[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7290]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Toxicology Program (NTP); Center for the Evaluation of 
Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR); Extension of the Public Comment 
Period on the Di-(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate (DEHP) Update Expert Panel 
Report

AGENCY: National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); 
National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The CERHR announces a 30-day extension of the public comment 
period on the DEHP update expert panel report. The CERHR previously 
announced a public comment period on the DEHP update expert panel 
report in a prior Federal Register Notice [November 16, 2005 (Vol. 70, 
No. 220, pg. 69567)]. The DEHP update expert panel report was released 
by CERHR on November 21, 2005 and public comments will now be accepted 
by CERHR through Friday, February 3, 2006 instead of the original 
deadline of January 4, 2006. The DEHP update expert panel report is 
available from the CERHR Web site (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or in 
print from the CERHR (see ADDRESSES below).

DATES: The final DEHP update expert panel report is available for 
public comment. Written public comments on this report should be 
received by February 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the expert panel report and any other 
correspondence should be sent to Dr. Michael D. Shelby, CERHR Director, 
NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC-32, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 
(mail), (919) 316-4511 (fax), or [email protected] (e-mail). Courier 
address: CERHR, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, Building 4401, Room 103, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information on the CERHR

    The NTP established the CERHR in June 1998 [Federal Register, 
December 14, 1998 (Vol. 63, No. 239, pp. 68782)]. The CERHR is a 
publicly accessible resource for information about adverse reproductive 
and/or developmental health effects associated with exposure to 
environmental and/or occupational exposures. Expert panels conduct 
scientific evaluations of agents selected by the CERHR in public 
forums.
    The CERHR invites the nomination of agents for review or scientists 
for its expert registry. Information about CERHR and the nomination 
process can be obtained from its Web site (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) 
or by contacting Dr. Shelby (see ADDRESSES above). The CERHR selects 
chemicals for evaluation based upon several factors including 
production volume, potential for human exposure from use and occurrence 
in the environment, extent of public concern, and extent of data from 
reproductive and developmental toxicity studies.
    The CERHR follows a formal, multi-step process for review and 
evaluation of selected chemicals. The formal evaluation process was 
published in the Federal Register notice July 16, 2001 (Vol. 66, No. 
136, pp. 37047-37048) and is available on the CERHR Web site under 
``About CERHR'' or in printed copy from the CERHR.

    Dated: December 5, 2005.
Samuel H. Wilson,
Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
 [FR Doc. E5-7290 Filed 12-13-05; 8:45 am]
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