UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 

WASHINGTON, DC 20460 

D£C 0 a 2414 OFFICE OF 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

MEMORANDUM 

SUB.JECT: Posting EP~ HQ-0 - 01. 91 \,l Regulations.gov tor Public Access 

FROM: Joe DeSantis .l)t/ 

Thru: 

ORD/NCEA/IRIS Div.siorf 

Vince Cogliano 

Director, IRIS Division 

Onice of Research and Deve lpn ent 

National Center fi.)r Environmen ·I Assessment 

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This memorandum authorizes the reopening of EPA-IIQ-ORD-20 11 -0391 to 

Regulations.gov for public access thm1 December 2. 2013 to December 20, 2013. 

In accordance with recently announced enhancements of the IRIS program. EPA will 

hold a public meeting on December 12-13. 2013 to obtain public input. materials and 

presentations on the draft IRIS assessment '·Toxicological Review of Benzo!a]pyrene: In 

Support of Summary lnfi.)nnation on the Integrated Risk lnfi.mnation System (IRIS)"' 

(EPA/635/R- 131138) and the draft peer review charge 4ucstions. The purpose of the 

public meeting is to allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical 

comments on the draft IRIS health assessment and charge 4uestions to EPA and other 

interested parties attending the meeting. 

Submit your comments, idcntilied by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-20 11 -0391 by one 

ofthe li.lllm"ing methods: 

• \\\\ \\ .n:oulations.!.!o\ : Follow the on-line instructions ti.)r submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Dock~?t ORDacp<l.gQl_. 

• Fax : 202-566-9744 

• Mail: Oftice of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket, U.S. 

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Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code 2822 1 T, 1200 Pennsyl ama 

Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA Hcad4uarters 
Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave, 

NW., Washington DC. The EPA Docket Center's Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.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. 

EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available online at }ltt.[>);\y,~,- :!..!ulations.RQ.. . including any 

personal information provided, unless the 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:/(~""'"~"_rcgulatiotb go\ or e-mail. The llliv..:U~bvw c!..! ulat~ w 

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://ww\\ .re!..!ul ations.!..!OV, 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 di fticulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not he able to consider your comment. 

Electronic tiles should avoid the use of special characters, avoid 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:/ /w\V\v.epa. !..!OV /epalwme/ dockets. htm. 

Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum. please contact Eric Shultz at 

(202) 566-1883, or via email at schul!~.erictii\:pa.gov.