UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WASHINGTON, DC 20460



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# 1 1 20J4 MEMORANDUM OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

### SUBJECT: Posting EPA

- IIQ-ORD-20 14-0211to Regulations.gov l(lr Public Acce s s 

### FROM: Joe DeSantis . (} 

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### Thru: Vincent Cogliano 

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# ~ Thi s memorandum authori1es the posting of F PA -I IQ-ORD-20 14

-0 2 11 to Rcgulations .gov for public ac c ess. EPA's Integrated Risk lnl(mn ation Sy s tem (I R IS) Program is comm itted to proactive stakeholder engagement, transparency, and using the best available science in IRIS as se s sments . In accordance wi th the rec entl y a nnounced enhancements of the IRIS Program. EPA increa sed opportunities to obtain public input at specific stages in the process of de veloping an IRIS assessment. As part of the 

## emm to increase the opportunity l()r publi c input. this do cket will he used to accept public comment s that have broad applicability to the IRIS Program . Ex ample s ofthe type s of comments appropriate lor this do c ket include comment s on general scientific is sues th at apply to all a s sessments , and other gene ra l comments (not chemical- s pecific) about the IRIS Program . T he IRIS Program·s stakeholders ha\e specifically reque s ted this docket be created to pro v id e a single deposito ry li.)r general (.;Omments and to avoid the need f()r duplicate s ubmis s ions of general comments to se ve ral chemic a l

- specific dockets . This document wi II be open f()r puhl ic comment from March 6. 2014 to December 31, 2014 . General comments ab o ut the IRIS Program should he s ubmitted to Docket ID No . EPA

- IIQ-ORD-20 14 hy one of the f()IJowing methods : • htt p : 1 \\ "\\ \\ .n: !l ulation s . !lo\ . Follow the on-line instructions lor submitting comment s . • Email: Docket

_ ORD rq: cpa.gov . • Fax: 202-566-9744. • Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E PA Docket Center, (ORO Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Penn s ylvania Avenue, N . W . . Washington, DC 20460 . • Hand Delivery: The ORO Docket is located in the E PA Headquarters Docket Center. EPA West Building. Room 3334, 1301 Constitution

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### 20004. Such 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 http:// v, \vv. . n:!.!ulation s . g<l\ , including any personal infonnation 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 CBl or otherwise protected through http ://v.:,v w.reg ulations.!.!ov or e - mail. The http ://\\W\v.re!.!.ulations. gov website 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 :/.' \\·W\\·.n:gul ations . gov . 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 difliculties and cannot contact you f(>r clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic tiles should avoid the use of special characters, avoid any f(mn of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional inf(Jrmation about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at 

### http :/;"'"' \v . epa . go vle pahome/dod.et!i.Jl!m. Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please contact Eric Shultz at 

### (202) 566-1883, or via email at s cbult L. eric :a epa.

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