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



### NOV 202014 OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

### MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: FROM: Thru: Posting EPA-HQ-ORD

-20 14-0856 to Regulations.gov for Public Access 

### " Joe DeSantis 

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# Y Acting Director, IRIS Division 1 :Yf)vi"ytOftice ofResearch and Development National Center for Environmental Assessment This memorandum authorizes the posting ofEPA-HQ-ORD-2014

-0856, IRIS Assessment Materials for Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), to Regulations.gov for public access. In accordance with recently announced enhancements ofthe IRIS program, EPA will hold a series ofpublic meetings during calendar years 2013 and 2014 (78 FR 48674, August 9, 2013) to obtain public input on IRIS assessments. The purpose ofthe 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 DBP tor review and comment by all interested parties. These materials are available on the IRIS website at http://www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/. Comments should be submitted to this docket as indicated below. In addition, information and meeting materials that interested parties are scheduled to discuss at the IRIS bimonthly public meeting on DBP should be submitted to this docket before the public meeting. Detailed information on these meetings will be posted on the IRIS website approximately 60 days before each meeting. This docket will be open from November 21, 2014 to August 31, 2015 . Submit your comments and meeting materials related to DBP, identified by Docket ID No. EPA

-HQ-ORD-2014-0856 by one ofthe following methods: • www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions tor submitting comments. • Email: Dod.ct ORD a cpa.!!O\ . • Fax: 202

-566-9744.

InternetAddress (URL) • http:ltwww.epa gov Recycled/Recyclable • Printed with Vegetable 011 Based Inks on 100% Postconsumer, Process Chlorine Free Recycled**Pao~>r**• 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 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 ofoperation, 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) orother 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 ore-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an "anonymous access" system, which means EPA will not know your identity orcontact information unless you provide it in the body ofyour 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 ofthe 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 ofyour 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 ofspecial characters, avoid any form ofencryption, and be free ofany 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.