Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 184 / Thursday, September 24, 2009 / Notices 48733 

540 chemical substances that may be 

used to support the first two steps 

(hazard identification and doseresponse 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– 

0115 by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• 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– 

0115. 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, 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: August 21, 2009. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E9–22909 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8957–6; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0348] 

Draft Toxicological Review of cis- and 

trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: In Support 

of the Summary Information in 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 public 

comment period and a public listening 

session for the external review draft 

document titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review 

of cis- and trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene: 

In Support of Summary Information on 

the Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–09/006). The draft 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within the EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development (ORD). The 

public comment period and the external 

peer-review workshop, which will be 

scheduled at a later date and announced 

in the Federal Register, are separate 

processes that provide opportunities for 

all interested parties to comment on the 

document. EPA intends to forward the 

public comments that are submitted in 

accordance with this notice to the 

external peer-review panel prior to the 

meeting for their consideration. When 

finalizing the draft document, EPA 

intends to consider any public 

comments that EPA receives in 

accordance with this notice. 

EPA is also announcing a listening 

session to be held on October 19, 2009, 

during the public comment period for 

this draft document. This listening 

session is a step in EPA’s revised IRIS 

process, announced on May 21, 2009, to 

develop human health assessments for 

inclusion in the IRIS database. 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 before the 

external peer review meeting. EPA 

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 

the public comments. All presentations 

will become part of the official public 

record. 


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EPA is releasing this draft document 

solely for the purpose of predissemination peer 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. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins September 24, 2009, and ends 

November 23, 2009. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by November 

23, 2009. 

The listening session on the draft IRIS 

health assessment for cis- and trans-1,2- 

dichloroethylene will be held on 

October 19, 2009, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 

and ending at 4:00 p.m., Eastern 

Daylight Time. If you want to make a 

presentation at the listening session, 

you should register by October 12, 2009, 

indicate that you wish to make oral 

comments at the session, and indicate 

the length of your presentation. When 

you register, please indicate if you will 

need 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 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 

October 12, 2009, the listening session 

will be cancelled and EPA will notify 

those registered of the cancellation. 

Listening session participants who 

want EPA to share their comments with 

the external peer reviewers 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. 

Comments submitted to the docket prior 

to the end of the public comment period 

will be submitted to the external peer 

reviewers and considered by EPA in the 

disposition of public comments. All 

comments must be submitted to the 

docket, but comments received after the 

public comment period closes will not 

be submitted to the external peer 

reviewers. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of cis- and trans-1,2- 

Dichloroethylene: 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, NCEA; 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. 

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. 

The listening session on the draft cisand trans-1,2-dichloroethylene 

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 October 12, 2009, via e-mail 

at saundkat@versar.com (subject line: 

cis- and trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 

Listening Session), by phone: 703–750– 

3000, ext. 545, or toll free at 1–800–2– 

VERSAR (ask for Kathy Coon, the cisand trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene listening 

session coordinator), or by faxing a 

registration request to 703–642–6954 

(please reference the ‘‘cis- and trans-1,2- 

Dichloroethylene 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. 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 ‘‘cisand trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 

Listening Session’’ and will make every 

effort to accommodate 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. 

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: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

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: 

ross.christine@epa.gov. 

If you have questions about the 

document, contact Audrey Galizia, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA), telephone: 732– 

906–6887; facsimile: 732–452–6429; or 

e-mail: galizia.audrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About 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 doseresponse 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– 

0348 by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 


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• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• 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– 

0348. 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, 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: September 1, 2009. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E9–23056 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8959–1; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0203] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Trichloroacetic Acid: In Support of the 

Summary Information in 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 public 

comment period and a public listening 

session for the external review draft 

document titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review 

of Trichloroacetic Acid: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/ 

635/R–09/003A). The draft document 

was prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). The public 

comment period and the external peerreview workshop, which will be 

scheduled at a later date and announced 

in the Federal Register, are separate 

processes that provide opportunities for 

all interested parties to comment on the 

document. EPA intends to forward the 

public comments that are submitted in 

accordance with this notice to the 

external peer-review panel prior to the 

meeting for their consideration. When 

finalizing the draft document, EPA 

intends to consider any public 

comments that EPA receives in 

accordance with this notice. 

EPA is also announcing a listening 

session to be held on November 4, 2009, 

during the public comment period for 

this draft document. This listening 

session is a step in EPA’s revised IRIS 

process, announced on May 21, 2009, to 

develop human health assessments for 

inclusion in the IRIS database. 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 before the 

external peer review meeting. EPA 

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 

the public comments. All presentations 

will become part of the official public 

record. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

solely for the purpose of predissemination peer 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. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins September 24, 2009, and ends 

November 23, 2009. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by November 

23, 2009. 

The listening session on the draft IRIS 

health assessment for trichloroacetic 

acid will be held on November 4, 2009, 

beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 

p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. If you want 

to make a presentation at the listening 

session, you should register by October 

28, 2009, indicate that you wish to make 

oral comments at the session, and 

indicate the length of your presentation. 

When you register, please indicate if 

you will need 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 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. 


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