Notice2024-03038
Availability of the Protocol for the Uranium Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Assessment (Oral)
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Published
February 14, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30- day public comment period associated with release of the document Protocol for the Uranium IRIS Assessment (Oral). This document communicates the rationale for conducting the human health assessment of natural and/or depleted uranium via oral exposure, describes screening criteria to identify relevant literature, outlines the approach for evaluating study quality, and describes the methods for dose-response analysis.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11275-11276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03038]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2017-0747; FRL-11744-01-ORD]
Availability of the Protocol for the Uranium Integrated Risk
Information System (IRIS) Assessment (Oral)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-
day public comment period associated with release of the document
Protocol for the Uranium IRIS Assessment (Oral). This document
communicates the rationale for conducting the human health assessment
of natural and/or depleted uranium via oral exposure, describes
screening criteria to identify relevant literature, outlines the
approach for evaluating study quality, and describes the methods for
dose-response analysis.
DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins February 14, 2024 and
ends March 15, 2024. Comments must be received on or before March 15,
2024.
ADDRESSES: The Protocol for the Uranium IRIS Assessment (Oral) will be
available via the internet on the IRIS website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/iris">https://www.epa.gov/iris</a> and in the public docket at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, Docket ID:
EPA-HQ-ORD-2017-0747.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the docket, contact
the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#df9bb0bcb4baab80908d9b9fbaafbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72361d111917062d3d2036321702135c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>.
For technical information on the protocol, contact Avanti Shirke
and Dahnish Shams, EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD)
Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment (CPHEA); email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f5c47465d444a014e594e415b466f4a5f4e01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="087b60617a636d26697e69667c61486d7869266f677e">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7b4afa6aab4e9a3a6afa9aeb4af87a2b7a6e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73001b121e005d17121b1d1a001b331603125d141c05">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background Information on the IRIS Program and Systematic Review
Protocols
EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program is a human
health assessment program that evaluates quantitative and qualitative
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information on effects that may result from exposure to chemicals found
in the environment. Through the IRIS Program, EPA provides high quality
science-based human health assessments to support the Agency's
regulatory activities and decisions to protect public health.
As part of developing a draft IRIS assessment, EPA presents a
methods document, referred to as the protocol, for conducting a
chemical-specific systematic review of the available scientific
literature. EPA is seeking public comment on components of the protocol
including the described strategies for literature searches, criteria
for study inclusion or exclusion, considerations for evaluating study
methods, information management for extracting data, approaches for
synthesis within and across lines of evidence, and methods for
derivation of toxicity values. The protocol serves to inform the
subsequent development of the draft assessment and is made available to
the public. EPA may update the protocol based on the evaluation of the
literature, and any updates will be posted to the docket and on the
IRIS website.
II. 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-2017-
0747 for uranium, 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#8acee5e9e1effed5c5d8cecaeffaeba4ede5fc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a78c80888697bcacb1a7a3869382cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Fax: 202-566-9744.
<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.
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>. 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-
2017-0747 for the uranium IRIS assessment. 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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or email that
you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected. The <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or as a hard copy at the ORD Docket in
the EPA Headquarters Docket Center.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health & Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2024-03038 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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