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AGENCY
[FRL–9900–13–ORD; Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–ORD–2011–0391]
Draft Toxicological Review of
Benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of the
Summary Information in the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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Notice of public comment
period and public meeting.
ACTION:
EPA is announcing a 60-day
public comment period for the external
review draft human health assessment
titled ‘‘Toxicological Review of
benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/
R–13/138) and the draft peer review
charge questions. 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 and peer review
charge questions for the purpose of
public comment. 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. The draft assessment will also be
discussed at the first bi-monthly IRIS
public meeting scheduled for October
23–24, 2013.
DATES: The public comment period
begins, August 21, 2013, and ends
October 21, 2013. Technical comments
should be in writing and must be
received by EPA by October 21, 2013.
Discussion of the draft toxicological
review of benzo[a]pyrene will be
included on the agenda of the bimonthly IRIS public meeting to be held
on October 23–24, 2013, at EPA offices
in Arlington, Virginia. Information on
this meeting, including meeting
location, time, and registration and
participation procedures are available at
the IRIS Web site (https://www.epa.gov/
iris/publicmeeting/).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information about IRIS public
meetings, please contact Christine Ross,
IRIS Staff, Environmental Protection
Agency, National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA),
Mail Code 8601P; telephone: 703–347–
8592; facsimile: 703–347–8689; or
email:ross.christine@epa.gov. For
information regarding the subject matter
of a specific meeting, please contact the
EPA representative identified on the
IRIS public meeting Web site (https://
www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/).
ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological
Review of benzo[a]pyrene: 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
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Discussion of the draft toxicological
review of benzo[a]pyrene will be
included on the agenda of the bimonthly IRIS public meeting to be held
on October 23–24, 2013, at EPA offices
in Arlington, Virginia. Detailed
information regarding meeting location,
time, and registration and participation
procedures will be available at the IRIS
Web site (https://www.epa.gov/iris/
publicmeeting/).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About IRIS
EPA’s IRIS Program is a human health
assessment program that evaluates
quantitative and qualitative risk
information on effects that may result
from exposure to chemical substances
found in the environment. Through the
IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest
quality science-based human health
assessments to support the Agency’s
regulatory activities and decisions to
protect public health. The IRIS database
contains information for more than 500
chemical substances that can be used to
support the first two steps (hazard
identification and dose-response
evaluation) of the human health risk
assessment process. When supported by
available data, IRIS provides health
effects information and toxicity values
for health effects (including cancer and
effects other than cancer). Government
and others combine IRIS toxicity values
with exposure information to
characterize public health risks of
chemical substances; this information is
then used to support risk management
decisions designed to protect public
health.
II. Bi-Monthly Public Meeting
In addition to the 60-day public
comment period announced in this
notice, the draft assessment will be
discussed at the first bi-monthly IRIS
public meeting scheduled for October
23–24, 2013. Information on this
meeting, including meeting location,
time, and registration and participation
procedures, will be available at the IRIS
Web site (https://www.epa.gov/iris/
publicmeeting/). The purpose of the
IRIS public meeting is to allow all
interested parties to present scientific
and technical comments on the draft
IRIS health assessment and charge
questions to EPA and other interested
parties attending the meeting. The
public comments provided in response
to this notice, and at the IRIS public
meeting, will be considered by the
Agency prior to submitting the draft
assessment to the SAB for peer review.
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After consideration of public
comments by EPA, the draft assessment
will be sent to the EPA’s Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Chemical
Assessment Advisory Committee
(CAAC) for peer review. 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
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announced in this notice are separate
processes from the SAB/CAAC peer
review. The SAB will schedule one or
more public peer review meetings,
which will be announced in a separate
Federal Register Notice at a later date.
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epa.gov.
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Dated: August 15, 2013.
Abdel M. Kadry,
Acting Director, National Center for
Environmental Assessment.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9900-13-ORD; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0391]
Draft Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of the
Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day public comment period for the
external review draft human health assessment titled ``Toxicological
Review of benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/635/R-13/138) and the
draft peer review charge questions. 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 and peer review charge questions for the purpose of
public comment. 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. The draft
assessment will also be discussed at the first bi-monthly IRIS public
meeting scheduled for October 23-24, 2013.
DATES: The public comment period begins, August 21, 2013, and ends
October 21, 2013. Technical comments should be in writing and must be
received by EPA by October 21, 2013.
Discussion of the draft toxicological review of benzo[a]pyrene will
be included on the agenda of the bi-monthly IRIS public meeting to be
held on October 23-24, 2013, at EPA offices in Arlington, Virginia.
Information on this meeting, including meeting location, time, and
registration and participation procedures are available at the IRIS Web
site (https://www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about IRIS
public meetings, please contact Christine Ross, IRIS Staff,
Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA), Mail Code 8601P; telephone: 703-347-8592; facsimile:
703-347-8689; or email:ross.christine@epa.gov. For information
regarding the subject matter of a specific meeting, please contact the
EPA representative identified on the IRIS public meeting Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/).
ADDRESSES: The draft ``Toxicological Review of benzo[a]pyrene: 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.
Discussion of the draft toxicological review of benzo[a]pyrene will
be included on the agenda of the bi-monthly IRIS public meeting to be
held on October 23-24, 2013, at EPA offices in Arlington, Virginia.
Detailed information regarding meeting location, time, and registration
and participation procedures will be available at the IRIS Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About IRIS
EPA's IRIS Program is a human health assessment program that
evaluates quantitative and qualitative risk information on effects that
may result from exposure to chemical substances found in the
environment. Through the IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest quality
science-based human health assessments to support the Agency's
regulatory activities and decisions to protect public health. The IRIS
database contains information for more than 500 chemical substances
that can be used to support the first two steps (hazard identification
and dose-response evaluation) of the human health risk assessment
process. When supported by available data, IRIS provides health effects
information and toxicity values for health effects (including cancer
and effects other than cancer). Government and others combine IRIS
toxicity values with exposure information to characterize public health
risks of chemical substances; this information is then used to support
risk management decisions designed to protect public health.
II. Bi-Monthly Public Meeting
In addition to the 60-day public comment period announced in this
notice, the draft assessment will be discussed at the first bi-monthly
IRIS public meeting scheduled for October 23-24, 2013. Information on
this meeting, including meeting location, time, and registration and
participation procedures, will be available at the IRIS Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/). The purpose of the IRIS
public meeting is to allow all interested parties to present scientific
and technical comments on the draft IRIS health assessment and charge
questions to EPA and other interested parties attending the meeting.
The public comments provided in response to this notice, and at the
IRIS public meeting, will be considered by the Agency prior to
submitting the draft assessment to the SAB for peer review.
III. Peer Review
After consideration of public comments by EPA, the draft assessment
will be sent to the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Chemical
Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) for peer review. 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 bi-monthly public meeting announced in this notice are
separate processes from the SAB/CAAC peer review. The SAB will schedule
one or more public peer review meetings, which will be announced in a
separate Federal Register Notice at a later date.
IV. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https://www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-
0391 by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments
Email: Docket_ORD@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-2011-0391. 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
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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.
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: Docket_ORD@epa.gov.
For information on the bi-monthly IRIS public meeting 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: ross.christine@epa.gov.
If you have questions about the document, contact Kathleen
Newhouse, National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA);
telephone: 707-347-8641; facsimile: 703-347-8689; or email: FRN_Questions@epa.gov.
Dated: August 15, 2013.
Abdel M. Kadry,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2013-19875 Filed 8-20-13; 8:45 am]
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