[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35686-35687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14226]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8683-9; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0058]
Draft Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride: In Support of
the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Listening Session.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on July 16,
2008, during the public comment period for the external review draft
document entitled, ``Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride: In
Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information
System (IRIS).'' This listening session is a new step in EPA's revised
process, announced on April 10, 2008, for development of human health
assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The purpose of the listening session
is to allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical
comments on draft IRIS health assessments to EPA and other interested
parties during the public comment period and prior to the external peer
review meeting. EPA welcomes the scientific and technical comments that
will be provided to the Agency by the listening session participants.
The comments will be considered by the Agency as it revises the draft
assessment in response to the independent external peer review and
public comments. All presentations will become part of the official and
public record.
The EPA's draft assessment and peer review charge are available via
the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment's
(NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and
Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea.
DATES: The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for
carbon tetrachloride will be held on July 16, 2008, beginning at 9 a.m.
and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. If you wish to make a
presentation at the listening session, you should register by July 9,
2008, and indicate that you wish to make oral comments at the session,
and indicate the length of your presentation. At the time of your
registration, please indicate if you require audio-visual aid (e.g.,
lap top and slide projector). In general, each presentation should be
no more than 30 minutes. If, however, there are more requests for
presentations than the allotted time will allow, then the time limit
for each presentation will be adjusted accordingly. Participants who
have registered to attend may also register at the beginning of the
listening session to make comments. The order of the presentations will
follow the order of registration. A copy of the agenda for the
listening session will be available at the meeting.
The public comment period for review of this draft assessment was
announced previously in the Federal Register (FR) (73 FR 29502) on May
21, 2008. As stated in that FR notice, the public comment period began
on May 21, 2008, and ends July 21, 2008. Any technical comments
submitted during the public comment period should be in writing and
must be received by EPA by July 21, 2008, according to the procedures
outlined below. Only those public comments submitted using the
procedures identified in the May 21, 2008 FR notice by the July 21,
2008, deadline will be provided to the independent peer-review panel
prior to the peer-review meeting. The date and logistics for the peer-
review meeting will be announced later in a separate FR notice.
Listening session participants who wish to have their comments
available to the external peer reviewers should also submit written
comments during the public comment period using the detailed and
established procedures included in the aforementioned FR notice (May
21, 2008). Comments submitted to the docket prior to the end of the
public comment period will be submitted to the external peer reviewers
and considered by EPA in the disposition of public comments. Comments
received in the docket after the public comment period closes must
still be submitted to the docket but will not be submitted to the
external peer reviewers.
ADDRESSES: The listening session on the draft carbon tetrachloride
assessment will be held at the EPA offices at Two Potomac Yard (North
Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 2733 South Crystal Drive, Arlington,
Virginia 22202. To attend the listening session, register by July 9,
2008, via e-mail at [email protected] (subject line: Carbon
tetrachloride listening session), by phone: 703-347-8592, or by faxing
a registration request to 703-347-8689 (please reference the ``Carbon
Tetrachloride Listening Session'' and include your name, title,
affiliation, full address and contact information). Please note that to
gain entrance to this EPA building to attend the meeting, attendees
must have photo identification with them and must register at the
guard's desk in the lobby. The guard will retain your photo
identification and will provide you with a visitor's badge. At the
guard's desk, attendees should give the name Christine Ross and the
telephone number, 703-347-8592, to the guard on duty. The guard will
contact Ms. Ross who will meet you in the reception area to escort you
to the meeting room. Upon your exit from the building please return
your visitor's badge and you will receive the photo identification that
you provided.
A teleconference line will also be available for registered
attendees/speakers. The teleconference number is 866-299-3188 and the
access code is 7033478503, followed by the pound sign (). The
teleconference line will be activated at 8:45 am, and you will be asked
to identify yourself and your affiliation at the beginning of the call.
Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities,
please contact Christine Ross at 703-347-8592 or
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability,
please contact Ms. Ross, preferably at least 10 days prior to the
meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public
listening sessions, please contact Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National
Center for Environmental Assessment, (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-
8592; facsimile: 703-347-8689; or e-mail: [email protected]. If
you have questions about the draft carbon tetrachloride assessment,
contact Susan Rieth, IRIS Staff, National Center for Environmental
Assessment, (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-8582; facsimile: 703-347-8689;
or e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This listening session is a new step in
EPA's revised process, announced on April 10, 2008, for development of
human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The new process is
posted on the NCEA home page under the Recent Additions menu at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. Two listening sessions are scheduled under the new
IRIS process. The first is during the public review of the draft
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assessment that includes only qualitative discussion. The second
session is during the public review of the externally peer-reviewed
draft assessment; if feasible, this draft will include both qualitative
and quantitation elements (i.e., a ``complete draft''). All IRIS
assessments that are at the document development stage will follow the
revised process, which includes the two listening sessions. However,
when EPA initiated the new IRIS process, the draft assessment for
carbon tetrachloride had already completed document development and
been through several rounds of internal review. Therefore, EPA will
only hold one listening session during the public review and comment
period of the externally peer-reviewed draft.
Dated: June 18, 2008.
Joseph A. DeSantis,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E8-14226 Filed 6-23-08; 8:45 am]
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