Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0494-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health; Draft Technical Support Document, Volume 3: Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors
Posted Date: 2008-08-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 155)]
[Notices]               
[Page 46624-46625]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the 
Protection of Human Health; Draft Technical Support Document, Volume 3: 
Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Time Extension for Acceptance of Scientific Views on 
draft document.

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SUMMARY: On June 30, 2008, EPA published a Federal Register notice that 
solicited scientific views on the Draft Technical Support Document, 
Volume 3: Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors 
(hereafter ``Draft Site-Specific BAF TSD'') that accompanies the 
Methodology and the National BAF TSD. See 73 FR 36866. Today, in 
response to stakeholder requests, EPA is notifying the public that we 
will extend the time period to submit scientific views on this document 
for 45 days, until September 29, 2008.

DATES: Scientific views must be received on or before September 29, 
2008. Scientific views postmarked after this date may not receive the 
same consideration.

ADDRESSES: Submit your scientific views, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0494, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting scientific views.
     Email: OW-Docket@epa.gov
     Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC) Water Docket, MC 2822T; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 1301 Constitution Ave, 
NW., EPA West, Room 3334, Washington DC. Such deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your scientific views to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2008-0494. EPA's policy is that all scientific views received will 
be included in the public docket without change and may be made 
available online at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed 
to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information 
that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail 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 http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
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 material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Office of Water 
Docket/ EPA/DC, 1301 Constitution Ave, NW., EPA West,

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Room 3334, Washington DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. 
The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and 
the telephone number for the Office of Water is (202) 566-2426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi L. Bethel, Health and Ecological 
Criteria Division (4304T), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; (202) 566-2054; bethel.heidi@epa.gov.

    Dated: August 1, 2008.
Suzanne M. Rudzinski,
Acting Office Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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