Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2003-0003-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Community Right-to-Know and Emergency Planning (EPCRA Section 322)
Posted Date: 2003-03-06T05:00Z

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44
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Thursday,
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6,
2003
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Notices
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
Reporting
Requirements
Under
EPA's
Water
Alliances
for
Voluntary
Efficiency
(
WAVE)
Program
(
OMB
Control
No.
2040
 
0164,
EPA
ICR
No.
1654.04).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
March
31,
2003.
Under
the
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
EPA
initially
collects
facility
information
and
thereafter
annually
collects
water,
energy,
and
cost
savings
information
from
participants
in
the
WAVE
program.
WAVE
Partners
are
commercial
businesses
or
institutions
that
voluntarily
agree
to
implement
cost­
effective
water
efficiency
measures
in
their
facilities.
Initially
the
WAVE
Program
targeted
the
lodging
industry,
but
now
includes
office
buildings,
educational
institutions
and
medical
facilities.
Another
type
of
participant,
``
Supporters,''
works
with
EPA
to
promote
water
efficiency.
Supporters
are
equipment
manufacturers,
water
management
companies,
utilities,
state
and
local
governments,
and
the
like.
The
purpose
of
the
WAVE
Program
is
pollution
prevention.
EPA
and
the
Pollution
Prevention
Act
define
pollution
prevention
as
``
source
reduction,''
and
other
practices
that
reduce
or
eliminate
the
creation
of
pollutants
through
increased
efficiency
in
the
use
of
raw
materials,
energy,
water,
or
other
resources,
or
through
protection
of
natural
resources
by
conservation.
By
promoting
water
efficiency,
WAVE
prevents
pollution
in
two
basic
ways.
First,
wastewater
flows
are
reduced
which
can
increase
treatment
efficiency
at
wastewater
treatment
plants
resulting
in
reduced
pollutant
loads.
Second,
less
water
used
means
that
less
energy
will
be
used
to
treat,
transport,
and
heat
drinking
water
and
to
transport
and
treat
wastewater.
To
the
extent
that
the
reduced
energy
use
so
achieved
is
electrical
energy,
power
plant
emissions
are
reduced.
Water
efficiency
also
causes
less
water
to
be
withdrawn
and
helps
preserve
streamflow
to
maintain
a
healthy
aquatic
environment;
in
addition,
less
pumping
of
groundwater
lowers
the
chance
that
pollutants
that
may
be
in
the
groundwater
will
be
drained
into
a
water
supply
well.
EPA
uses
the
information
to
maintain
a
profile
of
program
membership
and
to
monitor
the
success
of
the
program,
demonstrate
that
pollution
prevention
can
be
accomplished
with
a
nonregulatory
approach,
and
to
promote
the
program
to
potential
partners.
Participation
in
the
WAVE
Program
is
voluntary;
however,
a
participant
joins
the
program
by
signing
and
submitting
a
Membership
Agreement
and
an
annual
Results
Report
to
EPA
to
receive
and
retain
program
benefits,
such
as
software
and
publicity.
No
participant
is
required
to
submit
confidential
business
information.
EPA
maintains
and
distributes
a
list
of
program
participants,
and
presents
aggregated
data
only
in
its
program
progress
reports.
An
agency
may
not
conduct
or
sponsor,
and
a
person
is
not
required
to
respond
to,
a
collection
of
information
unless
it
displays
a
currently
valid
OMB
control
number.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
about
3
hours
per
Membership
Agreement
response,
a
one­
time
submission,
and
6
hours
per
Results
Report
response,
an
annual
submission.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Commercial
businesses
or
institutions.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
136.
Frequency
of
Response:
Annual.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
389
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
28,974,
includes
$
0
of
capital
startup
and
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
a
decrease
of
2,167
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
decrease
is
due
to
simplification
of
the
reporting
process
and
more
accurate
projections
of
new
participants.

Dated:
February
26,
2003.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities:
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
Trade
Secret
Claims
for
Community
Right­
to­
Know
and
Emergency
Planning
(
EPCRA
Section
322)

AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
EPA.
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
EPA
is
planning
to
submit
the
following
continuing
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB):
Trade
Secret
Claims
for
Community
Right­
to­
Know
and
Emergency
Planning
(
EPCRA
Section
322),
EPA
ICR
No.
1428.06,
OMB
Control
No.
2050
 
0078,
Expiration
date
September
30,
2003.
Before
submitting
the
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval,
EPA
is
soliciting
comments
on
specific
aspects
of
the
proposed
information
collection
as
described
below.
DATES:
Comments
must
be
submitted
on
or
before
May
5,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Sicy
Jacob,
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office,

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/
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March
6,
2003
/
Notices
Mail
Code
5104A,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
8019;
fax
number:
(
202)
564
 
8233;
e­
mail
address:
jacob.
sicy@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
number
SFUND
 
2003
 
0003,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Superfund
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
0276.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
obtain
a
copy
of
the
draft
collection
of
information,
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
60
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
superfund.
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Superfund
Docket,
Mail
Code
5202T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Affected
entities:
Entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
both
manufacturing
and
non­
manufacturing
sectors
for
claims
under
sections
303,
311
and
312
of
EPCRA.
Section
313
claims
are
submitted
by
covered
sectors,
which,
as
of
reporting
year
2002,
include,
metal
mining
((
SIC
code
10
(
except
1011,
1081,
and
1094));
coal
mining
((
SIC
code
12
(
except
1241));
manufacturers
(
SIC
codes
20
 
39);
electric
utilities
(
SIC
codes
4911
(
limited
to
facilities
that
combust
coal
and/
or
oil
for
the
purpose
of
generating
electricity
for
distribution
in
commerce),
4931
(
limited
to
facilities
that
combust
coal
and/
or
oil
for
the
purpose
of
generating
electricity
for
distribution
in
commerce),
and
4939
(
limited
to
facilities
that
combust
coal
and/
or
oil
for
the
purpose
of
generating
electricity
for
distribution
in
commerce));
commercial
hazardous
waste
treatment
(
SIC
code
4953
(
limited
to
facilities
regulated
under
the
RCRA
Subtitle
C,
42
U.
S.
C.
section
6921
et
seq.));
chemical
and
allied
productswholesale
(
SIC
code
5169);
petroleum
bulk
terminals
and
plants
(
also
known
as
stations)­
wholesale
(
SIC
code
5171);
and,
solvent
recovery
services
(
SIC
code
7389
(
limited
to
facilities
primarily
engaged
in
solvents
recovery
services
on
a
contract
or
fee
basis)).
In
addition,
federal
facilities
were
added
to
the
respondent
community
by
Executive
Order
12856,
and
were
required
to
report
beginning
calendar
year
1994.
Title:
Trade
Secret
Claims
for
Community
Right­
to­
Know
and
Emergency
Planning
(
EPCRA
Section
322),
OMB
Control
Number
2050
 
0078,
EPA
ICR
Number
1428.06,
expiring
09/
30/
03.
Abstract:
This
information
collection
request
pertains
to
trade
secrecy
claims
submitted
under
Section
322
of
the
Emergency
Planning
and
Community
Right­
to­
Know
Act
of
1986
(
EPCRA).
EPCRA
contains
provisions
requiring
facilities
to
report
to
State
and
local
authorities,
and
EPA,
the
presence
of
extremely
hazardous
substances
(
described
in
Section
302),
inventory
of
hazardous
chemicals
(
described
in
Sections
311
and
312)
and
manufacture,
process
and
use
of
toxic
chemicals
(
described
in
Section
313).
Section
322
of
EPCRA
allows
a
facility
to
withhold
the
specific
chemical
identity
from
these
EPCRA
reports
if
the
facility
asserts
a
claim
of
trade
secrecy
for
that
chemical
identity.
The
provision
establishes
the
requirements
and
procedures
that
facilities
must
follow
to
request
trade
secrecy
treatment
of
chemical
identities,
as
well
as
the
procedures
for
submitting
public
petitions
to
the
Agency
for
review
of
the
``
sufficiency''
of
trade
secrecy
claims.
Trade
secrecy
protection
is
provided
for
specific
chemical
identities
contained
in
reports
submitted
under
each
of
the
following
EPCRA
sections:
(
1)
303
(
d)(
2)
 
Facility
notification
of
changes
that
have
or
are
about
to
occur,
(
2)
303
(
d)(
3)
 
Local
Emergency
Planning
Committee
(
LEPC)
requests
for
facility
information
to
develop
or
implement
emergency
plans,
(
3)
311
 
Material
Safety
Data
Sheets
(
MSDSs)
submitted
by
facilities,
or
lists
of
those
chemicals
submitted
in
place
of
the
MSDSs,
(
4)
312
 
Tier
II
emergency
and
hazardous
chemical
inventory
forms,
and
(
5)
313
Toxic
chemical
release
inventory
forms.
An
agency
may
not
conduct
or
sponsor,
and
a
person
is
not
required
to
respond
to,
a
collection
of
information
unless
it
displays
a
currently
valid
OMB
control
number.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
The
EPA
would
like
to
solicit
comments
to:

(
i)
Evaluate
whether
the
proposed
collection
of
information
is
necessary
for
the
proper
performance
of
the
functions
of
the
agency,
including
whether
the
information
will
have
practical
utility;
(
ii)
Evaluate
the
accuracy
of
the
agency's
estimate
of
the
burden
of
the
proposed
collection
of
information,
including
the
validity
of
the
methodology
and
assumptions
used;
(
iii)
Enhance
the
quality,
utility,
and
clarity
of
the
information
to
be
collected;
and
(
iv)
Minimize
the
burden
of
the
collection
of
information
on
those
who
are
to
respond,
including
through
the
use
of
appropriate
automated
electronic,
mechanical,
or
other
technological
collection
techniques
or
other
forms
of
information
technology,
e.
g.,
permitting
electronic
submission
of
responses.

Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
9.9
hours
per
claim.
The
total
annual
burden
for
the
respondents
is
3,483
hours
at
a
cost
of
$
147,543.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
44
/
Thursday,
March
6,
2003
/
Notices
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.

Dated:
February
26,
2003.
Deborah
Y.
Dietrich,
Director,
Chemical
Emergency
Preparedness
and
Prevention
Office.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
5327
Filed
3
 
5
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7459
 
3]

Draft
Exposure
and
Human
Health
Evaluation
of
Airborne
Pollution
from
the
World
Trade
Center
Disaster
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
ACTION:
Notice
of
extension
of
public
comment
period.

SUMMARY:
The
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency's
(
EPA)
Office
of
Research
and
Development
(
ORD)
is
announcing
the
extension
of
the
public
comment
period
for
the
external
review
draft
(
ERD)
document,
Exposure
and
Human
Health
Evaluation
of
Airborne
Pollution
from
the
World
Trade
Center
Disaster
(
EPA/
600/
P
 
02/
002A,
October
2002).
This
draft
document
was
prepared
by
ORD's
National
Center
for
Environmental
Assessment
(
NCEA)
within
the
Office
of
Research
and
Development.
DATES:
In
the
December
27,
2002,
Federal
Register
(
67
FR
79089),
EPA
announced
a
limited
comment
period
through
February
25,
2003.
The
Agency
is
now
extending
the
public
comment
period
to
April
7,
2003.
Technical
comments
should
be
in
writing
and
must
be
postmarked
by
April
7,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
The
primary
distribution
method
for
the
ERD
will
be
via
ORD's
Web
site
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ncea/
wtc.
htm.
This
draft
report,
in
PDF
format,
can
be
viewed
and
downloaded
from
the
Internet
for
review
and
comment.
In
addition,
a
limited
number
of
CD­
ROM
and
paper
copies
of
the
ERD
are
available
by
contacting
the
Technical
Information
Staff,
NCEA­
W
(
8623D),
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone:
(
202)
564
 
3261;
facsimile:
(
202)
565
 
0050;
e­
mail:
nceadc.
comment@
epa.
gov.
Please
provide
your
name
and
mailing
address,
and
the
title
and
EPA
number
of
the
requested
publication.
Comment
Submission:
Comments
on
the
ERD
may
be
mailed
to
the
Technical
Information
Staff,
NCEA
 
W
(
8623D),
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone:
(
202)
564
 
3261;
facsimile:
(
202)
565
 
0050.
Comments
should
be
in
writing.
Please
submit
one
unbound
original
with
pages
numbered
consecutively,
and
three
copies
of
the
comments.
For
attachments,
provide
an
index,
number
pages
consecutively
with
the
comments,
and
submit
an
unbound
original
and
three
copies.
Electronic
comments
may
be
e­
mailed
to:
nceadc.
comment@
epa.
gov.
Please
note
that
all
technical
comments
received
in
response
to
this
notice
will
be
placed
in
a
public
record.
For
that
reason,
commentors
should
not
submit
personal
information
(
such
as
medical
data
or
home
address),
Confidential
Business
Information,
or
information
protected
by
copyright.
Due
to
limited
resources,
acknowledgments
will
not
be
sent.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
information
on
the
public
comment
period,
contact
the
Technical
Information
Staff
of
the
National
Center
for
Environmental
Assessment­
Washington,
telephone:
(
202)
564
 
3261;
facsimile:
(
202)
565
 
0050;
e­
mail:
nceadc.
comment@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
Immediately
following
the
September
11,
2001,
terrorist
attack
on
New
York
City's
World
Trade
Center,
many
federal
agencies,
including
the
EPA,
were
called
upon
to
focus
their
technical
and
scientific
expertise
on
the
national
emergency
issues.
EPA,
other
federal
agencies,
New
York
City,
and
New
York
State
public
health
and
environmental
authorities
focused
on
numerous
air
monitoring
activities
to
better
understand
the
ongoing
human
health
impact
of
the
disaster.
Many
EPA
offices
and
programs
quickly
became
involved
with
these
activities,
providing
scientific,
engineering,
public
health,
and
management
expertise
to
help
cope
with
the
aftereffects
of
the
collapse
of
the
World
Trade
Center.
As
part
of
these
activities,
a
human
health
evaluation
of
exposure
to
air
pollutants
resulting
from
the
World
Trade
Center
disaster
was
initiated.
The
primary
purpose
and
scope
of
this
draft
report
were
to
evaluate
the
environmental
levels
of
various
air
pollutants
to
which
the
public
could
potentially
be
exposed
as
a
result
of
the
collapse
of
the
towers.
The
draft
report
evaluates
the
measured
outdoor
levels
of
various
air
pollutants
to
which
the
public
potentially
had
been
exposed.
These
data
were
evaluated
in
terms
of
available
health
benchmarks
and
typical
background
concentrations
for
New
York
City
or
other
urban
areas.
The
draft
evaluation
concludes
that,
with
the
exception
of
those
exposed
immediately
following
the
collapse
and
perhaps
during
the
next
few
days,
people
in
the
surrounding
community
are
not
likely
to
suffer
from
serious
long­
or
short­
term
health
effects.
While
the
primary
focus
of
EPA's
draft
evaluation
is
on
outdoor
levels
of
various
air
pollutants
to
which
the
public
could
potentially
be
exposed
as
a
result
of
the
collapse
of
the
towers,
some
information
on
indoor
and
occupational
exposures
is
summarized.
The
incursion
of
dust
and
other
contaminants
into
residences
and
buildings
is
being
addressed
via
a
number
of
other
studies
initiated
in
conjunction
with
the
plans
by
EPA
and
its
federal,
state,
and
city
partners
to
clean
up
residences
impacted
by
the
collapse
of
the
World
Trade
Center.
The
draft
report
also
includes
a
discussion
of
rodent
respiratory
toxicology
studies,
conducted
by
EPA
scientists,
that
exposed
mice
to
fallen
dust
samples
collected
at
or
near
Ground
Zero
on
September
12
and
13,
2001.
The
purpose
of
these
studies
was
to
evaluate
the
toxicity
of
fine
particulate
matter
dust
on
the
respiratory
tract
of
mice
and
to
compare
well­
studied
particulate
matter
reference
samples,
ranging
from
essentially
inert
to
quite
toxic,
to
those
collected
at
the
World
Trade
Center
site.
These
studies
found
that
fine
particles
were
dominated
by
calcium
containing
compounds
derived
from
World
Trade
Center
building
materials,
and
that
a
high
exposure
to
World
Trade
Center
fine
particulate
matter
could
cause
mild
lung
inflammation
and
airflow
obstruction
in
mice.
These
findings
suggest
that
a
similarly
high
exposure
in
people
could
cause
short­
term
respiratory
effects
such
as
inflammation
and
cough.
Further,
it
is
important
to
note
that
while
this
ERD
is
undergoing
public
review
and
comment,
a
process
of
external
independent
expert
scientific
peer
review
also
is
underway.
These
review
processes
are
the
usual
steps
that
EPA
takes
to
ensure
full
and
open
participation
by
interested
parties.
These
steps
also
help
EPA
identify
areas
where
a
draft
document
could
be
improved
to
strengthen
both
clarity
and
completeness
of
the
draft.
Comments
from
the
public
and
from
the
expert
peer
reviewers
will
be
used
to
improve
the
draft
report
before
it
is
finalized.
Finally,
EPA
scientists,
in
collaboration
with
other
Federal
and
State
environmental
health
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