[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57096-57097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22937]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8723-2; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0245]


Draft Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether 
(EGBE): In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk 
Information System (IRIS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Listening Session.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on Friday, 
October 10, 2008, for the external review draft document entitled, 
``Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE): In 
Support of Summaiy Information on the Integrated Risk Information 
System (IRIS).'' This listening session is a new step in EPA's revised 
process, announced on April 10, 2008, for development of human health 
assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The purpose of the listening session 
is to allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical 
comments on draft IRIS health assessments to EPA and other interested 
parties during the public comment period and prior to the external peer 
review meeting. EPA

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welcomes the scientific and technical comments that will be provided to 
the Agency by the listening session participants. The comments will be 
considered by the Agency as it revises the draft assessment in response 
to the independent external peer review and public comments. All 
presentations will become part of the official and public record.
    The EPA's draft assessment and peer review charge are available via 
the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment's 
(NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and 
Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea.

DATES: The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for 
Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE) will be held on Friday, October 
10, 2008, beginning at 9 am and ending at 4 pm, Eastern Daylight Time. 
If you wish to make a presentation at the listening session, you should 
register by Wednesday, October 8, 2008, and indicate that you wish to 
make oral comments at the session, and indicate the length of your 
presentation. At the time of your registration, please indicate if you 
require audio-visual aid (e.g., lap top and slide projector). In 
general, each presentation should be no more than 30 minutes. If, 
however, there are more requests for presentations than the allotted 
time will allow, then the time limit for each presentation will be 
adjusted accordingly. A copy of the agenda for the listening session 
will be available at the meeting. If no speakers have registered by 
Wednesday, October 8, 2008, the listening session will be cancelled. 
EPA will notify those registered to attend of the cancellation.
    The public comment period for review of this draft assessment was 
announced previously in the Federal Register (FR) (73 FR 22372) on 
April 25, 2008 and ended on June 24, 2008. Any technical comments 
submitted in response to this notice, should in writing and should be 
provided to EPA at the October 10 listening session or e-mailed to 
Christine Ross at [email protected] by October 10. All comments 
received will be provided to the peer review panel.
    The date and logistics for the peer-review meeting were announced 
in a separate FR notice that was published on September 25, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The listening session on the draft Ethylene Glycol Mono 
Butyl Ether (EGBE) assessment will be held at the EPA offices at Two 
Potomac Yard (North Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 2733 South Crystal 
Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. To attend the listening session, 
register by Wednesday, October 8, 2008, via e-mail at 
[email protected] (subject line: Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether 
(EGBE) listening session), by phone: 703-347-8592, or by faxing a 
registration request to 703-347-8689 (please reference the ``Ethylene 
Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE) Listening Session'' and include your 
name, title, affiliation, full address and contact information). Please 
note that to gain entrance to this EPA building to attend the meeting, 
attendees must have photo identification with them and must register at 
the guard's desk in the lobby. The guard will retain your photo 
identification and will provide you with a visitor's badge. At the 
guard's desk, attendees should give the name Christine Ross and the 
telephone number, 703-347-8592, to the guard on duty. The guard will 
contact Ms. Ross who will meet you in the reception area to escort you 
to the meeting room. Upon your exit from the building please return 
your visitor's badge and you will receive the photo identification that 
you provided.
    A teleconference line will also be available for registered 
attendees/speakers. The teleconference number is 866-299-3188 and the 
access code is 1068186199, followed by the pound sign (). The 
teleconference line will be activated at 8:45 am, and you will be asked 
to identify yourself and your affiliation at the beginning of the call.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Christine Ross at 703-347-8592 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please contact Ms. Ross, preferably at least 10 days prior to the 
meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public 
listening sessions, please contact Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National 
Center for Environmental Assessment, (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-
8592; facsimile: 703-347-8689; or e-mail: [email protected]. If 
you have questions about the draft Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether 
(EGBE) assessment, contact Angela Howard, Hazardous Pollutants 
Assessment Branch, Research Triangle Park, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment, (B243-01), U.S. EPA, USEPA Mailroom, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-5133; facsimile: 919-541-
0245; or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This listening session is a new step in 
EPA's revised process, announced on April 10, 2008, for development of 
human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The new process is 
posted on the NCEA home page under the Recent Additions menu at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. Two listening sessions are scheduled under the new 
IRIS process. The first is during the public review of the draft 
assessment that includes only qualitative discussion. The second 
session is during the public review of the externally peer reviewed 
draft assessment; if feasible, this draft will include both qualitative 
and quantitation elements (i.e., a ``complete draft''). All IRIS 
assessments that are at the document development stage will follow the 
revised process, which includes the two listening sessions. However, 
when EPA initiated the new IRIS process, the draft assessment for 
Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE) had already completed document 
development and been through several rounds of internal review. 
Therefore, EPA will only hold one listening session during the public 
review and comment period of the externally peer-reviewed draft.

    Dated: September 24, 2008.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E8-22937 Filed 9-30-08; 8:45 am]
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