UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 

WASHINGTON, DC 20460 

DEC 1 9 2013 OFFICE OF 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

MEMORANHlJM 

SUB.JECT: Posting EPA-HQ-ORD-20 13-0782 to Regulations.gov for Public Access 

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This memorandum authorizes the posting of EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-0782. IRIS 

Assessment materials for Diethyl Phthalate (DEP), to Regulations.gov f(1r public access. 

In accordance with recently announced enhancements of the IRIS program. EPA will 

hold a series of public meetings during calendar years 2013 and 2014 (78 FR 48674, 

August 9, 2013) to obtain public input on the draft IRIS assessments. The purpose of the 

public meetings is to allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical 

comments on preliminary materials for chemical assessments, and on draft IRIS health 

assessments, to EPA and other interested parties attending the meeting. EPA has released 

preliminary materials related to dicthyl phthalate ( DEP) which arc available on the IRIS 

website at htt 1:, \nw .. . l' a.<>tn :iris/ 1uhlicm ·ctin o . These materials arc available to the 

public to re\'icw and submit comments and materials that will be discussed at one of the 

IRIS bimonthly public meetings. Detailed inf(mllation on these meetings will be posted 

on the IRIS website approximately 60 days before each meeting. This docket will be 

open from December 17,2013 to December 31.2014. 

Submit your comments. identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-201 3-0782 by one 

of the following methods: 

• \\\\\\ .l'l'!.!.Ulations.!.!.O\ : Follow the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email : Dod,ct ORD a c XL!..!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 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:gulations.gov 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 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://v, ww.t\.'!lUi 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 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://"""' "' .cpa.f.!.O\ ll.'pahomc d~)(.:kd~.htm. 

Should you have any questions regardi ng this memorandum, please contact Eric Shultz at 

(202) 566-1 &83, or via email at schultl..cric a cpa.l!.O\ .