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allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number of individuals who wish to 

speak but will not exceed 5 minutes. 

Reasonable provision will be made to 

include the scheduled oral statements 

on the agenda. The chair of the 

committee will make every effort to hear 

the views of all interested parties and to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. 

Participation in the meeting is not a 

prerequisite for submission of written 

comments. ERAC invites written 

comments from all interested parties. If 

you would like to file a written 

statement with the committee, you may 

do so either by submitting a hard or 

electronic copy before or after the 

meeting. Electronic copy of written 

statements should be e-mailed to 

erac@ee.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review at 

http://www.erac.energy.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 25, 

2011. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22270 Filed 8–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9457–8; Docket ID No. 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 (EPA) 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period and listening session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period and a public 

listening session for the external review 

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). New 

studies regarding the toxicity of 1,4- 

dioxane through the inhalation route of 

exposure are available that were not 

included in the 1,4-dioxane assessment 

that was posted on the IRIS database in 

2010 (U.S. EPA, 2010). These studies 

have been incorporated into the 

previously posted assessment for review 

(U.S. EPA, 2010). The draft assessment 

was prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the EPA Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). EPA is releasing 

this draft assessment solely for the 

purpose of pre-dissemination peer 

review under applicable information 

quality guidelines. This draft 

assessment has not been formally 

disseminated by EPA. It does not 

represent and should not be construed 

to represent any Agency policy or 

determination. After public review and 

comment, an EPA contractor will 

convene an expert panel for 

independent external peer review of this 

draft assessment. The public comment 

period and external peer review meeting 

are separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the assessment. The 

external peer review meeting will be 

scheduled at a later date and announced 

in the Federal Register. Public 

comments submitted during the public 

comment period will be provided to the 

external peer reviewers before the panel 

meeting and considered by EPA in the 

disposition of public comments. Public 

comments received after the public 

comment period closes will not be 

submitted to the external peer reviewers 

and will only be considered by EPA if 

time permits. 

The listening session will be held on 

October 18, 2011, during the public 

comment period for this draft 

assessment. The purpose of the listening 

session is to allow all interested parties 

to present scientific and technical 

comments on draft IRIS health 

assessments to EPA and other interested 

parties attending the listening session. 

EPA welcomes the comments that will 

be provided to the Agency by the 

listening session participants. The 

comments will be considered by the 

Agency as it revises the draft assessment 

after the independent external peer 

review. If listening session participants 

would like EPA to share their comments 

with the external peer reviewers, they 

should also submit written comments 

during the public comment period using 

the detailed and established procedures 

described in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins August 31, 2011, and ends 

October 31, 2011. Comments should be 

in writing and must be received by EPA 

by October 31, 2011. 

The listening session on the draft 

assessment for 1,4-dioxane will be held 

on October 18, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. 

and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time or when the last presentation has 

been completed. To attend the listening 

session, interested parties should 

register no later than October 11, 2011. 

To present at the listening session, 

indicate in your registration that you 

would like to make oral comments at 

the session and provide the length of 

your presentation. To attend the 

listening session, register by October 11, 

2011 via e-mail at bcolon@versar.com 

(subject line: 1,4-Dioxane Listening 

Session), by phone: 703–750–3000, ext. 

6727, or toll free at 1–800–2–VERSAR 

(ask for Betzy Colon, the 1,4-Dioxane 

Listening Session Coordinator), or by 

faxing a registration request to 703–642– 

6809 (please reference the ‘‘1,4-Dioxane 

Listening Session’’ and include your 

name, title, affiliation, full address and 

contact information). When you register, 

please indicate if you will need audiovisual equipment (e.g., laptop computer 

and slide projector). In general, each 

presentation should be no more than 30 

minutes. If, however, there are more 

requests for presentations than the 

allotted time allows, then the time limit 

for each presentation will be adjusted. A 

copy of the agenda for the listening 

session will be available at the meeting. 

If no speakers have registered by 

October 11, 2011, the listening session 

will be cancelled, and EPA will notify 

those registered of the cancellation. 

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. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

The listening session on the draft 1,4- 

dioxane assessment will be held at the 

EPA offices at Potomac Yard (North 

Building), Rm. 7100, 2733 South Crystal 

Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202. Please 

note that to gain entrance to this EPA 

building to attend the meeting, you 

must have photo identification and 

must register at the guard’s desk in the 

lobby. The guard will retain your photo 

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a visitor’s badge. At the guard’s desk, 

you should provide the name Christine 

Ross and the telephone number 703– 

347–8592 to the guard on duty. The 

guard will contact Ms. Ross who will 

meet you in the reception area to escort 

you to the meeting room. When you 

leave the building, please return your 

visitor’s badge to the guard and you will 

receive your photo identification. 

A teleconference line will also be 

available for registered attendees/ 

speakers. The teleconference number is 

866–299–3188, and the access code is 

926–378–7897, followed by the pound 

sign (#). The teleconference line will be 

activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be 

asked to identify yourself and your 

affiliation at the beginning of the call. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the 1,4- 

dioxane listening session and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with disabilities. For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Christine 

Ross by phone at 703–347–8592 or by email at IRISListeningSession@epa.gov. 

To request accommodation for a 

disability, please contact Ms. Ross, 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Additional Information: For 

information on the docket, http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or the public 

comment period, please contact the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 202–566–1752; 

facsimile: 202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For information on the public 

listening session, please contact 

Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(Mail Code: 8601P), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 703–347–8592; facsimile: 

703–347–8689; or e-mail: 

IRISListeningSession@epa.gov. 

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 

U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27711; telephone: 919–541–1964; 

facsimile: 919–541–2985; or e-mail: 

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 540 

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. 

II. How To Submit Comments to the 

Docket at http://www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0390, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Facsimile: 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 telephone 

number is 202–566–1752. If you provide 

comments by mail, 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. 

• 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. 

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 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–2011– 

0390. 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 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless comments include 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:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means that EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comments. If you send e-mail comments 

directly to EPA without going through 

http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comments 

that are placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit electronic comments, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comments and with 

any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comments due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and 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:// 

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

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

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 

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www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: July 27, 2011. 

David A. Bussard, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22290 Filed 8–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9457–9; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0671] 

Draft Toxicological Review of nButanol: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period and Listening Session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period and a public 

listening session for the external review 

draft human health assessment titled, 

‘‘Toxicological Review of n-Butanol: In 

Support of Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–11/081A). The draft 

assessment was prepared by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). EPA is releasing this draft 

assessment solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This draft assessment has 

not been formally disseminated by EPA. 

It does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. After public 

review and comment, an EPA contractor 

will convene an expert panel for 

independent external peer review of this 

draft assessment. The public comment 

period and external peer review meeting 

are separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the assessment. The 

external peer review meeting will be 

scheduled at a later date and announced 

in the Federal Register. Public 

comments submitted during the public 

comment period will be provided to the 

external peer reviewers before the panel 

meeting and considered by EPA in the 

disposition of public comments. Public 

comments received after the public 

comment period closes will not be 

submitted to the external peer reviewers 

and will only be considered by EPA if 

time permits. 

The listening session will be held on 

October 5, 2011, during the public 

comment period for this draft 

assessment. The purpose of the listening 

session is to allow all interested parties 

to present scientific and technical 

comments on draft IRIS health 

assessments to EPA and other interested 

parties attending the listening session. 

EPA welcomes the comments that will 

be provided to the Agency by the 

listening session participants. The 

comments will be considered by the 

Agency as it revises the draft assessment 

after the independent external peer 

review. If listening session participants 

would like EPA to share their comments 

with the external peer reviewers, they 

should also submit written comments 

during the public comment period using 

the detailed and established procedures 

described in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins August 31, 2011, and ends 

October 31, 2011. Comments should be 

in writing and must be received by EPA 

by October 31, 2011. 

The listening session on the draft 

assessment for n-Butanol will be held 

on October 5, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. 

and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time or when the last presentation has 

been completed. To attend the listening 

session, interested parties should 

register no later than September 28, 

2011. To present at the listening session, 

indicate in your registration that you 

would like to make oral comments at 

the session and provide the length of 

your presentation. To register, please 

contact Ms. Stephanie Sarraino at 

Versar, Inc., by e-mail at 

ssarraino@versar.com or by telephone at 

703–750–3000, extension 737. When 

registering, please reference the nButanol listening session, provide your 

name, organization, contact information, 

any sponsorship information, whether 

you will be a speaker or an observer, 

and if you are a speaker, the 

approximate length of your 

presentation. When you register, please 

indicate if you will need audio-visual 

equipment (e.g., laptop computer and 

slide projector). In general, each 

presentation should be no more than 30 

minutes. If, however, there are more 

requests for presentations than the 

allotted time allows, then the time limit 

for each presentation will be adjusted. A 

copy of the agenda for the listening 

session will be available at the meeting. 

If no speakers have registered by 

September 28, 2011, the listening 

session will be cancelled, and EPA will 

notify those registered of the 

cancellation. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of n-Butanol: 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. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

The listening session on the draft nButanol assessment will be held at the 

EPA offices at Potomac Yard (North 

Building), Room 7100, 2733 South 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202. 

Please note that to gain entrance to this 

EPA building to attend the meeting, you 

must have photo identification and 

must register at the guard’s desk in the 

lobby. The guard will retain your photo 

identification and will provide you with 

a visitor’s badge. At the guard’s desk, 

you should provide the name Christine 

Ross and the telephone number 703– 

347–8592 to the guard on duty. The 

guard will contact Ms. Ross who will 

meet you in the reception area to escort 

you to the meeting room. When you 

leave the building, please return your 

visitor’s badge to the guard and you will 

receive your photo identification. 

A teleconference line will also be 

available for registered attendees/ 

speakers. The teleconference number is 

866–299–3188, and the access code is 

926–378–7897, followed by the pound 

sign (#). The teleconference line will be 

activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be 

asked to identify yourself and your 

affiliation at the beginning of the call. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the nButanol listening session and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with disabilities. For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Christine 

Ross by telephone at 703–347–8592 or 

by e-mail at 

IRISListeningSession@epa.gov. To 


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