UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Washington, DC 20460 November 20, 2015



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### SUBJECT: Posting**EPA-H~D- 012-083**  to Regulations.gov for Public Access Joe DeSantis . 1

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# ~~ 11/'2....4/1.!.- Director, IRIS Division Office of Research and Development National Center for Environmental Assessment This memorandum authorizes the posting ofEPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0830, IRIS Assessment Materials for Inorganic Arsenic (Cancer and Non-Cancer Effects), to Regulations .gov for public access. EPA is actively working on the IRIS assessment of inorganic arsenic (cancer and non-cancer effects) . During 2015 and 2016 materials related to the inorganic arsenic assessment may also be discussed at an IRIS public science meeting or other public meetings related to the IRIS assessment. Detailed information on these meetings will be posted on the IRIS website before each meeting. This docket will be open for public comment from November 20, 2015 to December 31,2016. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0830 by one of the following methods: • www .regulations.gov : Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: Docket ORD@epa.gov . • Fax: 202-566-9744 • Mail: Office ofEnvironmental Information (OEI) Docket, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code 28221T, 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 from8:30 a.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 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. If you 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. 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. 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 .