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OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: June 23, 2011. 

Ephraim King, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9427–8; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0204] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Acrylonitrile: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period and listening session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period and a public 

listening session for the external review 

draft human health assessment titled, 

‘‘Toxicological Review of Acrylonitrile: 

In Support of Summary Information on 

the Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–08/013A). The draft 

assessment was prepared by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). EPA is releasing this draft 

assessment for the purposes of peer 

review and public comment. This draft 

assessment is not final as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. 

After public review and comment, an 

EPA contractor will convene an expert 

panel for independent external peer 

review of this draft assessment. The 

public comment period and external 

peer review meeting are separate 

processes that provide opportunities for 

all interested parties to comment on the 

assessment. The external peer review 

meeting will be scheduled at a later date 

and announced in the Federal Register. 

Public comments submitted during the 

public comment period will be provided 

to the external peer reviewers before the 

panel meeting and considered by EPA 

in the revision of the draft document. 

Public comments received after the 

public comment period closes will not 

be submitted to the external peer 

reviewers and will only be considered 

by EPA if time permits. The listening 

session will be held on August 10, 2011, 

during the public comment period for 

this draft assessment. 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 attending the listening 

session. EPA welcomes the 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 

after the independent external peer 

review. If listening session participants 

would like EPA to share their comments 

with the external peer reviewers, they 

should also submit written comments 

during the public comment period using 

the detailed and established procedures 

described in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins June 30, 2011, and ends August 

29, 2011. Comments should be in 

writing and must be received by EPA by 

August 29, 2011. 

The listening session on the draft 

assessment for acrylonitrile will be held 

on August 10, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. 

and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time, or when the last presentation has 

been completed. To attend the listening 

session, interested parties should 

register no later than August 3, 2011. To 

present at the listening session, indicate 

in your registration that you would like 

to make oral comments at the session 

and provide the length of your 

presentation. The following are 

instructions for registering: To attend 

the listening session, register by August 

3, 2011 online at https:// 

www2.ergweb.com/projects/ 

conferences/peerreview/registeracryl.htm, via e-mail at 

meetings@erg.com (subject line: 

Acrylonitrile Listening Session), by 

phone: 781–674–7374 or toll free at 

800–803–2833, or by faxing a 

registration request to 781–674–2906 

(please reference the ‘‘Acrylonitrile 

Listening Session’’ and include your 

name, title, affiliation, full address and 

contact information). When you register, 

please indicate if you will need audiovisual equipment (e.g., laptop computer 

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 allows, then the time limit 

for each presentation will be adjusted. A 

copy of the agenda for the listening 

session will be available at the meeting. 

If no speakers have registered by August 

3, 2011, the listening session will be 

cancelled, and EPA will notify those 

registered, as observers, of the 

cancellation. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Acrylonitrile: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ is 

available primarily via the Internet on 

the NCEA home page under the Recent 

Additions and Publications menus at 

http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited 

number of paper copies are available 

from the Information Management Team 

(Address: Information Management 

Team, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (Mail Code: 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347– 

8691). If you request a paper copy, 

please provide your name, mailing 

address, and the assessment title. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

The listening session on the draft 

acrylonitrile assessment will be held at 

the EPA offices at Potomac Yard (North 

Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 2733 

South Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 

22202. 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. When 

you leave the building, please return 

your visitor’s badge to the guard and 

you will receive your photo 

identification. 

A teleconference line will also be 

available for registered attendees/ 

speakers. The teleconference number is 

866–299–3188 and the access code is 

926–378–7897, followed by the pound 

sign (#). The teleconference line will be 

activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be 

asked to identify yourself and your 

affiliation at the beginning of the call. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the 

acrylonitrile listening session and will 

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persons with disabilities. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Christine Ross at 703–347–8592 

or ross.christine@epa.gov. 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. 

Additional information: For 

information on the docket, 

www.regulations.gov, or the public 

comment period, please contact the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 202–566–1752; 

facsimile: 202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For information on the public 

listening session, please contact 

Christine Ross, IRIS Program, National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(Mail Code: 8601P), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 703–347–8592; facsimile: 

703–347–8689; or e-mail: 

ross.christine@epa.gov. 

If you have questions about the 

assessment, please contact Ambuja Bale, 

IRIS Program, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (Mail code: 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

703–347–8643; facsimile: 703–347– 

8689; or e-mail: bale.ambuja@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About IRIS 

EPA’s IRIS is a human health 

assessment program that evaluates 

quantitative and qualitative risk 

information on effects that may result 

from exposure to specific chemical 

substances found in the environment. 

Through the IRIS Program, EPA 

provides the highest quality sciencebased human health assessments to 

support the Agency’s regulatory 

activities. The IRIS database contains 

information for more than 540 chemical 

substances that can be used to support 

the first two steps (hazard identification 

and dose-response evaluation) of the 

risk assessment process. When 

supported by available data, IRIS 

provides oral reference doses (RfDs) and 

inhalation reference concentrations 

(RfCs) for chronic noncancer health 

effects and cancer assessments. 

Combined with specific exposure 

information, government and private 

entities use IRIS 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 Comments to the 

Docket at http://www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0204, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Facsimile: 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 telephone 

number is 202–566–1752. If you provide 

comments by mail, 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. 

• 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. 

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 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. 

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 and cannot contact you for 

clarification, EPA may not be able to 

consider your comment. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0204. 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 

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 and 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: June 24, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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