[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19278-19279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10811]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5465-3]


Peer-Review Workshop on PCBs: Cancer Dose-Response Assessment and 
Application to Environmental Mixtures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review Workshop.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a peer-review workshop sponsored by the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Center for 
Environmental Assessment of the Office of Research and Development to 
review the external review draft document, PCBs: Cancer Dose-Response 
Assessment and Application to Environmental Mixtures (EPA/600/P-96/
001A). EPA will use comments and recommendations from the workshop to 
assist in document revisions.

DATES: The workshop will begin on Tuesday, May 21, 1996, at 8:30 a.m. 
and end on Wednesday, May 22, at 4:30 p.m. Members of the public may 
attend as observers, and there will be a limited time for comments from 
the public on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday afternoon is reserved for 
the peer panel to write its comments.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn/Bethesda, 8120 
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Eastern Research Group, 
Inc. (ERG), and EPA subcontractor, is providing logistical support for 
the workshop. To attend the workshop, register by May 15 by calling 
ERG's registration line at 617-674-7374, or send a fax to 617-674-2906. 
Space is limited, and reservations will be accepted on a first-come-
first-served basis. There will be a limited time for comments from the 
public on Tuesday afternoon. Please let ERG know if you wish to make a 
brief statement.
    The document is available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ORD 
or for purchase from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 
Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161; telephone 703-487-4650; 
facsimile 703-321-8547. The NTIS order number is PB96-140603; the price 
is $19.50 for paper and $9.00 for microfiche. Copies are also available 
for inspection at EPA libraries. The EPA Headquarters Library is 
located at 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC; the library is open 
Monday through Friday between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., except for 
Federal holidays. Copies are not available from ERG or NCEA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jim Cogliano, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment/Washington Office (8623), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: 
202-260-3830; facsimile: 202-260-3803; E-Mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft report updates the cancer dose-
response assessment for PCBs and shows how information on toxicity, 
disposition, and environmental processes can be considered together to 
evaluate health risks from PCB mixtures in the environment. Guidance is 
given on applying the assessment to

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environmental mixtures, different exposure routes, partial lifetime 
exposure, and mixtures containing dioxin-like compounds. After the 
workshop, EPA will incorporate the panel's comments and issue a final 
report. The expected date for the final report is September 1996. A 
summary of the final report will be loaded onto the Agency's on-line 
database, the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).

    Dated: April 24, 1996.
Robert J. Huggett,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-10811 Filed 4-30-96; 8:45 am]
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