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

OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT


### MEMORANDUM SllBJECT: Posting EPA-HQ-ORD-20 13-0783 to Regulations.gov f()r Public Access . IRIS Assessmenxterials for exabromocyclododecane (HBCD) 

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This memorandum authorizes the posting of EPA
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. This docket will be open tor the public to submit materials and issue presentations that will be discussed at the April 23
-24, 2014 public meeting from February 26, 2014 to October 3 1 . 20 14 Submit your comments , identified by Docket 1D No . EPA
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-2013-0783 by one of the following methods : • \\ ' ' ' ' .rc l.!.ulations.l.!.m ·: Follow the on- line instructions tor submitting comments . • Email: Docket OIUht c pa.I.!.O\ .• Fax: 202-566-9744
• Mail : Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket, U . S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code 28221 T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20460.
• 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'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 http://www.rcgulations .l!.OV, 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 intonnation that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through llliJ2:1/w\V\\·.regt!lations.go\ or e -mail. The http ://v ,.-w\v .reg ulations .go v Web site is an "anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact infi.)rmation unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through l:!!!n..J' \vWw .re!.w lations.uov. 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. lfyou 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 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 :. ' /ww \\ .epa.go v/epahome/dockets.htm
. Should you have any questions regarding this memorandum , please contact Eric Shultz at (202) 566-1883, or via email at schultz.cric r a.'cpa.um ·.