[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9835-9836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4292]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ECAO-RTP-0237; FRL-5157-7]


Draft Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the extension of the public comment 
period for the Health Assessment for Diesel Emissions. This draft 
document was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD).

DATES: In the December 23, 1994 Federal Register (59 FR 66305), EPA 
announced that the public review and comment period for the external 
review draft of this document would be from December 27, 1994, through 
February 28, 1995. EPA is now extending the comment period through May 
1, 1995. Comments must be in writing and must be postmarked by May 1, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the external review draft of the Health 
Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions (Volumes I and II), interested 
parties should contact the ORD Publications Center, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 
45268; telephone (513) 569-7562 or fax (513) 569-7566. Please provide 
your name, mailing address, and the EPA document numbers (EPA/600/8-90/
057Ba and Bb).
    The draft document also is available for inspection at the EPA 
Headquarters Library, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, 
DC, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
holidays.
    Comments on the draft document should be sent to the Project 
Manager for Diesel Emissions, Office of Health and Environmental 
Assessment, Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office (MD-52), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.

[[Page 9836]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. William G. Ewald, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, 
Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office (MD-52), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone (919) 541-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft Health Assessment Document for 
Diesel Emissions summarizes scientific issues and identifies research 
activities and assessments needed to improve the scientific 
understanding and quantitative estimation of the health risks attendant 
to the use of diesel fuels. In its initial form, the draft health 
assessment was first reviewed at an expert peer-review workshop in July 
1990 (55 FR 28453), which was open to the public. The present draft 
incorporates revisions made in response to scientific input from the 
workshop and subsequent comments on targeted issues. After the public 
comment period and review by EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB), Clean 
Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), the current draft document 
will undergo further revision, and a final document will be issued. 
This document will support EPA's decision-making processes that pertain 
to the health effects of diesel emissions.

    Dated: February 9, 1995.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-4292 Filed 2-21-95; 8:45 am]
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