[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 23 (Thursday, February 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6154-6155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2466]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8767-6; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0040]


Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and 
Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the 
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a public comment period for the external 
review draft document titled, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated 
Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary 
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)''. This 
document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental 
Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development
    EPA intends to consider comments and recommendations from the 
public and the expert panel meeting, which will be scheduled at a later 
date and announced in the Federal Register, when EPA finalizes the 
draft document. The public comment period will provide opportunities 
for all interested parties to comment on the document. EPA intends to 
forward public comments, submitted in accordance with this notice, to 
the external peer-review panel prior to the peer-review meeting for 
their consideration. When finalizing the draft document, EPA will 
consider any public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this 
notice.
    EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination public review under applicable information quality 
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It 
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency 
policy or determination. The draft document and EPA's peer-review 
charge are available via the Internet on NCEA's home page under the 
Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea.

DATES: The public comment period begins February 5, 2009 and ends April 
6, 2009. Technical comments should be in writing and must be received 
by EPA by April 6, 2009. EPA intends to submit comments from the public 
received by this date for consideration by the external peer review 
panel.

ADDRESSES: The draft ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum 
Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the 
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' is available via the 
Internet on the NCEA's home page under the Recent Additions and the 
Data and Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited 
number of paper copies are available from NCEA's Technical Information 
Staff, telephone: 703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-8691. If you are 
requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and 
the document title, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum 
Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the 
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).''
    Comments may be submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions as provided in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment 
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket; 
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail: 
[email protected].
    If you have questions about the document, contact Andrew A. Rooney, 
IRIS Staff, National Center for Environmental Assessment, 109 T.W. 
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: 919-541-
1492; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary of Information About the Integrated Risk Information System 
(IRIS)

    IRIS is a database that contains potential adverse human health 
effects information that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure 
to specific chemical substances found in the environment. The database 
(available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/iris) contains 
qualitative and quantitative health effects information for more than 
540 chemical substances that may be used to support the first two steps 
(hazard identification and dose-response evaluation) of a risk 
assessment process. When supported by available data, the database 
provides oral reference doses (RfDs) and inhalation reference 
concentrations (RfCs) for chronic health effects, and oral slope 
factors and inhalation unit risks for carcinogenic effects. Combined 
with specific exposure information, government and private entities can 
use IRIS data to help characterize public health risks of chemical 
substances in a site-specific situation and thereby support risk 
management decisions designed to protect public health.

II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at http://www.regulations.gov

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-
0040 by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions 
for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Fax: 202-566-1753.
     Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 
(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-
566-1752.
     Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA 
Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center's Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public 
Reading Room is 202-566-1744. Such deliveries are only accepted during 
the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should 
be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit one 
unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of 
the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages 
consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and 
three copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2009-0040. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the 
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will 
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if

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time permits. It is EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in 
the public docket without change and to make the comments available 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided, unless a comment includes information claimed to 
be confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid 
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of 
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the 
EPA Headquarters Docket Center.

    Dated: January 16, 2009.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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