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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–ORD–2017–0474; FRL–9973–13–
ORD]
Availability of the Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) Assessment
Plan for Uranium
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
release of the draft IRIS Assessment
Plan for Uranium. This document
communicates information on the
scoping needs identified by EPA
program and regional offices and the
IRIS Program’s initial problem
formulation activities. Specifically, the
assessment plan outlines the objectives
for each assessment and the type of
evidence considered most pertinent to
address the scoping needs. EPA is
releasing this draft IRIS Assessment
Plan for public comment at least 60 days
in advance of a public science webinar
planned on March 22, 2018.
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.
ADDRESSES: The IRIS Assessment Plan
for Uranium, will be available via the
internet on IRIS’ website at https://
cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris2/chemical
Landing.cfm?substance_nmbr=259 and
in the public docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA–
HQ–ORD–2017–0474.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the public comment
period, 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 draft
IRIS Assessment Plan for Uranium,
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contact Dr. James Avery, NCEA;
telephone: 202–564–1494; or email:
avery.james@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background Information on IRIS
Assessment Plans
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 scoping
and initial problem formulation
activities prior to the development of a
draft assessment, the IRIS Program
carries out a broad, preliminary
literature survey to assist in identifying
health effects that have been studied in
relation to the chemical or substance of
interest, as well as science issues that
may need to be considered when
evaluating toxicity. This information, in
conjunction with scoping needs
identified by EPA program and regional
offices, is used to inform the
development of an IRIS Assessment
Plan (IAP).
The IAP communicates the plan for
developing each individual chemical
assessment to the public and includes
summary information on the IRIS
Program’s scoping and initial problem
formulation, objectives and specific
aims for the assessment, and a PECO
(Populations, Exposures, Comparators,
and Outcomes) for the systematic
review. The PECO provides the
framework for developing literature
search strategies and inclusion/
exclusion criteria, particularly with
respect to evidence stream (i.e., human,
animal, mechanistic), exposure
measures and outcome measures. The
IAP serves to inform the subsequent
development of chemical-specific
systematic review protocols, which will
be made publicly available.
II. Public Webinar
In order to allow for public input,
EPA is convening a public webinar to
discuss the draft IRIS Assessment Plan
for Uranium March 22, 2018. Specific
teleconference and webinar information
regarding this public meeting will be
provided through the IRIS website
(https://www.epa.gov/iris) and via EPA’s
Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA)
and IRIS listservs. To register for the
HHRA or IRIS listserv, visit the IRIS
website (https://www.epa.gov/iris) or
visit https://www.epa.gov/iris/forms/
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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–2017–
0474 for uranium, by one of the
following methods:
• 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
docket number EPA–HQ–ORD–2017–
0474 for uranium. 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 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
www.regulations.gov or email that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The www.regulations.gov
website 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
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email comment directly to EPA without
going through 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
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
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.
Certain other materials, such as
copyrighted material, are publicly
available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available
either electronically in
www.regulations.gov or in 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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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
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2017-0474; FRL-9973-13-ORD]
Availability of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Assessment Plan for Uranium
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 release of the draft IRIS
Assessment Plan for Uranium. This document communicates information on
the scoping needs identified by EPA program and regional offices and
the IRIS Program's initial problem formulation activities.
Specifically, the assessment plan outlines the objectives for each
assessment and the type of evidence considered most pertinent to
address the scoping needs. EPA is releasing this draft IRIS Assessment
Plan for public comment at least 60 days in advance of a public science
webinar planned on March 22, 2018.
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.
ADDRESSES: The IRIS Assessment Plan for Uranium, will be available via
the internet on IRIS' website at https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris2/chemicalLanding.cfm?substance_nmbr=259 and in the public docket at
https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2017-0474.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, 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 draft IRIS Assessment Plan for
Uranium, contact Dr. James Avery, NCEA; telephone: 202-564-1494; or
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background Information on IRIS Assessment Plans
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 scoping and initial
problem formulation activities prior to the development of a draft
assessment, the IRIS Program carries out a broad, preliminary
literature survey to assist in identifying health effects that have
been studied in relation to the chemical or substance of interest, as
well as science issues that may need to be considered when evaluating
toxicity. This information, in conjunction with scoping needs
identified by EPA program and regional offices, is used to inform the
development of an IRIS Assessment Plan (IAP).
The IAP communicates the plan for developing each individual
chemical assessment to the public and includes summary information on
the IRIS Program's scoping and initial problem formulation, objectives
and specific aims for the assessment, and a PECO (Populations,
Exposures, Comparators, and Outcomes) for the systematic review. The
PECO provides the framework for developing literature search strategies
and inclusion/exclusion criteria, particularly with respect to evidence
stream (i.e., human, animal, mechanistic), exposure measures and
outcome measures. The IAP serves to inform the subsequent development
of chemical-specific systematic review protocols, which will be made
publicly available.
II. Public Webinar
In order to allow for public input, EPA is convening a public
webinar to discuss the draft IRIS Assessment Plan for Uranium March 22,
2018. Specific teleconference and webinar information regarding this
public meeting will be provided through the IRIS website (https://www.epa.gov/iris) and via EPA's Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) and
IRIS listservs. To register for the HHRA or IRIS listserv, visit the
IRIS website (https://www.epa.gov/iris) or visit https://www.epa.gov/iris/forms/staying-connected-integrated-risk-information-system#connect.
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-2017-
0474 for uranium, by one of the following methods:
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 docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2017-0474 for uranium. 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 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
www.regulations.gov or email that you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The www.regulations.gov website 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
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email comment directly to EPA without going through
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 www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
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. Certain other materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in 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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