure to chemical substances in the environment.

DATES: EPA will accept information related to the specific substances 
included herein as well as any other compounds being assessed by the 
IRIS Program. Please submit any information in accordance with the 
instructions provided below.

ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant scientific information identified by 
docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0664, online at https://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method); by e-mail to 
ord.docket@epa.gov; mailed to Office of Environmental Information (OEI) 
Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery 
or courier to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Information on a disk or CD-
ROM should be formatted in Word or as an ASCII file, avoiding the use 
of special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to 
the mailing address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the IRIS program, 
contact Dr. Abdel-Razak Kadry, IRIS Program Director, National Center 
for Environmental Assessment, (mail code: 8601D), Office of Research 
and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 
20460; telephone: (703) 347-8545, facsimile: (703) 347-8689; or e-mail: 
kadry.abdel@epa.gov.
    For general questions about access to IRIS, or the content of IRIS, 
please call the IRIS Hotline at (202) 566-1676 or send electronic mail 
inquiries to hotline.iris@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    IRIS is a database of human health effects that may result from 
exposure to various chemical substances found in the environment. (EPA 
notes that information in the IRIS database has no preclusive effect 
and does not predetermine the outcome of any rulemaking. When EPA uses 
such information to support a rulemaking, the scientific basis for, and 
the application of, that information are subject to comment.) IRIS 
currently provides information on health effects associated with more 
than 500 chemical substances.
    The database includes chemical-specific summaries of qualitative 
and quantitative health information in support of the first two steps 
of the risk assessment process, i.e., hazard identification and dose-
response evaluation. Combined with specific situational exposure 
assessment information, the information in IRIS is an important source 
in evaluating potential public health risks from environmental 
contaminants.

The IRIS Annual Agenda

    The 2008 IRIS agenda was announced in a Federal Register Notice 
(FRN) of December 21, 2007 (72 FR 72715), which can be found on the 
IRIS Web site at https://www.epa.gov/iris. With the December 21, 2007, 
IRIS agenda announcement, EPA started a new process to actively solicit 
information from the public at the beginning of assessment development. 
As literature searches are completed, the results will be posted on the 
IRIS Web site (https://www.epa.gov/iris). The public is invited to 
review the literature search results and submit additional information 
to EPA. EPA posted literature searches for 11 chemicals and stated that 
the availability of additional literature searches would be announced 
in subsequent FRNs.

Request for Public Involvement in IRIS Assessments

    EPA is soliciting public involvement in assessments on the IRIS 
agenda, including new assessments starting in 2009. While EPA conducts 
a thorough literature search for each chemical substance, there may be 
unpublished studies or other primary technical sources that are not 
available through the open literature. EPA would appreciate receiving 
scientific information from the public during the information gathering 
stage for the assessments listed in this notice or any other 
assessments on the IRIS agenda. Interested persons should provide 
scientific analyses, studies, and other pertinent scientific 
information. While EPA is primarily soliciting information on new 
assessments starting in 2009 and beyond, the public may submit 
information on any chemical substance at any time.
    This notice provides (1) a list of new IRIS assessments for which 
literature searches have recently become available; and (2) 
instructions to the public for submitting scientific information to EPA 
pertinent to the development of assessments.

[[Page 56612]]

    EPA is announcing the availability of additional literature 
searches on the IRIS Web site (https://www.epa.gov/iris). The public is 
invited to review the literature search results and submit additional 
information to EPA. Literature searches are now available for chromium 
VI (hexavalent chromium) (CAS 18540-29-9), ammonia (7664-41-7), and 10 
alkylates--2-methylpentane (107-83-5), 2-methylbutane (78-78-4), 3-
methylpentane (96-14-0), 2,2,5-trimethylhexane (3522-94-9), 2,3,3-
trimethylpentane (560-21-4), 2,3,5-trimethylpentane (565-75-3), 
cyclohexane (110-82-7), methylcyclohexane (108-87-2), n-heptane (142-
82-5), and n-octane (111-65-9) at https://www.epa.gov/iris under 
``Annual IRIS Agenda.'' Literature search results were provided on 
December 21, 2007, and April 25, 2008, at https://www.epa.gov/iris for 
tert-amyl methyl ether, biphenyl, n-butanol, tert-butanol, carbonyl 
sulfide, diethyl phthalate, diisopropyl ether, hexabromocyclodecane, 
manganese, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, tungsten, 
urea, and weathered toxaphene. Additional literature searches will be 
posted as they are completed. Availability will be announced in the 
Federal Register. Instructions on how to submit information are 
provided below under General Information.

General Information

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-
0664 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, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center's 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 information 
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 main 
text, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2007-0664. 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 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: October 20, 2009.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E9-26335 Filed 10-30-09; 8:45 am]
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