Availability of the IRIS Protocol for Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation), 58578-58579 [2023-18468]

Download as PDF 58578 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2023 / Notices Steele, in Etowah and St. Clair Counties, Alabama.2 The preliminary permit for Project No. 15229 will remain in effect until the close of business, September 21, 2023. But, if the Commission is closed on this day, then the permit remains in effect until the close of business on the next day in which the Commission is open.3 New applications for this site may not be submitted until after the permit surrender is effective. Dated: August 22, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–18528 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. For other information, call (866) 208– 3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502– 8659. The Commission’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@ferc.gov. Dated: August 22, 2023. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FR Doc. 2023–18484 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas and Oil Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP23–975–000. Applicants: Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Fuel Retention Rates—Winter 2023 to be effective 10/1/2023. Filed Date: 8/22/23. Accession Number: 20230822–5066. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/5/23. Any person desiring to intervene, to protest, or to answer a complaint in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 2 Little Canoe Creek, Gulf Creek, and Jake Creek are tributaries of the Coosa River. 3 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2022). VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:55 Aug 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–11288–01–R8] Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final order on petitions. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated July 14, 2023, granting in part and denying in part a petition dated November 22, 2022 from WildEarth Guardians and a petition dated November 23, 2022 from the Center for Biological Diversity and Grand Valley Citizens Alliance. The petitions requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) operating permit issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to Terra Energy Partners, Rocky Moutain LLC for its Parachute Water Management Facility located in Garfield County, Colorado. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald Law, EPA Region 8, telephone number: (303) 312–7015, email address: law.donald@epa.gov. The final order and petition are available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/title-voperating-permits/title-v-petitiondatabase. SUMMARY: Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Dated: August 18, 2023. KC Becker, Regional Administrator, Region 8. [FR Doc. 2023–18454 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Order on Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Terra Energy Partners, Rocky Moutain LLC, Parachute Water Management Facility PO 00000 The EPA received appetition from WildEarth Guardians dated November 2, 2022, and a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity and Grand Valley Citizens Alliance dated November 23, 2022, requesting that the EPA object to the issuance of operating permit no. 09OPGA330, issued by CDPHE to Terra Energy Partners, Rocky Mountain LLC in Garfield County, Colorado. On June 14, 2023, the EPA Administrator issued an order granting in part and denying in part the petition. The order itself explains the basis for the EPA’s decision. Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that a petitioner may request judicial review of those portions of an order that deny issues in a petition. Any petition for review shall be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit no later than October 27, 2023. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–ORD–2020–0182; FRL–11281–01– ORD] Availability of the IRIS Protocol for Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: ACTION: Notice of public comment period. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-day public comment period associated with release of the document, Protocol for the Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation) IRIS Assessment. This document communicates the rationale for conducting the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment of vanadium and compounds (inhalation), describes screening criteria to identify relevant literature, outlines the approach for evaluating study quality, and describes the methods for doseresponse analysis. SUMMARY: The 30-day public comment period begins August 28, 2023 and ends September 27, 2023. Comments must be received on or before September 27, 2023. DATES: E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2023 / Notices The Protocol for the Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation) IRIS Assessment 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–2020–0182. 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: ADDRESSES: 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. 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. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 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–2020– 0182 for Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation), by one of the following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:55 Aug 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 • 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. For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 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 docket number EPA–HQ–ORD–2020– 0182 for vanadium. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 58579 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. [FR Doc. 2023–18468 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R05–SFUND–2023–0315; FRL–11033– 02-Region 5] Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement for the Buick City Site in Flint, Michigan; Reopening of the Comment Period Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment; reopening of the comment period. AGENCY: In the Federal Register of June 22, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed administrative settlement; this document reopens the comment period. Additionally, a public meeting will be held in Flint, Michigan prior to the closing of the reopened comment period. The EPA will announce the details of the public meeting in multiple ways, including an ad in the local newspaper. SUMMARY: The comment period for the noticed published on June 22, 2023, at 88 FR 40821 is re-opened. Comments must be submitted on or before September 13, 2023. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– SFUND–2023–0315, by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ATTN: Mark Koller, Associate Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel (C–14J), 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. • Electronic Mail: koller.mark@ epa.gov. • Handwritten notes submitted to EPA representatives at the public meeting. DATES: E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58578-58579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18468]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0182; FRL-11281-01-ORD]


Availability of the IRIS Protocol for Vanadium and Compounds 
(Inhalation)

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 document, 
Protocol for the Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation) IRIS Assessment. 
This document communicates the rationale for conducting the Integrated 
Risk Information System (IRIS) assessment of vanadium and compounds 
(inhalation), 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 August 28, 2023 and ends 
September 27, 2023. Comments must be received on or before September 
27, 2023.

[[Page 58579]]


ADDRESSES: The Protocol for the Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation) 
IRIS Assessment 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-2020-0182.

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. 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-2020-
0182 for Vanadium and Compounds (Inhalation), 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.
    For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading 
Room, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 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 docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2020-0182 for vanadium. 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.
[FR Doc. 2023-18468 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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