[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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