[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1757]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7132-7]


EPA Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment of 
Perchlorate

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period for draft 
perchlorate toxicological review and risk characterization.

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SUMMARY: On January 2, 2002, EPA published a Federal Register notice 
(67 FR 75) announcing: the public availability, expected on January 9, 
2002, of the revised draft document entitled, ``Perchlorate 
Environmental Contamination: Toxicological Review and Risk 
Characterization'' (NCEA-1-0503); the beginning of a 30-day public 
comment period on the revised draft document; and an external peer 
review workshop in Sacramento, California on March 5 and 6, 2002. Due 
to some necessary technical editing to clarify the discussion of some 
of the studies included in the draft document, public release, and 
availability of the perchlorate external review draft was delayed by 
approximately one week. Accordingly, EPA is extending the public 
comment period until February 19, 2002. Please note that comments 
received by February 19 will be made available at the peer review 
workshop.

DATES: Only comments postmarked by February 19, 2002, will be made 
available at the workshop.

ADDRESSES: The external review draft of the perchlorate document is 
available on EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 
Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. Written comments should be 
submitted to ERG, Attn: Meetings, 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 
02421. Comments under 50 pages may be sent via e-mail attachment (in 
Word, Word Perfect, or PDF) to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding registration and 
submission of comments should be directed to EPA's contractor, Eastern 
Research Group, Inc. (ERG), at 781-674-7374. For technical inquiries, 
please contact: Annie M. Jarabek, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(MD 52), USEPA Mailroom, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone 
919-541-4847; facsimile 919-541-1818; e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: January 17, 2002.
George W. Alapas,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 02-1757 Filed 1-23-02; 8:45 am]
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