[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 18101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8737]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5187-4]


Report on the Technical Review Workshop on the Reference Dose for 
Aroclor 1016

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a report titled 
Technical Review Workshop on the Reference Dose for Aroclor 1016 (EPA/
630/R-94/006). This report compiles discussions from a technical review 
workshop on the reference dose for Aroclor 1016, which was held in 
Washington, DC, on May 24-25, 1994.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a single copy of the report, interested parties 
should contact the ORD Publications Office, CERI, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 
45268, Tel: (513) 569-7562, Fax: (513) 569-7566. Please provide your 
name and mailing address, and request the document by the title and EPA 
number (EPA/630/R-94/006).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clare Stine, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (8101), 401 M Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20460, Telephone: (202) 260-6743.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This report includes information and 
materials from a technical review workshop organized by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Assessment Forum for the 
Agency's Reference Dose/Reference Concentration (RfD/RfC) Work Group. 
The meeting was held in Washington, DC, at the Barcelo Washington Hotel 
on May 24-25, 1994 (59 FR 23202).

    EPA convened a balanced panel of experts from the fields of 
qualitative and quantitative effects of PCBs in humans and animals, 
perinatal toxicity, neurobehavioral effects, and hazard and risk 
evaluation for data on health effects other than cancer. EPA sought 
comments from these experts on the IRIS entry and related scientific 
sources. Reviewers at the workshop were asked to evaluate whether the 
reference dose fully considered available data and if scientifically 
responsible data analyses were clearly articulated in the IRIS data 
base entry. Reviewers approved some features of the IRIS entry, and 
recommended additional review and analysis for others.
    This report collects workshop papers, including summary statements 
prepared by the chairperson for each workshop topic. Workshop 
participants contributed useful recommendations for the Agency's 
Reference Dose/Reference Concentration Work Group to consider in re-
evaluating the RfD entry on IRIS.

    Dated: March 24, 1995.
Robert J. Huggett,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
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