Notice2022-07964
Availability of the Draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde (Inhalation)
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Published
April 14, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 60- day public comment period associated with release of the draft Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde (Inhalation). The draft document was prepared by the Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). EPA is releasing this draft IRIS assessment for public comment in advance of an external peer review conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). Public comments received will be provided to the external peer reviewers. NASEM, a contractor to EPA, will convene a public meeting to discuss the draft report with the public during Step 4 of the IRIS Process. The external peer reviewers will consider public comments submitted in response to this notice and provided at the public meeting when reviewing this document. EPA will consider all comments received when revising the document post-peer review. This draft assessment is not final as described in EPA's information quality guidelines, and it does not represent, and should not be construed to represent Agency policy or views.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22208-22209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07964]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0396; FRL-9705-01-ORD]
Availability of the Draft IRIS Toxicological Review of
Formaldehyde (Inhalation)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 60-
day public comment period associated with release of the draft
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Toxicological Review of
Formaldehyde (Inhalation). The draft document was prepared by the
Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) within
EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD). EPA is releasing this
draft IRIS assessment for public comment in advance of an external peer
review conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine (NASEM). Public comments received will be provided to the
external peer reviewers. NASEM, a contractor to EPA, will convene a
public meeting to discuss the draft report with the public during Step
4 of the IRIS Process. The external peer reviewers will consider public
comments submitted in response to this notice and provided at the
public meeting when reviewing this document. EPA will consider all
comments received when revising the document post-peer review. This
draft assessment is not final as described in EPA's information quality
guidelines, and it does not represent, and should not be construed to
represent Agency policy or views.
DATES: The 60-day public comment period begins April 14, 2022 and ends
June 13, 2022. Comments must be received on or before June 13, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde (Inhalation)
will be available via the internet on the IRIS website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/iris/iris-recent-additions">https://www.epa.gov/iris/iris-recent-additions</a> and in the public docket at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0396.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#42062d212927361d0d1006022732236c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afebc0ccc4cadbf0e0fdebefcadfce81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>.
For technical information on the IRIS Toxicological Review of
Formaldehyde
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(Inhalation) contact Dr. Andrew Kraft, CPHEA; telephone: 202-564-0286;
or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98f3eaf9feecb6f9f6fceafdefd8fde8f9b6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="274c55464153094649435542506742574609404851">[email protected]</span></a>. The IRIS Program will provide updates
through the IRIS website (<a href="https://www.epa.gov/iris">https://www.epa.gov/iris</a>) and via EPA's IRIS
listserv. To register for the IRIS listserv, visit the IRIS website
(<a href="https://www.epa.gov/iris">https://www.epa.gov/iris</a>) or visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/iris/forms/staying-connected-integrated-risk-information-system#connect">https://www.epa.gov/iris/forms/staying-connected-integrated-risk-information-system#connect</a>.
For information about the peer review, please visit the NASEM
Review of EPA's 2021 Draft Formaldehyde Assessment website: <a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/review-of-epas-2021-draft-formaldehyde-assessment">https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/review-of-epas-2021-draft-formaldehyde-assessment</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. How to Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0396 for the Formaldehyde (Inhalation) IRIS Assessment,
by one of the following methods:
<bullet> <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#60240f030b05143f2f3224200510014e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c68434f47495873637e686c495c4d024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Fax: 202-566-9744. Due to COVID-19, there may be a delay
in processing comments submitted by fax.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center (ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-566-1752. Due to COVID-
19, there may be a delay in processing comments submitted by mail.
For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading
Room, visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. Due to public health concerns
related to COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room may be
closed to the public with limited exceptions. The telephone number for
the Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744. The public can submit comments
via <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or email.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2010-0396 for IRIS Toxicological Review of Formaldehyde (Inhalation).
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked
``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA's
policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without
change and to make the comments available online at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information provided,
unless a comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information through
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or email that you consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected. The <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 email comment directly to EPA without going through
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, your email 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm">www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm</a>.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in hard copy at the ORD Docket in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2022-07964 Filed 4-13-22; 8:45 am]
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