[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 23753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9870]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7655-4; Docket ID No. OAR-2003-0188]


Peer-Review Workshop on EPA's 2003 Interim Final position paper 
titled ``An Evaluation of the Human Carcinogenic Potential of Ethylene 
Glycol Butyl Ether''

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of a peer-review workshop and public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 
that Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)--an EPA 
contractor for external scientific peer review--will organize, convene, 
and conduct an expert peer-review workshop to review the Agency's 
August 2003 Interim Final position paper titled, ``An Evaluation of the 
Human Carcinogenic Potential of Ethylene Glycol Butyl Ether.''

DATES: The peer-review workshop will be held on Wednesday, May 19, 
2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop will be held in Classroom C-114 of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. Logistics and 
registration for the workshop are being arranged by ORISE, P.O. Box 
117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The EPA contractor lead, Leslie 
Shaphard of ORISE, should be contacted at telephone: (865) 241-5784 or 
by e-mail: [email protected] for details pertaining to the workshop, 
registration, and logistics. For technical information contact: Jeff 
Gift, U.S. EPA, NCEA-RTP, B243-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone: 919-541-4828; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The August 2003 Interim Final position paper 
on EGBE was prepared by EPA's National Center for Environmental 
Assessment (NCEA) in support of EPA's proposed rule to remove EGBE from 
the Agency's list of Hazardous Air Pollutants (68 FR 65648, November 
21, 2003). Public comments on this proposed ruling were due January 20, 
2004, and can be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/edocket (Docket ID OAR-
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    The purpose of this workshop is to provide for an external panel 
review by experts capable of evaluating EPA's position paper in light 
of the recent research and literature that has been submitted to the 
Agency in response to the proposed ruling. Members of the public are 
invited to attend the workshop as observers and will be allowed to 
present brief verbal and/or written comments at the end of the 
workshop. To attend the workshop, register by May 15, 2004, on the Web 
site at http://www.orau.gov/egbe. Space is limited, and reservations 
will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The Interim Final 
position paper is also available for downloading from this site. EPA 
will consider comments received at the workshop in preparing the final 
version of this paper.
    The Interim Final position paper on EGBE makes use of draft cancer 
guidelines and several studies that have been published since the 
completion in 1999 of the EPA IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System) 
assessment for ethylene glycol butyl ether, which can be obtained from 
the IRIS Web site at http://www.epa.gov/IRIS. Upon completion of the 
peer review of the interim position paper, the Agency plans to revise 
the existing IRIS assessment to reflect the information and conclusions 
contained in the finalized position paper.

    Dated: April 26, 2004.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 04-9870 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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