Notice2022-22725
Availability of the Draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium
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Published
October 20, 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 Hexavalent Chromium. 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 a Science Advisory Board (SAB) led peer review. SAB 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 to the EPA docket in response to this notice and any others provided at the public meeting when reviewing this document. EPA will consider all comments submitted to the docket 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 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63774-63775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22725]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2014-0313; FRL-10128-01-ORD]
Availability of the Draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexavalent
Chromium
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
Hexavalent Chromium. 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 a Science Advisory Board (SAB) led peer review. SAB 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 to the EPA docket in response to
this notice and any others provided at the public meeting when
reviewing this document. EPA will consider all comments submitted to
the docket 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 October 20, 2022 and
ends December 19, 2022. Comments must be received on or before December
19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium 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>,
[[Page 63775]]
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2014-0313.
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#efab808c848a9bb0a0bdabaf8a9f8ec1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b4f6468606e7f5444594f4b6e7b6a256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>.
For technical information on the IRIS Toxicological Review of
Hexavalent Chromium contact Dr. Andrew Kraft, CPHEA; telephone: 202-
564-0286; or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e58e97848391cb848b81978092a5809584cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="563d24373022783738322433211633263778313920">[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 EPA SAB
website: <a href="https://sab.epa.gov/ords/sab/f?p=114:1::::::">https://sab.epa.gov/ords/sab/f?p=114:1::::::</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-2014-0313 for the Hexavalent Chromium 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#94d0fbf7fff1e0cbdbc6d0d4f1e4f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="783c171b131d0c27372a3c381d0819561f170e">[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-
2014-0313 for IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium. Please
ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment
period. It is EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the
public docket within the specified comment period 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. 2022-22725 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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