[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49241-49242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20427]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6850-4]


Draft Health Assessment Document for Diesel Exhaust

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a draft document for public review 
and comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 
the availability of a Science Advisory Board (SAB) review draft of the 
Health Assessment Document for Diesel Exhaust (EPA/600/8-90/057E, July 
2000) for public review and comment. The document was prepared by the 
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office 
of Research and Development.

DATES: The public comment period begins August 11, 2000. Comments must 
be in writing and must be postmarked by September 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The primary distribution method for the SAB review draft 
document will be via the Internet on the National Center for 
Environmental Assessment's (NCEA) web site at http://www.epa.gov/ncea 
under the What's New and Publications menus. A limited number of paper 
copies are available from NCEA's Technical Information Staff, 
(telephone: 202-564-3261; facsimile: 202-565-0050; e-mail: 
[email protected]). If you are requesting a paper copy, please 
provide your name, mailing address, and the title and number of the 
draft, Health Assessment Document for Diesel Exhaust (EPA/600/8-90/
057E, July 2000).
    Comments may be mailed to: Diesel Comments, NCEA-W/TIS (8623D), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

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Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460. If sent via overnight 
delivery, please use the following address: 808 17th St., N.W., 5th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20006. Please submit one unbound original with 
pages numbered consecutively, and three copies. For attachments, 
provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and 
submit an unbound original and three copies.
    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 address), Confidential Business Information, or information 
protected by copyright. Due to limited resources, acknowledgments will 
not be sent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information contact the Technical 
Information Staff, NCEA-W (8623D), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 
202-564-3261; facsimile: 202-565-0050; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This revised draft assessment updates an 
earlier draft (November 1999) by responding to peer-review comments 
dated February 2000 from the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee 
(CASAC) of the EPA's SAB. The assessment focuses on health hazards 
(hazard identification and dose-response analysis for the purpose of 
characterizing the risk of diesel exhaust exposure), and also provides 
background information about diesel engine emissions and exposure that 
is useful for putting the health information into context. EPA risk 
assessment methods and practices have been followed in identifying 
possible human chronic health hazards for adverse noncancer effects as 
well as carcinogenicity hazards. The Diesel Review Panel of the CASAC 
will meet later this year to review this draft Health Assessment 
Document for Diesel Exhaust. The meeting will be announced in a 
subsequent Federal Register notice.

    Dated: August 3, 2000.
William H. Farland,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 00-20427 Filed 8-10-00; 8:45 am]
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