[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 51430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18128]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0183; FRL-10013-75-ORD]


Availability of the IRIS Assessment Plan for Oral Exposure to 
Vanadium and Compounds; Extension of Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public comment period; extension.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
public comment period for the document titled, ``Availability of the 
IRIS Assessment Plan for Oral Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds.'' The 
original Federal Register document announcing the public comment period 
was published on July 24, 2020. The public science webinar will still 
convene on August 19, 2020.

DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on July 24, 
2020 (85 FR 44887), is being extended. The EPA must receive comments on 
or before September 23, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The ``Availability of the IRIS Assessment Plan for Oral 
Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds'' is available via the internet on 
IRIS' website at https://www.epa.gov/iris and in the public docket at 
https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0183.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment 
period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; 
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email: 
[email protected].
    For technical information on the draft IRIS Assessment Plan for 
Oral Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds, contact Dr. James Avery, 
CPHEA; telephone: 202-564-1494; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: How to Submit Technical Comments to the 
Docket at https://www.regulations.gov. Submit your comments, identified 
by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0183 for the vanadium and compounds 
(oral) IRIS assessment, by one of the following methods:
     www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: 202-566-9744. Due to COVID-19, there may be a delay 
in processing comments submitted by fax.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center (ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752. Due to COVID-
19, there may be a delay in processing comments submitted by mail.
For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room, 
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due to public health concerns 
related to COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room may be 
closed to the public with limited exceptions. The telephone number for 
the Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744. The public can submit comments 
via www.Regulations.gov or email.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2020-0183 for vanadium and compounds (oral). 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 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 www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided, unless a comment includes information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not 
submit information through www.regulations.gov or email that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected. The www.regulations.gov 
website 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 email comment directly to EPA 
without going through www.regulations.gov, your email 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 www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the 
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 materials, 
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket in the EPA 
Headquarters Docket Center.

Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2020-18128 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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