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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5127-3; ECAO-RTP-0237]

 

Draft Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of external review draft.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability an of external review 
draft of the Health Assessment for Diesel Emissions for a 60-day public 
review and comment period. This draft document was prepared by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and 
Development (ORD).

DATES: The Agency will make the external review draft available for 
public review and comment on or about December 27, 1994. Comments must 
be in writing and must be postmarked by February 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the external review draft of the Health 
Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions (Volumes I and II), interested 
parties should contact the ORD Publications Center, CERI-FRN, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 
Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone (513) 569-7562 or fax (513) 684-7566. 
Please provide your name, mailing address, and the EPA document numbers 
(EPA/600/8-90/057Ba and Bb).
    The draft document also will be available for inspection at the EPA 
Headquarters Library, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, 
DC, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
holidays.
    Comments on the draft document should be sent to the Project 
Manager for Diesel Emissions, Office of Health and Environmental 
Assessment, Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office (MD-52). U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William G. Ewald, Office of Health 
and Environmental Assessment, Environmental Criteria and Assessment 
Office (MD-52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711; telephone (919) 541-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft Health Assessment Document for 
Diesel Emissions summarizes scientific issues and identifies research 
activities and assessments needed to improve the scientific 
understanding and quantitative estimation of the health risks attendant 
to the use of diesel fuels. In its initial form, the draft health 
assessment was first reviewed at an expert peer-review workshop in July 
1990 (55 FR 28453), which was open to the public. The present draft 
incorporates revisions made in response to scientific input from the 
workshop and subsequent comments on targeted issues. After the public 
comment period and review by EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB), Clean 
Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), the current draft document 
will undergo further revision, and a final document will be issued. 
This document supports EPA's decision-making processes that pertain to 
the health effects of diesel emissions.

    Dated: December 15, 1994.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 94-31619 Filed 12-22-94; 8:45 am]
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