UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 

WASHINGTON, DC 20460 

OCT 2 1~ ~ OFFICE OF 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

MEMORANDUM 

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This memorandum authorizes the posting ofEPA-HQ-ORD-2011 -0391 to 

Regulations.gov for public access from I 0/22/2013 to ll/21/20 13. 

This docket will be opened to solicit public comment for the external review draft human 

health assessment titled, "Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)" (EP A/635/R13/138). The draft assessment was prepared by the National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORO). EPA 

is releasing this draft assessment for the purposes of public comment and peer review. 

This draft assessment is not final as described in EPA's information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not be construed to represent Agency policy and 

views. 

This docket has been open for public comments from 08/21/2013 to 10/21/2013. A 

Federal Register Notice announcing the public comment period has already been posted 

to this docket. This memorandum authorizes posting ofEPA-HQ-ORD-2011 -0391 to 

http://www.regulations.gov for public access from 10/22/2013 to 11/21/2013. A Federal 

Register Notice announcing extension of the public comment period to 11121/2013 will 

be posted to this docket when it is published. 

The draft "Toxicological Review ofBenzo[a]pyrene: 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, NCEA; telephone: 703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-
8691. If you request a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and the 

document title, "Toxicological Review ofBenzo[a]pyrene: In Support ofSummary 

Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)." 

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-2011-0391, by one ofthe 

following methods: 

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http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Email: Docket_ ORD@epa.gov . 

Fax: 202-566-9744 . 

Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, (ORD 

Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is located in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries ofboxed 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.regulations.gov, 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 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 EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. Ifyou 

send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through 

http://www.regulations.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. Ifyou 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. IfEPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files 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://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm 

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

(202) 566-1883, or via email at schultz.eric@epa.gov.