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Draft Toxicological Review of 1,2,3-,
1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene: In
Support of the Summary Information in
the Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period and listening session.
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SUMMARY:
EPA is announcing a 60-day
public comment period and a public
listening session for the external review
draft human health assessment titled
‘‘Toxicological Review of 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-,
and 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene: In Support
of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–11/012A). The draft
assessment was prepared by the
National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA
Office of Research and Development
(ORD). EPA is releasing this draft
assessment for the purposes of public
comment and peer review. This draft
assessment is not final as described in
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EPA’s information quality guidelines,
and it does not represent and should not
be construed to represent Agency policy
or views.
EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB)
will convene an expert panel for
independent external peer review of the
draft assessment. The EPA SAB is a
body established under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act with a broad
mandate to advise the Agency on
scientific matters. The public comment
period and the SAB peer review are
separate processes that provide
opportunities for all interested parties to
comment on the document. The SAB
will schedule one or more public peer
review meetings, which will be
announced in the Federal Register at a
later date.
EPA is also announcing a listening
session to be held on Wednesday,
August 1, 2012, during the public
comment period. The purpose of the
listening session is to allow all
interested parties to present scientific
and technical comments on the draft
IRIS health assessment to EPA and other
interested parties attending the listening
session. 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 after the
independent external peer review.
DATES:
The public comment period
begins, June 29, 2012, and ends August
28, 2012. Technical comments should
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be in writing and must be received by
EPA by August 28, 2012.
The listening session on the draft IRIS
health assessment for 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene (TMB) will be
held on August 1, 2012, beginning at 9
a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Time,
or when the last presentation has been
completed. If you would like to make a
presentation at the listening session,
you should register by July 25, 2012,
following the detailed instructions
below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES:
The draft ‘‘Toxicological
Review of 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5Trimethylbenzene: 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 request
a paper copy, please provide your name,
mailing address, and the document title.
The listening session on the draft
assessment of TMB will be held at the
EPA offices at Two Potomac Yard
(North Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100,
2733 South Crystal Drive, Arlington,
Virginia, 22202. There are two buildings
at Potomac Yard, please be sure you go
to Building Two, the North Building.
Please note that to gain entrance to this
EPA building, attendees must register at
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the guard’s desk in the lobby and
present photo identification. The guard
will retain your photo identification and
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 TMB
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
IRISListeningSession@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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Information about IRIS
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 doseresponse 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, IRIS
data are used by government and private
entities to help characterize public
health risks of chemical substances in
site-specific situations and thereby
support risk management decisions
designed to protect public health.
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II. How To Register for the Listening
Session
To attend the August 1, 2012,
listening session, register by July 25,
2012, by sending an email to
IRISListeningSession@epa.gov (subject
line: TMB Listening Session); by calling
Christine Ross at 703–347–8592; or by
faxing a registration request to 703–347–
8689. Please reference the ‘‘TMB
Listening Session’’ and include your
name, title, affiliation, sponsoring
organization, if any, full address, and
contact information. To present at the
listening session, indicate in your
registration that you would like to make
oral comments and provide 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 July 25,
2012, the listening session will be
cancelled and EPA will notify those
registered of the cancellation.
III. How To Submit Technical
Comments to the Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2012–
0459 by one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–9744.
• Mail: Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code:
28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection
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Washington, DC 20460. The phone
number is 202–566–1752.
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Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334,
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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.
Deliveries are only accepted during the
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special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information. If
you provide comments by mail or hand
delivery, please submit one unbound
original with pages numbered
consecutively, and three copies of the
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Comments received after the closing
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information on the federal docket,
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Information Docket; telephone: 202–
566–1752; facsimile: 202–566–9744; or
email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For information on the public
listening session, 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 email:
IRISListeningSession@epa.gov.
If you have questions about the
document, contact Allen Davis, National
Center for Environmental Assessment
(NCEA); telephone: 919–541–3789;
facsimile: 919–541–0245; or email:
[FRN_Questions@epa.gov].
Dated: June 12, 2012.
Darrell A. Winner,
Director, National Center for Environmental
Assessment.
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Golden Hand No. 1 and No. 2 Lode
Mining Claims Project, Krassel Ranger
District, Payette National Forest,
Valley and Idaho Counties, ID,
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Comment Period Ends: 08/13/2012,
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TX, Grand Parkway (State Highway
99) Segment B, Construction, from
SH–288 to IH–45, USACE Section 404
Permit, Brazoria and Galveston
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09/26/2012, Contact: Gregory Punske
512–536–5960.
EIS No. 20120199, Final EIS, RUS, MS,
ADOPTION—Kemper County
Integrated Gasification Combined
Cycle Project, To Provide Financial
Assistance, Kemper County, MS,
Review Period Ends: 07/30/2012,
Contact: Emily Orler 202–720–1414.
EIS No. 20120200, Final EIS, USFS, MT,
Stillwater Mining Reused Water
Management Plans and Boe Ranch
LAD, USACE Section 404 Permit,
Beartooth Ranger District, Stillwater
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255–1441.
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USACE, IN, Indianapolis North Flood
Damage Reduction, Modifications to
Project Features and Realignment of
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502–315–6900.
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Taos Regional Airport Layout Plan,
Improvements, Construction and
Operation of Various Improvements,
Town of Taos, Taos County, NM,
Review Period Ends: 07/30/2012,
Contact: Dean McMath 817–222–
5617.
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Visual Resource Management (VRM)
Plan, Amendment, Class Designation,
Carbon County, WY, Review Period
Ends: 07/30/2012, Contact: Pamela
Murdock 307–775–6259.
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Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind
Energy Project, Development of a
Wind Farm, Carbon County, WY,
Review Period Ends: 07/30/2012,
Contact: Pamela Murdock 307–775–
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Alta East Wind Project, Development
of a 318-megawatt Wind Energy
Facility, Kern County, CA, Comment
Period Ends: 09/26/2012, Contact:
Jeffery Childers 951–697–5308.
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Denali Park Road Final Vehicle
Management Plan, Implementation,
Denali National Park and Preserve,
AK, Review Period Ends: 07/30/2012,
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9102.
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LA, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
Ecosystem Restoration, To Develop a
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Borgne Ecosystems, LA and MS,
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1002.
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Troy Mine Revised Reclamation Plan,
Approval of a Reclamation Plan and
Permits, Kootenai National Forest,
Lincoln County, MT, Review Period
Ends: 07/30/2012, Contact: Bobbie
Lacklen 406–283–7681.
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Naval Air Station Key West Airfield
Operations, To Support and Conduct
Aircraft Training Operations, Florida
Keys, Monroe County, FL, Comment
Period Ends: 08/13/2012, Contact:
John Conway 904–542–6870.
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Menominee Casino-Hotel 223-Acre
Fee-to-Trust Transfer and Casino
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OH, Proposed Habitat Conservation
Plan and Incidental Take Permit for
the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) for
the Buckeye Wind Power Project,
Application, Champaign County, OH,
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Contact: Megan Seymour 614–416–
8993, ext. 16.
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CA, Interchange 5/State Route 56
Interchange Project, Connection
between southbound I–5 to eastbound
SR–56 and northbound SR 56 to
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0459; FRL-9695-1]
Draft Toxicological Review of 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-
Trimethylbenzene: In Support of the Summary Information in the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period and listening session.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day public comment period and a public
listening session for the external review draft human health assessment
titled ``Toxicological Review of 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-
Trimethylbenzene: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/635/R-11/012A). The draft
assessment was prepared by the National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office of Research and Development
(ORD). EPA is releasing this draft assessment for the purposes of
public comment and peer review. This draft assessment is not final as
described in EPA's information quality guidelines, and it does not
represent and should not be construed to represent Agency policy or
views.
EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) will convene an expert panel for
independent external peer review of the draft assessment. The EPA SAB
is a body established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act with a
broad mandate to advise the Agency on scientific matters. The public
comment period and the SAB peer review are separate processes that
provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the
document. The SAB will schedule one or more public peer review
meetings, which will be announced in the Federal Register at a later
date.
EPA is also announcing a listening session to be held on Wednesday,
August 1, 2012, during the public comment period. The purpose of the
listening session is to allow all interested parties to present
scientific and technical comments on the draft IRIS health assessment
to EPA and other interested parties attending the listening session.
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 after the independent external peer review.
DATES: The public comment period begins, June 29, 2012, and ends August
28, 2012. Technical comments should be in writing and must be received
by EPA by August 28, 2012.
The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for
1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene (TMB) will be held on August
1, 2012, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Time, or
when the last presentation has been completed. If you would like to
make a presentation at the listening session, you should register by
July 25, 2012, following the detailed instructions below under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The draft ``Toxicological Review of 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene: 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 request a
paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and the document
title.
The listening session on the draft assessment of TMB will be held
at the EPA offices at Two Potomac Yard (North Building), 7th Floor,
Room 7100, 2733 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. There
are two buildings at Potomac Yard, please be sure you go to Building
Two, the North Building. Please note that to gain entrance to this EPA
building, attendees must register at
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the guard's desk in the lobby and present photo identification. The
guard will retain your photo identification and 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 TMB 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 IRISListeningSession@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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information about IRIS
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, IRIS data are used by government
and private entities to help characterize public health risks of
chemical substances in site-specific situations and thereby support
risk management decisions designed to protect public health.
II. How To Register for the Listening Session
To attend the August 1, 2012, listening session, register by July
25, 2012, by sending an email to IRISListeningSession@epa.gov (subject
line: TMB Listening Session); by calling Christine Ross at 703-347-
8592; or by faxing a registration request to 703-347-8689. Please
reference the ``TMB Listening Session'' and include your name, title,
affiliation, sponsoring organization, if any, full address, and contact
information. To present at the listening session, indicate in your
registration that you would like to make oral comments and provide 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 July 25,
2012, the listening session will be cancelled and EPA will notify those
registered of the cancellation.
III. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https://www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-
0459 by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
Fax: 202-566-9744.
Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
(Mail Code: 28221T), 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. 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 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
comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
Instructions for submitting comments to the EPA Docket: Direct your
comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0459. 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 email. 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 email comment
directly to EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your
email 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.
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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the federal docket,
contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; telephone: 202-
566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For information on the public listening session, 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 email: IRISListeningSession@epa.gov.
If you have questions about the document, contact Allen Davis,
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA); telephone: 919-
541-3789; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or email: [FRN_Questions@epa.gov].
Dated: June 12, 2012.
Darrell A. Winner,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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