[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 44 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10046-10047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4885]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8776-7; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0040]


Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and 
Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the 
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of listening session.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on March 25, 
2009, during the public comment period for the external review draft 
document entitled, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts 
and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the 
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)''. This listening session is 
a new step in EPA's revised IRIS process, announced on April 10, 2008, 
for development of human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The 
purpose of the listening session is to allow all interested parties to 
present scientific and technical comments on draft IRIS health 
assessments to EPA and other interested parties during the public 
comment period and prior to the external peer review meeting. EPA 
welcomes the scientific and technical comments that will be provided to 
the Agency by the listening session participants. The comments will be 
considered by the Agency as it revises the draft assessment in response 
to the independent external peer review and public comments. All 
presentations will become part of the official and public record.
    The EPA's draft assessment and peer review charge are available via 
the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment's 
(NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and 
Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea.

DATES: The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for 
Halogenated Platinum (Pt) Salts and Pt Compounds will be held on March 
25, 2009, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight 
Time. If you wish to make a presentation at the listening session, you 
should register by March 18, 2009, and indicate that you wish to make 
oral comments at the session, and indicate the length of your 
presentation. At the time of your registration, please indicate if you 
require audio-visual aid (e.g., lap top and slide projector). In 
general, each presentation should be no more than 30 minutes. If, 
however, there are more requests for presentations than the allotted 
time will allow, then the time limit for each presentation will be 
adjusted accordingly. A copy of the agenda for the listening session 
will be available at the meeting. If no speakers have registered by 
March 18, 2009, the listening session will be cancelled. EPA will 
notify those registered to attend of the cancellation.
    The public comment period for review of this draft assessment was 
announced previously in the Federal Register (FR) (74 FR 6154) on 
February 05, 2009. As stated in that FR notice, the public comment 
period began on February 5, 2009, and ends April 6, 2009. Any technical 
comments submitted during the public comment period should be in 
writing and must be received by EPA by April 6, 2009, according to the 
procedures outlined below. Only those public comments submitted using 
the procedures identified in the February 5, 2009, FR notice by the 
April 6, 2009, deadline will be provided to the independent peer-review 
panel prior to the peer-review meeting. The date and logistics for the 
peer-review meeting will be announced later in a separate FR notice.
    Listening session participants who wish to have their comments 
available to the external peer reviewers should also submit written 
comments during the public comment period using the detailed and 
established procedures included in the aforementioned FR notice 
(February 5, 2009). Comments submitted to the docket prior to the end 
of the public comment period will be submitted to the external peer 
reviewers and considered by EPA in the disposition of public comments. 
Comments received in the docket after the public comment period closes 
must still be submitted to the docket but will not be submitted to the 
external peer reviewers.

ADDRESSES: The listening session on the draft Halogenated Platinum 
Salts and Platinum Compounds assessment will be held at the EPA offices 
at Two Potomac Yard (North Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 2733 South 
Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. To attend the listening 
session, register by March 18, 2009, via the Internet at https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/conferences/peerreview/register-platinum.htm. 
You may also register via e-mail at e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9848c8c9d80878e9aa98c9b8ec78a8684"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e333b3b2a3730392d1e3b2c39703d3133">[email protected]</span></a> (subject 
line: Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds Listening 
Session), by phone: 781-674-7374 or toll free at 800-803-2833, or by 
faxing a registration request to 781-674-2906 (please reference the 
``Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds Listening Session'' 
and include your name, title, affiliation, full address and contact 
information). Please note that to gain entrance to this EPA building to 
attend the meeting, attendees must have photo identification with them 
and must register at the guard's desk in the lobby. The guard will 
retain your photo identification and will provide you with a visitor's 
badge. At the guard's desk, attendees should give the name Christine 
Ross and the telephone number, 703-347-8592, to the guard on duty. The 
guard will contact Ms. Ross who will meet you in the reception area to 
escort you to the meeting room. Upon your exit from the building please 
return your visitor's badge and you will receive the photo 
identification that you provided.
    A teleconference line will also be available for registered 
attendees/speakers. The teleconference number is 866-299-3188 and the 
access code is 7033478503, followed by the pound sign (<greek-i>). The 
teleconference line will be activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be 
asked to identify yourself and your affiliation at the beginning of the 
call.
    Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 
welcomes the attendance of the public at the ``Halogenated Platinum 
Salts and Compounds Listening Session'' and will make every effort to 
accommodate persons with disabilities. For information on access or 
services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Christine 
Ross at 703-347-8592 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0c2dfc3c39ed3d8c2d9c3c4d9ded5f0d5c0d19ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8af8e5f9f9a4e9e2f8e3f9fee3e4efcaeffaeba4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. To request 
accommodation of a disability, please contact Ms. Ross, preferably at 
least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as 
possible to process your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public 
listening sessions, please contact Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National 
Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-
8592; facsimile:

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703-347-8689; or e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec9e839f9fc28f849e859f98858289ac899c8dc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f785988484d9949f859e84839e9992b7928796d9909881">[email protected]</span></a>. If you have questions 
about the draft Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds 
assessment, contact Andrew A. Rooney, IRIS Staff, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment, U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, B243-01, 
Durham, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-1492; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or 
e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#02706d6d6c677b2c636c66706775426772632c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c0e1313121905521d12180e190b3c190c1d521b130a">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This listening session is a new step in 
EPA's revised IRIS process, announced on April 10, 2008, for 
development of human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The new 
process is posted on the NCEA home page under the Recent Additions menu 
at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. Two listening sessions are scheduled under 
the new IRIS process. The first is during the public review of the 
draft assessment that includes only qualitative discussion. The second 
session is during the public review of the externally peer-reviewed 
draft assessment; if feasible, the completed draft of IRIS assessments 
will include both qualitative and quantitation elements. All IRIS 
assessments that are at the document development stage will follow the 
revised IRIS process, which includes the two listening sessions. 
However, when EPA initiated the new IRIS process, the draft assessment 
for Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds had already 
completed document development and been through several rounds of 
internal review. Therefore, EPA will only hold one listening session 
during the public review and comment period of the externally peer-
reviewed draft.

    Dated: February 17, 2009.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
 [FR Doc. E9-4885 Filed 3-6-09; 8:45 am]
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