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###### Environmental Protection Agency

          - [FRL-8723-2; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0245] 

# AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

# ACTION:

Notice of Listening Session. 

# SUMMARY:

                        EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on Friday, October 10, 2008, for the external review draft document entitled, “Toxicological  Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE): In Support of Summaiy  Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).” This listening session is a new step in EPA's revised 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                               ( print page 57097)                            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 Ethylene  Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE) will be held on Friday, October 10, 2008, beginning at 9 am and ending at 4 pm, Eastern Daylight Time. If you wish to make a presentation at the listening session, you should register by Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 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 Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 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) (73 FR 22372) on April 25, 2008 and ended on June 24, 2008. Any technical comments submitted in response to this notice, should in writing and should be provided to EPA at the October 10 listening session or e-mailed to Christine Ross at                         *ross.christine@epa.gov*                         by October 10. All comments received will be provided to the peer review panel.                     

The date and logistics for the peer-review meeting were announced in a separate FR notice that was published on September 25, 2008. 

# ADDRESSES:

                        The listening session on the draft Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether  (EGBE) 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 Wednesday,  October 8, 2008, via e-mail at                         *ross.christine@epa.gov*                         (subject line: Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE) listening session), by phone: 703-347-8592, or by faxing a registration request to 703-347-8689 (please reference the “Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE) 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 1068186199, followed by the pound sign (#). The teleconference line will be activated at 8:45 am, and you will be asked to identify yourself and your affiliation at the beginning of the call. 

                        Information on Services for Individuals with Disabilities: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Christine Ross at 703-347-8592 or                         *ross.christine@epa.gov*. 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, (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,  Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-8592; facsimile: 703-347-8689; or e-mail:                         *ross.christine@epa.gov*. If you have questions about the draft Ethylene  Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE) assessment, contact Angela Howard, Hazardous  Pollutants Assessment Branch, Research Triangle Park, National Center for Environmental Assessment, (B243-01), U.S. EPA, USEPA Mailroom, Research  Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-5133; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or e-mail:                         *howard.angela@epa.gov*.                     

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    This listening session is a new step in EPA's revised 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, this draft will include both qualitative and quantitation elements (i.e., a “complete draft”). All IRIS assessments that are at the document development stage will follow the revised process, which includes the two listening sessions. However, when EPA initiated the new IRIS process, the draft assessment for Ethylene Glycol Mono  Butyl Ether (EGBE) 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: September 24, 2008. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E8-22937 Filed 9-30-08; 8:45 am] 

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