UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WASHINGTON, DC 20460



### APR 15 2015

MEMORANDUM OFFICEOF RESEARCH ANO DEVELOPMENT

SUBJECT: Posting EPA-HQ-ORD f 1**-0676** to Regulations.gov for Public Access 

### FROM: Joe DeSantis \... 

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# ~ ORD/NCENIRIS Divi ·on

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# f{d-, Vince Cogliano 

# il\ iJ '/ Director, IRIS Divisio

# ~ Office ofResearch Development National Center for Environmental Assessment
This memorandum authorizes the posting ofEPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0676, IRIS Assessment Materials for Polychorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) to Regulations.gov for public access. EPA will hold a series ofpublic science meetings during calendar year 2015 to obtain public input on IRIS assessments. The purpose ofthese meetings is to allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical comments on problem formulation and preliminary materials, and on draft IRIS health assessments. These materials are made available on the IRIS website at http:/ /www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/ approximately 2 months before each public meeting. Comments on assessment materials and draft assessments should be submitted to the appropriate docket as indicated below. In addition, information and meeting materials that interested parties are scheduled to discuss at an IRIS public science meeting should be submitted to the appropriate docket before the public meeting
. EPA will hold a public meeting on June 17

-18,2015 to obtain public input on scoping and problem formulation information for the toxicological review ofPCBs (effects other than cancer)
. Comments and meeting materials related to the toxicological review of PCBs (effects otherthan cancer), should be submitted to Docket ID No
. EPA-HQ

-ORD

2011

-0676
. This docket will be open for the public from June 17, 2015 to December 31, 2016 to submit materials and presentations that will be discussed at a public science meeting on PCBs. While the docket will remain open through the end of2016, in order to ensure materials are considered by the program at the appropriate times, those submitting comments and presentations must adhere to the deadlines called for by the program at each individual step in the process.
InternetAddress (URL) • http://www

.epa.gov Recycled/Recyclable •Prlntedwtth Vegetable 011 Based lnks on 100% Postconsumer, Process Chlorlne Free Recycled PaperSubmit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0676 by one ofthe following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: Docket ORJ?@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202-566-9744
• Mail: Office ofEnvironmental Inforrnation (OEI) Docket, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460.

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave, NW., Washington OC. The EPA Docket Center's Public Reading Room is open from 8:30a.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 ofoperation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries ofboxed information. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal inforrnation provided, unless the comment includes inforrnation claimed to be Confidential Business Inforrnation (CBI) orother inforrnation whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit inforrnation that you consider to be CBI orotherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov ore-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 ofyour comment. Ifyou 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 ofthe comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. Ifyou submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you inelude your name and othercontact inforrnation in the body ofyour comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. lfEPA 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 ofspecial characters, avoid any forrn ofencryption, and be free ofany defects orviruses. For additional inforrnation about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http:/ /www.epa.gov

### 1 epahome/ dockets.htm. Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Eric Shu1tz at (202) 566-1883, or via email at schultz.eric@epa.gov.