Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0182-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Availability of the IRIS Assessment Plan for Inhalation Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds; Extension of Public Comment Period
Posted Date: 2021-06-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33704-33705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13517]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0182; FRL-10025-55-ORD]

Availability of the IRIS Assessment Plan for Inhalation Exposure 
to Vanadium and Compounds; Extension of Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
public comment period for the document titled, ``Availability of the 
IRIS Assessment Plan for Inhalation Exposure to Vanadium and 
Compounds.'' The original Federal Register document announcing the 
public comment period was published on May 28, 2021. The public science 
webinar will convene on July 14, 2021.

DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on May 28, 
2021 (86 FR 28832), is being extended. The EPA must receive comments on 
or before July 13, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The ``Availability of the IRIS Assessment Plan for 
Inhalation Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds'' is available via the 
internet on IRIS' website at https://www.epa.gov/iris and in the public 
docket at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0182.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For information on the public comment period, contact the ORD 
Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; telephone: 202-566-1752; 
facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov.
    For technical information on the draft IRIS Assessment Plan for 
Inhalation Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds, contact Mr. Dahnish 
Shams, CPHEA; telephone: 202-564-2758; or email: shams.dahnish@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: How to Submit Technical Comments to the 
Docket at https://www.regulations.gov.
    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-
0182 for the vanadium and compounds (Inhalation) IRIS assessment, 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. Due to COVID-19, there may be a delay 
in processing comments submitted by fax.
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket 
Center (ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752. Due to COVID-
19, there may be a delay in processing comments submitted by mail.
    For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading 
Room, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due to public health concerns 
related to COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room may be 
closed to the public with limited exceptions. The telephone number for 
the Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744. The public can submit comments 
via www.Regulations.gov or email.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2020-0182 for vanadium and compounds (Inhalation). Please ensure that 
your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. 
Comments received after the closing date will be marked ``late,'' and 
may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA's policy to include 
all comments it receives in the public docket without change and to 
make the comments available online at www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal information provided, unless a comment includes 
information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or 
other information for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not 
submit information through www.regulations.gov or email that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise

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protected. The www.regulations.gov website 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 email comment directly to EPA without going through 
www.regulations.gov, your email 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. If EPA 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, 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 www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other materials, 
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket in the EPA 
Headquarters Docket Center.

Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2021-13517 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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