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

# DEC 1 9 2013 OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

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National C enter 1or En vironmental A ssessment This memorand um authorizes the posting of EPA-HQ
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l' a . <>tn : iri s / 1uhlicm ·ctin o . T he s e material s arc a vailable to the public to re\'icw and submit comments and materials that will be discus sed at one of the IRIS bimonthl y public meetings. Detailed inf(mllation on these meeting s will be posted on the IRIS website approximately 60 days before each me eting . This dock e t will be open from December 17,2013 to December 31.2014 . Submit your c omments. identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ
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-9744 • Mail: Office of Environmental Information (O E I) 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 lleadquat1ers 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 inftm11ation. EPA ' s policy is that all comments received will he included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at**h!1J2)!w w.rcgu)J.1Jions.** **.** including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to he Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other inti.mnation whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.n:gulation s . go v or e-mail. The**http://wv.•\v r~gulations.gQ_y**  Web site is an •·anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contac t 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://v, ww . t\.' !l Ui ations.!lOV, your e-mail address will he 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 he able to consider your comment. Electronic tiles should avoid the use of spe c ial charac ters, avoid any form of encryption , and be free of any defects or viruses . For addition al in formation about EPA ' s public docket. visit the EPA Docket C enter homepage at 

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