Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0870-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Public Meeting
Posted Date: 2006-11-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 219)]
[Notices]               
[Page 66327-66328]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

 [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0870; FRL-8102-7]

 
National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels 
for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Acute 
Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) 
will be held from December 12, 2006-December 14, 2006, in Alexandria, 
VA. At this meeting, the NAC/AEGL Committee will address, as time 
permits, the various aspects of the acute toxicity and the development 
of AEGLs for the following chemicals: Allyl alcohol, carbon disulfide, 
carbonyl fluoride, ethyl benzene, mercury vapor, methacrylaldehyde, 
methyl vinyl ketone, N,N-dimethylformamide, oxygen difluoride, 
phosphorus trichloride, propargyl alcohol, selenium hexafluoride, 
stibine, sulfur dioxide, and thionyl chloride. In addition, proposed 
AEGL chemicals listed for public comment in the October 12, 2006 
Federal Register (71 FR 60141-60143) (FRL-8095-1) will be considered 
for elevation from Proposed to Interim AEGL chemicals.

DATES: A meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee will be held from 10 a.m. to 
5 p.m. on December 12, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on December 
13, 2006, and from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on December 14, 2006.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town, 
1767 King St., Alexandria, VA (King St. Metro stop).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby 
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division 
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: 
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

    For technical information contact: Paul S. Tobin, Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO), Economics, Exposure, and Technology Division 
(7406M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8557; 
e-mail address: tobin.paul@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may 
be of particular interest to anyone who may be affected if the AEGL 
values are adopted by government agencies for emergency planning, 
prevention, or response programs, such as EPA's Risk Management Program 
under the Clean Air Act and Amendments Section 112r. It is possible 
that other Federal agencies besides EPA, as well as State agencies and 
private organizations, may adopt the AEGL values for their programs. As 
such, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific 
entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0870. Publicly 
available docket materials are available electronically at http://www.regulations.gov
, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC). The EPA/DC suffered 
structural damage due to flooding in June 2006. Although the EPA/DC is 
continuing operations, there will be temporary changes to the EPA/DC 
during the clean-up. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room, which was 
temporarily closed due to flooding, has been relocated in the EPA 
Headquarters Library, Infoterra Room (Room Number 3334) in EPA West, 
located at 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC 
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the 
OPPT Docket is (202) 566-0280. EPA visitors are required to show 
photographic identification and sign the EPA visitor log. Visitors to 
the EPA/DC Public Reading Room will be provided with an EPA/DC badge 
that must be visible at all times while in the EPA Building and 
returned to the guard upon departure. In addition, security personnel 
will escort visitors to and from the new EPA/DC Public Reading Room 
location. Up-to-date information about the EPA/DC is on the EPA website 
at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.

II. Meeting Procedures

    For additional information on the scheduled meeting, the agenda of 
the NAC/AEGL Committee, or the submission of information on chemicals 
to be discussed at the meeting, contact the DFO listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    The meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee will be open to the public. 
Oral presentations or statements by interested parties will be limited 
to 10 minutes. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the DFO to 
schedule presentations before the NAC/AEGL Committee. Since seating for 
outside observers may be limited, those wishing to attend the meeting 
as observers are also encouraged to contact the DFO at the earliest 
possible date to ensure adequate seating arrangements. Inquiries 
regarding oral presentations and the submission of written statements 
or chemical-specific information should be directed to the DFO.

III. Future Meetings

    Another meeting of the NAC/AEGL Committee is scheduled for March 
2007. In order to provide some advance notice of future chemicals for 
AEGL development, this notice provides names of those chemicals that at 
the present time are most likely to be addressed, although these 
priorities may change before the March 2007 meeting date. A subsequent 
Federal Register notice for that meeting will provide the final list of 
chemicals for AEGL development to be included in that future meeting. 
The chemicals are as follows: Allyl chloride; boron tribromide; bromine 
chloride; diketene; ethylene fluorohydrin; osmium tetroxide; 
pentaborane; silicon tetrachloride; silicon tetrafluoride; 
tetrachloroethylene; 1,1,1-trichloroethane; and toluene.

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List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Health.

    Dated: November 3, 2006.
Charles M. Auer,
Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. E6-19166 Filed 11-13-06; 8:45 am]

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