[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53916-53917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20138]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2004-0103; FRL-7673-7]


National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels 
for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Public Meeting and Proposed AEGL 
Chemicals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Acute 
Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) 
will be held on September 21-23, 2004, in Washington, DC. At this 
meeting, the NAC/AEGL Committee will address, as time permits, the 
various aspects of the acute toxicity and the development of Acute 
Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for the following chemicals: 1,1,1-
trichloroethane; acetaldehyde; acetone cyanohydrin; chloromethyl methyl 
ether; cumene; dibromoethane; diketene; disulfur dichloride; ethylene 
oxide (10 minute AEGL-2 value); hydroxylamine; jet fuel 8; 
propionaldehyde; propylene oxide; tetranitromethane and vinyl acetate.
    Regarding one chemical scheduled for the December, 2004 NAC/AEGL 
Committee meeting, methylene chloride, the public is requested to 
provide comment on the Draft Technical Support Document, which is 
available upon request from the technical information contact (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below). All comments and suggestions 
including alternative pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling for 
the derived methylene chloride draft provisional AEGL values should be 
directed to the technical information contact. Any comments should be 
submitted no later than October 29, 2004. Requests for short 
presentations regarding methylene chloride AEGL derivation should also 
be directed to the technical information contact. Proposed AEGL values 
for methylene chloride are scheduled to be balloted at the December 13-
15, 2004 NAC/AEGL Committee meeting currently planned to be held in 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

DATES: A meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee will be held from 10:00 a.m. 
to 5:30 p.m. on September 21, 2004; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on September 
22, 2004 and from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on September 23, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Labor, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, Room numbers C5515 
1A and 1B.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby 
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].

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    For technical information contact: Paul S. Tobin, Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO), Economics, Exposure, and Technology Division 
(7406M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8557; 
e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may 
be of particular interest to anyone who may be affected if the AEGL 
values are adopted by government agencies for emergency planning, 
prevention, or response programs, such as EPA's Risk Management Program 
under the Clean Air Act and Amendments Section 112r. It is possible 
that other Federal agencies besides EPA, as well as State agencies and 
private organizations, may adopt the AEGL values for their programs. As 
such, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under docket identification (ID) number OPPT-2004-0103. The 
official public docket consists of the documents specifically 
referenced in this action, any public comments received, and other 
information related to this action. Although a part of the official 
docket, the public docket does not include Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. The official public docket is the collection of materials 
that is available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center, Rm. 
B102-Reading Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC. The EPA Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The EPA Docket Center Reading 
Room telephone number is (202) 566-1744 and the telephone number for 
the OPPT Docket, which is located in EPA Docket Center, is (202) 566-
0280.
    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official 
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that 
are available electronically. Although not all docket materials may be 
available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly 
available docket materials through the docket facility identified in 
Unit I.B.1. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
appropriate docket ID number.

II. Meeting Procedures

    For additional information on the scheduled meeting, the agenda of 
the NAC/AEGL Committee, or the submission of information on chemicals 
to be discussed at the meeting, contact the DFO listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    The meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee will be open to the public. 
Oral presentations or statements by interested parties will be limited 
to 10 minutes. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the DFO to 
schedule presentations before the NAC/AEGL Committee. Since seating for 
outside observers may be limited, those wishing to attend the meeting 
as observers are also encouraged to contact the DFO at the earliest 
possible date to ensure adequate seating arrangements. Inquiries 
regarding oral presentations and the submission of written statements 
or chemical-specific information should be directed to the DFO.

III. Future Meetings

    Another meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee is scheduled for December 
13-15, 2004.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Health.


    Dated: August 30, 2004.
Wendy C. Hamnett,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 04-20138 Filed 9-2-04; 8:45 am]
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