Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2004-0103-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances; Notice of Public Meeting and Proposed AEGL 
Chemicals
Posted Date: 2004-09-03T04:00Z

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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT­
2004­
0103;
FRL­
7673­
7]

National
Advisory
Committee
for
Acute
Exposure
Guideline
Levels
for
Hazardous
Substances;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
and
Proposed
AEGL
Chemicals
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
on
September
21­
23,
2004,
in
Washington,
DC.
At
this
meeting,
the
NAC/
AEGL
Committee
will
address,
as
time
permits,
the
various
aspects
of
the
acute
toxicity
and
the
development
of
Acute
Exposure
Guideline
Levels
(
AEGLs)
for
the
following
chemicals:
1,1,1­
trichloroethane;
acetaldehyde;
acetone
cyanohydrin;
chloromethyl
methyl
ether;
cumene;
dibromoethane;
diketene;
disulfur
dichloride;
ethylene
oxide
(
10
minute
AEGL­
2
value);
hydroxylamine;
jet
fuel
8;
propionaldehyde;
propylene
oxide;
tetranitromethane
and
vinyl
acetate.
Regarding
one
chemical
scheduled
for
the
December,
2004
NAC/
AEGL
Committee
meeting,
methylene
chloride,
the
public
is
requested
to
provide
comment
on
the
Draft
Technical
Support
Document,
which
is
available
upon
request
from
the
technical
information
contact
(
see
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
below).
All
comments
and
suggestions
including
alternative
pharmacokinetic
and
pharmacodynamic
modeling
for
the
derived
methylene
chloride
draft
provisional
AEGL
values
should
be
directed
to
the
technical
information
contact.
Any
comments
should
be
submitted
no
later
than
October
29,
2004.
Requests
for
short
presentations
regarding
methylene
chloride
AEGL
derivation
should
also
be
directed
to
the
technical
information
contact.
Proposed
AEGL
values
for
methylene
chloride
are
scheduled
to
be
balloted
at
the
December
13­
15,
2004
NAC/
AEGL
Committee
meeting
currently
planned
to
be
held
in
Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina.

DATES:
A
meeting
of
the
NAC/
AEGL
Committee
will
be
held
from
10:
00
a.
m.
to
5:
30
p.
m.
on
September
21,
2004;
8:
30
a.
m.
to
5:
30
p.
m.
on
September
22,
2004
and
from
8:
00
a.
m.
to
12:
00
p.
m.
on
September
23,
2004.

ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
U.
S.
Department
of
Labor,
200
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20210,
Room
numbers
C5515
1A
and
1B.

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.

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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
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPPT­
2004­
0103.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
Rm.
B102­
Reading
Room,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Reading
Room
telephone
number
is
(
202)
566­
1744
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OPPT
Docket,
which
is
located
in
EPA
Docket
Center,
is
(
202)
566­
0280.
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/.

An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

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
December
13­
15,
2004.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Hazardous
substances,
Health.

Dated:
August
30,
2004.
Wendy
C.
Hamnett,
Acting
Director,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics.
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