Availability of the Systematic Review Protocol for the Inorganic Mercury Salts Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessment, 13895 [2021-05084]
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Availability of the Systematic Review
Protocol for the Inorganic Mercury
Salts 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
release of the Systematic Review
Protocol for the Inorganic Mercury Salts
IRIS Assessment. This document
communicates the rationale for
conducting the assessment of inorganic
mercury salts, describes screening
criteria to identify relevant literature,
outlines the approach for evaluating
study quality, and describes the
methods for dose-response analysis.
DATES: The 30-day public comment
period begins March 11, 2021 and ends
April 12, 2021. Comments must be
received on or before April 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Systematic Review
Protocol for Inorganic Mercury Salts
will be available via the internet on the
IRIS website at https://www.epa.gov/iris
and in the public docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA–
HQ–ORD–2019–0504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the docket, contact the
ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters
Docket Center; email: Docket_ORD@
epa.gov.
For technical information on the
protocol, contact Mr. Dahnish Shams,
Center for Public Health &
Environmental Assessment; email:
shams.dahnish@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background Information on the IRIS
Program and Systematic Review
Protocols
EPA’s IRIS Program is a human health
assessment program that evaluates
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quantitative and qualitative information
on effects that may result from exposure
to chemicals found in the environment.
Through the IRIS Program, EPA
provides high 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. EPA is seeking
public comment on components of the
protocol including the described
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. Additionally, key science issues
that warrant consideration in this
assessment are identified in Section 6.
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–2019–
0504 for inorganic mercury salts, 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. Due to COVID–
19, there may be a delay in processing
comments submitted by fax.
• 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. Due to COVID–19, there may
be a delay in processing comments
submitted by mail.
For information on visiting the EPA
Docket Center Public Reading Room,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due
to public health concerns related to
COVID–19, the EPA Docket Center and
Reading Room may be closed to the
public with limited exceptions. The
telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is 202–566–1744. The
public can submit comments via
www.Regulations.gov or email.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
EPA–HQ–ORD–2019–0504 for inorganic
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mercury salts. 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
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 as a hard copy
at the ORD Docket in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health &
Environmental Assessment.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2019-0504; FRL-10021-30-ORD]
Availability of the Systematic Review Protocol for the Inorganic
Mercury Salts 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 release of the Systematic
Review Protocol for the Inorganic Mercury Salts IRIS Assessment. This
document communicates the rationale for conducting the assessment of
inorganic mercury salts, describes screening criteria to identify
relevant literature, outlines the approach for evaluating study
quality, and describes the methods for dose-response analysis.
DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins March 11, 2021 and ends
April 12, 2021. Comments must be received on or before April 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The Systematic Review Protocol for Inorganic Mercury Salts
will be available via the internet on the IRIS website at https://www.epa.gov/iris and in the public docket at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2019-0504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the docket, contact
the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; email:
[email protected].
For technical information on the protocol, contact Mr. Dahnish
Shams, Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment; 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 information on effects that may
result from exposure to chemicals found in the environment. Through the
IRIS Program, EPA provides high 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. EPA is seeking public comment on components of the protocol
including the described 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. Additionally, key science issues that
warrant consideration in this assessment are identified in Section 6.
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-2019-
0504 for inorganic mercury salts, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-9744. Due to COVID-19, there may be a delay
in processing comments submitted by fax.
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. Due to COVID-
19, there may be a delay in processing comments submitted by mail.
For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading
Room, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due to public health concerns
related to COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room may be
closed to the public with limited exceptions. The telephone number for
the Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744. The public can submit comments
via www.Regulations.gov or email.
Instructions: Direct your comments to EPA-HQ-ORD-2019-0504 for
inorganic mercury salts. 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 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 as a hard copy at the ORD Docket in
the EPA Headquarters Docket Center.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment.
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