12836 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 42 / Friday, March 2, 2012 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9642–1; EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0739] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Biphenyl: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS); Peer 

Review Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of peer review meeting. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that 

Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for 

external scientific peer review, will 

convene an independent panel of 

experts and organize and conduct an 

external peer review meeting to review 

the draft human health assessment 

titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of 

Biphenyl: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/ 

R–11/005A). The draft assessment was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the EPA Office of Research and 

Development. 

EPA is releasing this draft assessment 

for the purposes of public comment and 

peer review. 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. 

Versar invites the public to register to 

attend this meeting as observers. In 

addition, Versar invites the public to 

give brief oral comments and/or provide 

written comments at the meeting 

regarding the draft assessment under 

review. Space is limited, and 

reservations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. In preparing a 

final report, EPA will consider Versar’s 

report of the comments and 

recommendations from the external peer 

review meeting and any written public 

comments that EPA received in 

accordance with the announcements of 

the public comment period for the 

biphenyl assessment in a Federal 

Register Notice published September 

30, 2011, (76FR60827). 

DATES: The peer review panel meeting 

on the draft assessment for Biphenyl 

will be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 

beginning at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Biphenyl: 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 draft assessment title. 

The peer review meeting on the draft 

Biphenyl assessment will be held at the 

Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 

Virginia 22202. To attend the meeting, 

register no later than Tuesday, March 

27, 2012, by calling Versar: 703–642– 

6727, calling toll free: 1–800–2– 

VERSAR, ext. 6727, sending a facsimile 

to: 703–642–6809, or sending an email 

to: bcolon@versar.com. Space is limited, 

and reservations will be accepted on a 

first-come, first-served basis. There will 

be a limited time at the peer review 

meeting for comments from the public. 

Please inform Versar if you wish to 

make comments during the meeting. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the 

‘‘Biphenyl Peer Review Meeting’’ and 

will make every effort to accommodate 

persons with disabilities. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, contact: 

Betzy Colon, by phone: 703–642–6727, 

or email: bcolon@versar.com. 

Additional Information: For 

information on registration, access, or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or logistics for the external 

peer review meeting, please contact 

Versar by calling: 703–642–6727, or 

calling Toll free: 1–800–2–VERSAR, or 

sending an email to: 

bcolon@versar.com. 

For information on the draft IRIS 

assessment, please contact Zheng 

(Jenny) Li, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (Mail Code: 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

703–347–8577; send a facsimile to: 703– 

347–8689, or email: 

FRN_Questions@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA’s IRIS 

is a human health assessment program 

that evaluates quantitative and 

qualitative risk information on effects 

that may result from exposure to 

chemical substances found in the 

environment. Through the IRIS 

Program, EPA provides the highest 

quality science-based human health 

assessments to support the Agency’s 

regulatory activities. The IRIS database 

contains information for more than 550 

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. 

Dated: February 23, 2012. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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