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Board Diagnostics or OBD) on December 

28, 2005. This regulation can be found 

at title 13, California Code of 

Regulations (CCR), section 1971.1. 

Please provide comment as to 

whether (a) California’s determination 

that its regulations as referenced in its 

September 22, 2006, request letter, are at 

least as protective of public health and 

welfare as applicable federal standards 

is arbitrary and capricious, (b) California 

needs separate standards to meet 

compelling and extraordinary 

conditions, and (c) California’s 

standards and accompanying 

enforcement procedures are consistent 

with section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act. 

Procedures for Public Participation: 

In recognition that public hearings are 

designed to give interested parties an 

opportunity to participate in this 

proceeding, there are no adverse parties 

as such. Statements by participants will 

not be subject to cross-examination by 

other participants without special 

approval by the presiding officer. The 

presiding officer is authorized to strike 

from the record statements that he or 

she deems irrelevant or repetitious and 

to impose reasonable time limits on the 

duration of the statement of any 

participant. 

If a hearing is held, the Agency will 

make a verbatim record of the 

proceedings. Interested parties may 

arrange with the reporter at the 

hearing(s) to obtain a copy of the 

transcript at their own expense. 

Regardless of whether a public hearing 

is held, EPA will keep the record open 

until May 8, 2007. Upon expiration of 

the comment period, the Administrator 

will render a decision on CARB’s 

request based on the record of the 

public hearing(s), if any, relevant 

written submissions, and other 

information that he deems pertinent. All 

information will be available for 

inspection at EPA Air Docket. (EPA–

HQ–OAR–2006–0844) and in the 

edocket as noted above. 

Persons with comments containing 

proprietary information must 

distinguish such information from other 

comments to the greatest possible extent 

and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business 

Information’’ (CBI). If a person making 

comments wants EPA to base its 

decision in part on a submission labeled 

CBI, then a nonconfidential version of 

the document that summarizes the key 

data or information should be submitted 

for the public docket. To ensure that 

proprietary information is not 

inadvertently placed in the docket, 

submissions containing such 

information should be sent directly to 

the contact person listed above and not 

to the public docket. Information 

covered by a claim of confidentiality 

will be disclosed by EPA only to the 

extent allowed and by the procedures 

set forth in 40 CFR Part 2. If no claim 

of confidentiality accompanies the 

submission when EPA receives it, EPA 

will make it available to the public 

without further notice to the person 

making comments. 

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

William L. Wehrum, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air 

and Radiation. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8281–6; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–

2007–0039] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 1,1,1- 

Trichloroethane: In Support of the 

Summary Information in the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review 

Workshop and Public Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the 

Oak Ridge Institute of Science and 

Education (ORISE), under an 

Interagency agreement between the 

Department of Energy and EPA, will 

convene an independent panel of 

experts and organize and conduct an 

external peer-review workshop to 

review the external review draft 

document titled, Toxicological Review 

of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS) (NCEA–

S–1606). The EPA also is announcing a 

public comment period for the draft 

document. EPA intends to consider 

comments and recommendations from 

the public and the expert panel meeting 

when EPA finalizes the draft document. 

The public comment period and the 

external peer-review workshop are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. In addition 

to consideration by EPA, all public 

comments submitted in accordance with 

this notice will also be forwarded to 

ORISE for consideration by the external 

peer-review panel prior to the 

workshop. 

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. 

ORISE invites the public to register to 

attend this workshop as observers. In 

addition, ORISE invites the public to 

give brief oral comments at the 

workshop regarding the draft document 

under review. The draft document and 

EPA’s peer-review charge are available 

via the Internet on NCEA’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and the 

Data and Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. When finalizing the 

draft document, EPA intends to 

consider ORISE’s report of the 

comments and recommendations from 

the external peer-review workshop and 

any public comments that EPA receives 

in accordance with this notice. 

DATES: The peer-review panel workshop 

will begin on April 20, 2007, at 9 a.m. 

and end at 3 p.m. The public comment 

period begins February 27, 2007, and 

ends April 13, 2007. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by April 13, 

2007. Comments from the public 

received by this date will be submitted 

to the panel prior to the workshop. 

ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop 

will be held at the Sheraton Crystal City, 

1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202. ORISE is 

organizing, convening, and conducting 

the peer-review workshop. To attend the 

workshop, register by April 12, 2007, 

via the Internet at http://www.orau.gov/ 

trichloroethane. You may also register 

by calling ORISE at 865–576–2922, 

sending a facsimile to 865–241–3168, or 

sending an e-mail to Margaret Lyday, 

lydaym@orau.gov. You must register by 

April 12, 2007, if you wish to provide 

brief oral comments at the workshop. 

The draft Toxicological Review of 

1,1,1-Trichloroethane: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS) is 

available via the Internet on the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s (NCEA) home page under 

the Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Technical Information Staff, NCEA–W; 

telephone: 202–564–3261; facsimile: 

202–565–0050. If you are requesting a 

paper copy, please provide your name, 

mailing address, and the document title. 

Copies are not available from ORISE. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

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as provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the peer-review 

workshop, contact Margaret Lyday, 

ORISE, P.O. Box 117, MS 17, Oak Ridge, 

TN 37831–0117, 865–576–2922 or 865–

241–3168 (facsimile), lydaym@orau.gov 

(e-mail). 

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. 

If you have questions about the 

document, contact Susan Rieth, IRIS 

Staff, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment, (8601D), U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202–

564–1532; facsimile: 202–565–0075; 

rieth.susan@epa.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Information About the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(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 

500 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. Workshop Information 

Members of the public may attend the 

workshop as observers, and there will 

be a limited time for oral comments 

from the public. Please let ORISE know 

if you wish to make comments during 

the workshop prior to the meeting by 

registering on the Web site at http:// 

www.orau.gov/trichloroethane and 

indicating your intent to make oral 

comments. Space is limited, and 

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

III. How To Submit Technical 

Comments to the Docket at 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–

0039 by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line 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 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 e-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–2007–

0039. 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 

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 www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The 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 www.regulations.gov, your email 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 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the 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 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

Peter W. Preuss, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E7–3316 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0978; FRL–8282–2] 

Board of Scientific Counselors Human 

Health Mid-Cycle Subcommittee 

Meeting—March 2007 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of a 

meeting (via teleconference) of the 

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) 

Human Health Mid-Cycle 

Subcommittee. 

DATES: A teleconference call will be 

held on Thursday, March 15, 2007, from 

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. The meeting may adjourn early if 

all business is completed. Requests for 


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