Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0507-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-02-01T05:00Z

Inorganic
chlorates
Reader's
Guide
1
Reader's
Guide
to
Inorganic
Chlorates
E­
Docket
#
OPP­
2005­
0507
EPA
has
created
this
document
to
provide
an
organizational
structure
to
the
Inorganic
Chlorate
E­
Docket.
The
docket
index
groups
related
documents.
The
first
group
contains
the
Federal
Register
and
Docket
Organizational
Documents;
the
second
group
contains
Human
Health
Risk
Assessment
Documents
for
Phase
3
Public
Comments,
the
third
group
contains
the
Environmental
Risk
Assessment
documents,
the
fourth
group
the
Phase
1and
2
Transmittal
Letters,
Comments
and
Corrections,
the
fifth
group,
the
Pre­
Phase
1
documents.
The
Agency
is
providing
the
"
Reader's
Guide"
to
allow
the
reader
to
more
easily
access
and
navigate
the
various
items
contained
in
the
Inorganic
Chlorates
e­
docket.

Federal
Register
and
Docket
Organizational
Documents:

Docket
Item
1.
Federal
Register
Notice:
Inorganic
Chlorates
Risk
Assessments,
Notice
of
Availability,
and
Request
for
Risk
Reduction
Options
(
Phase
3
of
4­
Phase
Process);
Notice
of
Availability
This
document
formally
and
publicly
announces
the
risk
assessments
are
available
for
review
on
the
internet
or
at
the
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticides
Programs'
Public
Docket
and
solicits
comments
and
suggestions
on
the
risk
assessments
and
how
to
mitigate
or
address
potential
risks
of
concern.

Docket
Item
2.
Reader's
Guide
to
the
Inorganic
chlorates
E­
Docket
#
OPP­
2004­
0411.

This
document.
It
is
designed
to
annotate
all
the
documents
in
the
Inorganic
chlorates
EDocket

Docket
Item
3.
Summary
of
Inorganic
Chlorates
Risk
Assessments
02/
01/
06
Fort
This
document
summarizes
the
major
points
in
the
assessments
of
the
potential
risks
from
the
use
of
inorganic
chlorates.

Human
Health
Risk
Assessment
Documents
for
Phase
3
Public
Comments
Docket
Item
4.
Revised
Inorganic
Chlorates.
HED
Chapter
of
the
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
Document
(
RED).
Case
#:
4049
DP
Barcode:
D303550
1/
26/
06
Hummel
This
document
describes
all
the
human
health
risks
from
the
use
of
inorganic
chlorates
including
error­
only
revisions
based
on
registrant
comments.
Inorganic
chlorates
Reader's
Guide
2
Docket
Item
5.
Sodium
Chlorate
Chronic
Dietary
Exposure
Assessment
for
the
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision.
1/
26/
06
Morton
This
document
describes
the
potential
risk
to
the
US
general
population
and
population
subgroups
from
food
and
drinking
water
containing
inorganic
chlorates
residues
in/
on
them.

Docket
Item
6.
Occupational
and
Residential
Exposure
Assessment
for
Sodium
Chlorate
(
073301)
as
an
Active
Ingredient
in
Conventional
Pesticides.
06/
13/
05
Crowley
This
document
describes
the
potential
risks
to
workers
and
homeowners
who
mix/
load/
apply
inorganic
chlorates
products
or
re­
enter
areas
where
it
has
been
applied.

Docket
Item
7.
Review
of
Sodium
Chlorate
and
Calcium
Chlorate
Incident
Report
03/
31/
05
Blonde
ll
This
document
describes
reports
of
incidents
from
various
sources
resulting
from
the
use
of
sodium
chlorate.

Docket
Item
8.
Usage
Report
Package
in
Support
of
Reregistration
of
Sodium
Chlorate
02/
23/
05
Carter
This
document
describes
the
uses
and
usage
information
for
the
inorganic
chlorates.

Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Documents
for
Phase
3
Public
Comment
Docket
Item
9.
Drinking
Water
Assessment
of
Sodium
Chlorate
as
a
Desiccant/
Defoliant
on
Food/
Feed
Terrestrial
Uses:
D303556
01/
05/
05
Termes
This
document
describes
how
much
inorganic
chlorates
and
other
metabolites
may
be
found
in
drinking
water
after
application
in
the
field.

Docket
Item
10.
Sodium
Chlorate
Amendment
to
the
Drinking
Water
Assessment
requested
by
the
Health
Effects
Division
02/
23/
05
Termes
Inorganic
chlorates
Reader's
Guide
3
This
document
describes
how
much
inorganic
chlorates
and
other
metabolites
may
be
found
in
drinking
water
after
application
in
the
field.

Docket
Item
11.
Chlorate
Ion
in
Drinking
Water
08/
10/
05
Fair
This
document
describes
the
sources
and
use
of
chlorate
ion
in
drinking
water
systems
Docket
Item
12.
Ecological
Risk
Assessment
01/
31/
05
Anderson
This
document
describes
the
toxicity
of
inorganic
chlorates
to
animals
and
plants
in
the
environment.
It
also
describes
the
breakdown
and
ultimate
fate
of
inorganic
chlorates
and
its
metabolites
in
the
environment
including
error­
only
revisions
based
on
registrant
comments.

Registrant
Comments
and
Agency
Response
Docket
Item
13.
"
Errors
Only"
Comments
on
HED
Preliminary
Risk
Assessments
12/
05/
05
Harrison
This
letter
describes
potential
errors
in
the
Human
Health
Risk
Assessment
found
by
the
Sodium
Chlorate
Reregistration
Task
Force.

Docket
Item
14.
"
Errors
Only"
Comments
on
EFED
Preliminary
Risk
Assessments
05/
13/
05
Wenk
This
letter
describes
potential
errors
found
in
the
Environmental
Risk
Assessment
found
by
the
registrant,
Eka
Chemicals,
Inc.

Docket
Item
15.
"
Errors
Only"
Comments
on
EFED
Preliminary
Risk
Assessments
5/
02/
05
Harrison
This
letter
describes
potential
errors
found
in
the
Environmental
Risk
Assessment
found
by
the
Sodium
Chlorate
Reregistration
Task
Force.

Docket
Item
16.
Inorganic
chlorates.
Phase
2
Response
to
Error
Comments
for
the
Inorganic
Chlorates
RED
12/
20/
04
Hummel
This
memo
describes
which
errors
the
Health
Effects
Division
of
EPA
were
accepted
(
or
rejected)
as
appropriate/
inappropriate
to
use
to
revise
the
risk
assessment
documents
and
why.
Inorganic
chlorates
Reader's
Guide
4
Docket
Item
17.
EFED
Phase
2
Response
to
Error
Comments
for
Inorganic
Chlorates
RED
06/
09/
05
Anderson
This
memo
describes
which
errors
the
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division
of
EPA
accepted
(
or
rejected)
as
appropriate/
inappropriate
to
use
to
revise
the
risk
assessment
documents
and
why.