Notice2025-03798
1,3-Butadiene; Draft Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) Peer Review; Notice of Rescheduled Meetings
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Published
March 11, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing the rescheduled meeting dates of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) that had been previously scheduled for February 2025 to consider and review the draft risk evaluation for 1,3- butadiene. The rescheduled preparatory meeting for the SACC to consider the scope and clarity of the revised draft charge questions for the peer review will now be held on March 25, 2025, and the rescheduled peer review meeting for the SACC to consider the draft documents and public comments will now be held on April 1 to 4, 2025. As previously announced, these meetings will be virtual public meetings of the SACC, with the public invited to comment on the scope and clarity of the revised draft charge questions for the peer review and the draft risk evaluation and related documents, including a new supplement of preliminarily refined risk estimates for 1,3-butadiene released from facilities in advance of and during the peer review meeting. The SACC will consider the comments during their discussions.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03798]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0425; FRL-12241-04-OCSPP]
1,3-Butadiene; Draft Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA); Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) Peer
Review; Notice of Rescheduled Meetings
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is
announcing the rescheduled meeting dates of the Science Advisory
Committee on Chemicals (SACC) that had been previously scheduled for
February 2025 to consider and review the draft risk evaluation for 1,3-
butadiene. The rescheduled preparatory meeting for the SACC to consider
the scope and clarity of the revised draft charge questions for the
peer review will now be held on March 25, 2025, and the rescheduled
peer review meeting for the SACC to consider the draft documents and
public comments will now be held on April 1 to 4, 2025. As previously
announced, these meetings will be virtual public meetings of the SACC,
with the public invited to comment on the scope and clarity of the
revised draft charge questions for the peer review and the draft risk
evaluation and related documents, including a new supplement of
preliminarily refined risk estimates for 1,3-butadiene released from
facilities in advance of and during the peer review meeting. The SACC
will consider the comments during their discussions.
DATES:
Preparatory Public Meeting
Meeting date: March 25, 2025, 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4 p.m.
(ET).
Registration: To request time to present oral comments during the
preparatory meeting, you must register by noon (12 p.m. ET) on March
21, 2025. For those not making oral comments, registration will remain
open through the end of this preparatory meeting.
Comments: Submit written comments, including written versions of
oral comments, on the scope and clarity of the charge questions, on or
before March 21, 2025.
SACC Peer Review Public Meeting
Meeting dates: April 1 to 4, 2025, 10 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m.
(ET).
Registration: To request time to present oral comments during the
peer review meeting, you must register by noon, March 28, 2025. For
those not making oral comments, registration will remain open through
the end of this peer review meeting.
Comments: Submit written comments on the draft risk evaluation and
related documents including preliminarily refined risk estimates for
1,3-butadiene released from facilities, on or before March 20, 2025.
Submit a written version of your oral comments on or before March 28,
2025.
Special Accommodations
To allow sufficient time for EPA to process your request for
special accommodations before the meeting, please submit the request at
least ten business days in advance of the relevant meeting.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Submit written comments, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2024-0425, through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to
be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional information on
commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about
dockets generally, is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Meeting Registration: Online registration will be available again
beginning in March 2025. For those who have already registered, please
register again so we have an updated registration attendance list for
the rescheduled virtual preparatory meeting and SACC peer review
meeting. Please refer to the SACC website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review">https://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review</a>. After registering, you will receive the webcast and
streaming service meeting links and audio teleconference information.
Special accommodation requests: To request an accommodation for a
disability, please contact the designated federal official (DFO) listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Designated Federal Official (DFO): Alie Muneer, Mission Support
Division (7602M), Office of Program Support, Office of Chemical Safety
and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency; telephone
number: (202) 564-6369 or call the main office number: (202) 564-8450;
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b5adb6bdbdaaf6b9b4b1bd98bda8b9f6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0ddc5ded5d5c29ed1dcd9d5f0d5c0d19ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original meeting announcement appeared
in the Federal Register on December 3, 2024, (89 FR 95779 (FRL-12241-
02-OCSPP)). This document announces the new dates for the rescheduled
virtual meetings. Please consult the December 3, 2024, document for
details about the purpose of the meetings, as well as more detailed
instructions for participating or providing comments.
As indicated previously, EPA's background documents, related
supporting materials, including preliminarily refined risk estimates
for 1,3-butadiene released from facilities, and revised draft charge
questions to the SACC are available on the SACC website and in the
docket established for the specific chemical substance that is the
topic of the meeting and identified in the header of this document. In
addition, EPA may provide additional background documents to the SACC
as the materials become available (e.g., SACC meeting agenda). EPA is
announcing the release of a new supplement of preliminarily refined
risk estimates for 1,3-butadiene released from facilities and also
revisions to the charge questions.
You may access these documents, and certain other related documents
that might be available, through the docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and the SACC website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review">https://www.epa.gov/tsca-peer-review</a>.
After the SACC peer review meeting, the SACC will prepare the
meeting minutes and final report document summarizing its
recommendations to the EPA, which will also be available in the docket
and through the SACC website.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2625(o); 5 U.S.C. 10.
Richard Keigwin,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-03798 Filed 3-10-25; 8:45 am]
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