[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67141-67142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26846]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0724; FRL-9902-45]


Antimony Trioxide (ATO) TSCA Chemical Risk Assessment; Notice of 
Public Meetings and Opportunity To Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On September 27, 2013, EPA announced that it would be holding 
three peer review meetings by web connect and teleconference on October 
16, 2013, October 31, 2013, and November 14, 2013, regarding EPA's 
draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical risk assessment, 
``TSCA Workplan Chemical Risk Assessment for ATO.'' Due to the 
government shutdown, however, EPA has rescheduled the peer review 
meetings and is announcing the rescheduled meetings in this notice. EPA 
is also extending the due date for public comments.

DATES: Meetings. The peer review meetings will be held on Wednesday, 
November 13, 2013, from 10 a.m. to noon EST; Friday, December 6, 2013, 
from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST; and Monday, January 6, 2014, from 11 
a.m. to 1 p.m. EST.
    Comments. Written comments on the assessment must be submitted on 
or before December 16, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0724, by one of the methods described in 
the September 27, 2013 Federal Register notice, a copy of which is 
available in the docket at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For technical information contact: Stan Barone, Jr., Risk 
Assessment Division (7403M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-1169; email 
address: [email protected].
    For peer review meeting logistics contact: Susie Warner, the 
Scientific Consulting Group (SCG), Inc., 656 Quince Orchard Rd., Suite 
210, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-1409; telephone number: (301) 670-4990, 
ext. 227; fax number: (301) 670-3815; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  For details about the meetings regarding 
the peer review of EPA's draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
chemical risk assessment, ``TSCA Workplan Chemical Risk Assessment for 
ATO,'' please see the announcement that published in the Federal 
Register of September 27, 2013 (78 FR 59679) (FRL-9400-5). However, due 
to the government shutdown, EPA has rescheduled the three peer review 
meetings and is announcing the rescheduled meetings in this notice. EPA 
is also extending the due date for public comments. To be sure your 
comments are contained in the peer review record and are available to 
the peer reviewers; please submit the comments on or before December 
16, 2013.
    The first rescheduled peer review panel meeting on November 13, 
2013, will be devoted to providing the peer review panel an overview of 
the assessment and its charge and providing an opportunity for public 
comment on the draft ATO TSCA risk assessment.
    The rescheduled second peer review panel meeting on December 6, 
2013, will be devoted to deliberations of the draft ATO TSCA risk 
assessment by the peer review panel, guided by the charge questions to 
the peer review panel.
    The third and final peer review panel meeting on January 6, 2014, 
will focus on the peer review panel's discussion of its draft ATO TSCA 
risk assessment recommendations to EPA, which will be posted on the 
contractor Web site prior to the final peer review meeting.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, ATO, Chemicals, Flame retardant 
synergist. Peer review, Risk assessments.


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    Dated: October 31, 2013.
Jeffrey T. Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 2013-26846 Filed 11-5-13; 4:15 pm]
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