[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67141-67142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26846]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0724; FRL-9902-45]
Antimony Trioxide (ATO) TSCA Chemical Risk Assessment; Notice of
Public Meetings and Opportunity To Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On September 27, 2013, EPA announced that it would be holding
three peer review meetings by web connect and teleconference on October
16, 2013, October 31, 2013, and November 14, 2013, regarding EPA's
draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical risk assessment,
``TSCA Workplan Chemical Risk Assessment for ATO.'' Due to the
government shutdown, however, EPA has rescheduled the peer review
meetings and is announcing the rescheduled meetings in this notice. EPA
is also extending the due date for public comments.
DATES: Meetings. The peer review meetings will be held on Wednesday,
November 13, 2013, from 10 a.m. to noon EST; Friday, December 6, 2013,
from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST; and Monday, January 6, 2014, from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. EST.
Comments. Written comments on the assessment must be submitted on
or before December 16, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0724, by one of the methods described in
the September 27, 2013 Federal Register notice, a copy of which is
available in the docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact: Stan Barone, Jr., Risk
Assessment Division (7403M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-1169; email
address: [email protected].
For peer review meeting logistics contact: Susie Warner, the
Scientific Consulting Group (SCG), Inc., 656 Quince Orchard Rd., Suite
210, Gaithersburg, MD 20878-1409; telephone number: (301) 670-4990,
ext. 227; fax number: (301) 670-3815; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For details about the meetings regarding
the peer review of EPA's draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
chemical risk assessment, ``TSCA Workplan Chemical Risk Assessment for
ATO,'' please see the announcement that published in the Federal
Register of September 27, 2013 (78 FR 59679) (FRL-9400-5). However, due
to the government shutdown, EPA has rescheduled the three peer review
meetings and is announcing the rescheduled meetings in this notice. EPA
is also extending the due date for public comments. To be sure your
comments are contained in the peer review record and are available to
the peer reviewers; please submit the comments on or before December
16, 2013.
The first rescheduled peer review panel meeting on November 13,
2013, will be devoted to providing the peer review panel an overview of
the assessment and its charge and providing an opportunity for public
comment on the draft ATO TSCA risk assessment.
The rescheduled second peer review panel meeting on December 6,
2013, will be devoted to deliberations of the draft ATO TSCA risk
assessment by the peer review panel, guided by the charge questions to
the peer review panel.
The third and final peer review panel meeting on January 6, 2014,
will focus on the peer review panel's discussion of its draft ATO TSCA
risk assessment recommendations to EPA, which will be posted on the
contractor Web site prior to the final peer review meeting.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, ATO, Chemicals, Flame retardant
synergist. Peer review, Risk assessments.
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Dated: October 31, 2013.
Jeffrey T. Morris,
Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.
[FR Doc. 2013-26846 Filed 11-5-13; 4:15 pm]
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