[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40369-40370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19000]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6408-1]


Draft Toxicological Review of Cadmium and Compounds and IRIS 
Summaries for Cadmium and Compounds

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of peer-review panel workshop and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 
an external peer-review workshop to review the external review draft 
document entitled, Toxicological Review of Cadmium and Compounds (CAS 
No. 7440-43-9) (NCEA-99-0734), and the companion draft IRIS (Integrated 
Risk Information System) Summaries for Cadmium and Compounds. The peer-
review workshop will be organized, convened, and conducted by the 
Syracuse Research Corporation, an EPA contractor for external 
scientific peer review.
    The EPA is also announcing a thirty-day public comment period for 
these same documents. The documents were prepared by the EPA's National 
Center for Environmental Assessment--Research Triangle Park, NC, Office 
(NCEA-RTP) within the Office of Research and Development. NCEA-RTP will 
consider the peer-review advice and public comment submissions in 
revising all of the documents.

DATES: The peer-review panel workshop will begin on Tuesday, August 3, 
1999, at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:30 p.m. Members of the public may 
attend as observers, and there will be a limited time for comments from 
the public in the afternoon. The thirty-day public comment period 
begins July 27, 1999, and ends August 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The external peer-review panel workshop will be held in 
Classroom #3 at the EPA's Environmental Research Center, 86 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC. The Syracuse Research 
Corporation, an EPA contractor, is organizing, convening, and 
conducting the peer-review workshop. To attend the workshop, register 
by July 29, 1999, by calling Tara Childs, Syracuse Research 
Corporation, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 at 703-
413-9364, or send a facsimile to 703-418-1044. Space is limited, and 
reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Please inform Syracuse Research Corporation if you wish to make 
comments during the designated time in the afternoon.
    The draft Toxicological Review and draft IRIS Summaries are 
available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ncea/ under the 
``What's New'' and ``Publications'' menus. The documents are identified 
as ``Cadmium and Compounds External Review Draft'' and consist of two 
groups of files, downloadable in .pdf format. The first group contains 
only the Toxicological Review, while the second group contains this 
document and the IRIS Summaries in five files. A limited number of 
paper copies are available by writing to the Technical Information 
Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment--RTP Office, MD-52, Research Triangle Park, NC 
27711. The facsimile number is 919-541-1818. Or, you may send an e-mail 
to [email protected]. Regardless of the method you choose to request a 
paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and the document 
titles, Toxicological Review of Cadmium and Compounds and IRIS 
Summaries for Cadmium and Compounds.
    Comments may be mailed to the Project Manager for Cadmium, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental 
Assessment, MD-52, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Comments should be 
in writing and must be postmarked by August 27, 1999. Please submit one 
unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of 
the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages 
consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and 
three copies. Electronic comments may be sent by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    Please note that all technical comments received in response to 
this notice will be placed in a public record. For that reason, 
commenters should not submit personal information (such as medical data 
or home addresses), Confidential Business Information, or information 
protected by copyright. Due to limited resources, acknowledgments will 
not be sent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For workshop information, 
registration, and logistics, contact Tara Childs, Syracuse Research 
Corporation, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202; 
telephone: 703-413-9364; facsimile: 703-418-1044.
    For further information on the public comment period, contact Gary 
L. Foureman, NCEA-RTP, telephone: 919-541-1183; facsimile: 919-541-
1818; or send an e-mail to: [email protected].


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Toxicological Review for Cadmium and 
Compounds will provide the scientific basis for classifying the weight-
of-evidence for the carcinogenicity of cadmium, deriving a potency 
cancer estimate for the inhalation route, and deriving the IRIS 
Summaries for the non-cancer health risk from exposure to cadmium 
including an oral reference dose (RfD) and an inhalation reference 
concentration (RfC).

    Dated: July 21, 1999.
William H. Farland,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 99-19000 Filed 7-23-99; 8:45 am]
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