Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0438-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Peer Review Materials to Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Decision Making: Perchlorate; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2016-10-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73397-73398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25772]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0438; FRL-9954-50-OW]

Notice of Extension to Comment Period on the Request for Public 
Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe 
Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the 
comment period for the notice, ``Request for Public Comments To Be Sent 
to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act 
Decision Making on Perchlorate.'' In response to stakeholder requests, 
EPA is extending the comment period for an additional eleven days, from 
November 14, 2016, to November 25, 2016.

DATES: The comment period announced in the notice that was published on 
September 30, 2016 (81 FR 67350) is extended. Comments now must be 
received by EPA on or before November 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2016-0438, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from 
Regulations.gov. EPA may publish any comment received to its public 
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, 
video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written 
comment is considered the official comment and should include 
discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not 
consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary 
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For 
additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, 
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance 
on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russ Perkinson at U.S. EPA, Office of 
Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management 
Division, (Mail Code 4607M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone: 202-564-4901; or email:perkinson.russ@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 30, 2016, EPA published in the 
Federal Register (81 FR 67350), a notice announcing the release of 
materials for public comment. The materials will undergo expert peer 
review in support of the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act decision making 
on perchlorate. The Agency requests

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comment on both the draft Biologically Based Dose-Response Model and an 
accompanying draft model report entitled ``Biologically Based Dose-
Response Models for the Effect of Perchlorate on Thyroid Hormones in 
the Infant, Breast Feeding Mother, Pregnant Mother, and Fetus: Model 
Development, Revision, and Preliminary Dose-Response Analyses.'' These 
materials will be reviewed by an expert peer review panel and the 
panelists will consider the public comments received. For more detailed 
information about this matter, please refer to the September 30, 2016, 
Federal Register notice.
    The notice of request for public comment, as initially published in 
the Federal Register, provided for written comments to be submitted to 
EPA on or before November 14, 2016, (a 45-day public comment period). 
Since publication, EPA has received a request for additional time to 
submit comments. EPA is extending the public comment period for eleven 
days until November 25, 2016.

    Dated: October 19, 2016.
Joel Beauvais,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2016-25772 Filed 10-24-16; 8:45 am]
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