7576 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 29 / Monday, February 13, 2012 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2012–3278 Filed 2–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9630–2; EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0390] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 1,4- 

Dioxane: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency . 

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 1,4- 

Dioxane: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

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

R–11/003]. 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, Inc. invites the public to 

register to attend this meeting as 

observers. In addition, Versar, Inc. 

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 first-come, first-served 

basis. In preparing a final report, EPA 

will consider Versar, Inc.’s report of the 

comments and recommendations from 

the external peer review meeting and 

any written public comments that EPA 

receives in accordance with the 

announcements of the public comment 

period for the 1,4-dioxane assessment in 

Federal Register Notices published 

August 31, 2011, (76 FR 54225) and 

September 16, 2011 (76 FR 57739). 

DATES: The peer review panel meeting 

on the draft assessment for 1,4-dioxane 

will be held on March 19, 2012, 

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

Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of 1,4-Dioxane: 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 

1,4-dioxane assessment will be held at 

Hyatt Place, Raleigh-Durham Airport, 

200 Airgate Drive, Morrisville, NC 

27560. To attend the meeting, register 

no later than March 12, 2012, by 

contacting Versar, Inc., by email: 

bcolon@versar.com (subject line: 1,4- 

Dioxane Peer Review Meeting), by 

phone: (703) 642–6727 (ask for Betzy 

Colon, the 1,4-Dioxane Peer Review 

Meeting Coordinator), or by faxing a 

registration request to (703) 642–6809 

(please reference the 1,4-Dioxane Peer 

Review Meeting and include your name, 

title, affiliation, full address and contact 

information). Space is limited, and 

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

limited time at the peer review meeting 

for comments from the public. Please 

inform Betzy Colon if you wish to make 

comments during the meeting. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the ‘‘1,4- 

Dioxane Peer Review Meeting’’ and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with disabilities. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, contact: 

Versar, Inc., at 6850 Versar Center, 

Springfield, VA 22151; by email: 

bcolon@versar.com (subject line: 1,4- 

Dioxane Peer Review Meeting), by 

phone: (703) 642–6727 (ask for Betzy 

Colon, the 1,4-Dioxane Peer Review 

Meeting Coordinator), or by faxing a 

registration request to (703) 642–6809 

(please reference the 1,4-Dioxane Peer 

Review Meeting and include your name, 

title, affiliation, full address and contact 

information). 

Additional Information: For 

information on the draft assessment, 

please contact Patricia Gillespie, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment [Mail Code: B–243–01], U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment, Office of Research and 

Development, Research Triangle Park, 

NC 27711; telephone: (919) 541–1964; 

facsimile: (919) 541–2985; or email: 

[FRN_Questions@epa.gov]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About IRIS 

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: January 30, 2012. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3296 Filed 2–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9630–3] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee (FRRCC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Request for 

Nominations to the Farm, Ranch, and 

Rural Communities Committee 

(FRRCC). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites 

nominations from a diverse range of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to the Farm, Ranch, 

and Rural Communities Federal 

Advisory Committee (FRRCC). 

Vacancies are anticipated to be filled by 

May 2012. Sources in addition to this 

Federal Register Notice may also be 

utilized in the solicitation of nominees. 


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