[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33306-33307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8937]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8181-6; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0491]
External Review Draft, Estimation of Biota Sediment Accumulation
Factor (BSAF) From Paired Observations of Chemical Concentrations in
Biota and Sediment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft
document titled, ``Estimation of Biota Sediment Accumulation Factor
(BSAF) from Paired Observations of Chemical Concentrations in Biota and
Sediment'' (EPA/600/R-06/047). The document was prepared by the
Ecological Risk Assessment Support Center managed by the National
Center for Environmental Assessment within EPA's Office of Research and
Development.
EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does
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not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. EPA will consider any public comments
submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document.
DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins June 8, 2006, and ends
July 10, 2006. Technical comments should be in writing and must be
received by EPA by July 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The draft document, ``Estimation of Biota Sediment
Accumulation Factor (BSAF) from Paired Observations of Chemical
Concentrations in Biota and Sediment,'' is available primarily via the
Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment(s home
page under the Recent Additions and Data and Publications menus at
http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of paper copies are available
from the Technical Information Staff, NCEA-Cin; telephone: 513-569-
7257; facsimile: 513-569-7916. If you are requesting a paper copy,
please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document title,
``Estimation of Biota Sediment Accumulation Factor (BSAF) from Paired
Observations of Chemical Concentrations in Biota and Sediment.''
Comments may be submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
[email protected].
For technical information, contact Michael Kravitz, NCEA;
telephone: 513-569-7740; facsimile: 513-487-2540; or e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Information About the Project/Document
U.S. EPA's Ecological Risk Assessment Support Center (ERASC) is a
knowledge center that provides technical information and addresses
scientific questions on topics relevant to ecological risk assessment
at hazardous waste sites for EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER) and Regional Superfund/Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) staff. Topics are submitted to ERASC by users in
EPA program offices and regions. The ERASC is managed by the Office of
Research and Development's (ORD's) National Center for Environmental
Assessment and is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The ERASC recently completed an external review draft of the
document titled, ``Estimation of Biota Sediment Accumulation Factor
(BSAF) from Paired Observations of Chemical Concentrations in Biota and
Sediment.'' BSAF is a parameter describing bioaccumulation of sediment-
associated organic compounds or metals into tissues of ecological
receptors. The draft provides information on methodologies to estimate
BSAF. It is focused solely on the determination of BSAFs for nonionic
organic chemicals and is primarily applicable to fish and high level
shellfish, e.g., crabs. The determination of BSAFs for metals is not
discussed.
II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at
www.regulations.gov
Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-
0491 by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: 202-566-1753.
Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
(Mail Code: 2822T), 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, Room B102 EPA West Building, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 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. Such 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 in writing, 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: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2006-0491. 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 http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless the 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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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 http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the http://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
at http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the
EPA Headquarters Docket Center.
Dated: May 26, 2006.
George W. Alapas,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E6-8937 Filed 6-7-06; 8:45 am]
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