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Availability of the Systematic Review
Protocol for the Chloroform Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)
Assessment.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-day
public comment period associated with
the Systematic Review Protocol for the
IRIS Chloroform Assessment. The
protocol describes the systematic review
procedures and other methodology
planned for use in developing the
chloroform assessment. EPA is making
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this Protocol available to the public via
the docket and the IRIS website. These
documents were prepared by the
National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office
of Research and Development (ORD).
DATES: The 30-day public comment
period begins January 31, 2018, and
ends March 2, 2018. Comments must be
received on or before March 2, 2018.
The Systematic Review Protocol for
chloroform can also be found on the
chemical landing page on the IRIS
website (https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/
iris2/chemicalLanding.cfm?substance_
nmbr=25).
ADDRESSES: The Systematic Review
Protocol for the chloroform IRIS
assessment, will be available via the
internet on IRIS website at https://
cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris2/chemical
Landing.cfm?substance_nmbr=25 and in
the public docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA–
HQ–ORD–2017–0497.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the docket, contact the
ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters
Docket Center; telephone: 202–566–
1752; facsimile: 202–566–9744; or
email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov.
For technical information on the
protocol, contact Dr. James Avery,
NCEA; telephone: 202–564–1494; or
email: avery.james@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background Information on the IRIS
Program and Systematic Review
Protocols
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 chemicals 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. As part of
developing a draft IRIS assessment, EPA
presents a methods document, referred
to as the protocol, for conducting a
chemical-specific systematic review of
the available scientific literature.
Protocols include strategies for literature
searches, criteria for study inclusion or
exclusion, considerations for evaluating
study methods, information
management for extracting data,
approaches for synthesis within and
across lines of evidence, and methods
for derivation of toxicity values.
The protocol serves to inform the
subsequent development of the draft
assessment and is made available to the
public. EPA may update the protocol
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based on the evaluation of the literature
and any updates will be posted to the
docket and on the IRIS website.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments
to the Docket at https://
www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2017–
0497 for chloroform, 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: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center
(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460. The phone number is 202–
566–1752.
• Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is
located in the EPA Headquarters Docket
Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20229.
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. 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 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
EPA–HQ–ORD–2017–0497 for
chloroform. 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 for which
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do
not submit information through https://
www.regulations.gov or email that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The https://
www.regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
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or contact information unless you
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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
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including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
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concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The Commission may not conduct or
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unless it displays a currently valid
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(OMB) control number. No person shall
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comply with a collection of information
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Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2017-0497; FRL-9973-15-ORD]
Availability of the Systematic Review Protocol for the Chloroform
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessment.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-
day public comment period associated with the Systematic Review
Protocol for the IRIS Chloroform Assessment. The protocol describes the
systematic review procedures and other methodology planned for use in
developing the chloroform assessment. EPA is making this Protocol
available to the public via the docket and the IRIS website. These
documents were prepared by the National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development
(ORD).
DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins January 31, 2018, and
ends March 2, 2018. Comments must be received on or before March 2,
2018. The Systematic Review Protocol for chloroform can also be found
on the chemical landing page on the IRIS website (https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris2/chemicalLanding.cfm?substance_nmbr=25).
ADDRESSES: The Systematic Review Protocol for the chloroform IRIS
assessment, will be available via the internet on IRIS website at
https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris2/chemicalLanding.cfm?substance_nmbr=25
and in the public docket at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-
HQ-ORD-2017-0497.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the docket, contact
the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; telephone: 202-
566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email: [email protected].
For technical information on the protocol, contact Dr. James Avery,
NCEA; telephone: 202-564-1494; or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background Information on the IRIS Program and Systematic Review
Protocols
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 chemicals 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. As part of developing a draft IRIS
assessment, EPA presents a methods document, referred to as the
protocol, for conducting a chemical-specific systematic review of the
available scientific literature. Protocols include strategies for
literature searches, criteria for study inclusion or exclusion,
considerations for evaluating study methods, information management for
extracting data, approaches for synthesis within and across lines of
evidence, and methods for derivation of toxicity values.
The protocol serves to inform the subsequent development of the
draft assessment and is made available to the public. EPA may update
the protocol based on the evaluation of the literature and any updates
will be posted to the docket and on the IRIS website.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at https://www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2017-
0497 for chloroform, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-9744.
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center (ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752.
Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is located in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20229.
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.
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 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 EPA-HQ-ORD-2017-0497 for
chloroform. 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 for which disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information through https://www.regulations.gov or email that you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The https://www.regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous
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information unless you
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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/dockets.
Docket: 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 materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in https://www.regulations.gov or hard copy at the ORD Docket in the
EPA Headquarters Docket Center.
Dated: January 8, 2018.
Tina Bahadori,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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