[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 11348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03455]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC-2014-0033]
Notice of Availability: Estimated Phthalate Exposure and Risk to
Women of Reproductive Age as Assessed Using 2013/2014 NHANES
Biomonitoring Data
AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission, or CPSC)
is announcing the availability of a document titled, ``Estimated
Phthalate Exposure and Risk to Women of Reproductive Age as Assessed
Using 2013/2014 NHANES Biomonitoring Data.''
DATES: Submit comments by March 24, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2014-
0033, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments. The Commission does not accept comments submitted
by electronic mail (email), except through www.regulations.gov. The
Commission encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the
Federal eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Written Submissions: Submit written submissions by mail/hand
delivery/courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Room 820, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone (301) 504-7923.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number for this notice. All comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal identifiers, contact
information, or other personal information provided, to:
www.regulations.gov. Do not submit confidential business information,
trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected information
that you do not want to be available to the public. If furnished at
all, such information should be submitted in writing.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: www.regulations.gov, and insert the docket
number CPSC-2014-0033, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent R. Carlson, Ph.D., Toxicologist,
Division of Toxicology & Risk Assessment, Directorate for Health
Sciences, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place,
Rockville, MD 20850-3213; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) required the Commission to appoint a
Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) to study the effects on children's
health of phthalates and phthalate alternatives in children's toys and
child care articles. Public Law 110-314, Section 108(b)(2)(A). The CHAP
report is available at: http://www.cpsc.gov/PageFiles/169902/CHAP-REPORT-With-Appendices.pdf.
The CPSIA also required that the CHAP issue a report to the
Commission and that the Commission conduct rulemaking based on the CHAP
report. Id. Section 108(b)(2)(C); 108(b)(3). On December 30, 2014, the
Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would
prohibit children's toys and child care articles containing specified
phthalates. 79 FR 78324 (December 30, 2014).
The CHAP assessed human exposure to phthalates, in part, through
human biomonitoring analysis. Among the data sources the CHAP
considered were data from the National Human Health and Nutrition
Survey (NHANES). See 79 FR at 78327. Specifically, the CHAP used
biomonitoring data from the 2005/2006 NHANES data set.
In June 2015, CPSC staff released a document, ``Estimated Phthalate
Exposure and Risk to Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age as
Assessed Using Four NHANES Biomonitoring Data Sets (2005/2006, 2007/
2008, 2009/2010, 2011/2012).'' \1\ The June 2015 analysis reviewed the
2005/2006 NHANES data set to replicate the CHAP's methodology and
reviewed the subsequent NHANES data sets from 2007/2008, 2009/2010,
2011/2012). On June 23, 2015, the Commission published a notice of
availability (NOA) in the Federal Register requesting public comment on
the June 2015 staff analysis document. 80 FR 35938 (June 23, 2015).
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\1\ The 2015 staff report is available at http://www.cpsc.gov/Global/Regulations-Laws-and-Standards/CPSIA/CHAP/NHANES-Biomonitoring-analysis-for-Commission.pdf.
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Since the June 2015 staff analysis, the Centers for Disease Control
released the NHANES 2013/14 data set. In response to the release of the
NHANES 2013/14 data set, CPSC staff has prepared a document reflecting
the staff's analysis of the NHANES 2013/2014 data set: ``Estimated
Phthalate Exposure and Risk to Women of Reproductive Age as Assessed
Using 2013/2014 NHANES Biomonitoring Data.'' The document is available
on the Commission's Web site at: https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Estimated%20Phthalate%20Exposure%20and%20Risk%20to%20Women%20of%20Reproductive%20Age%20as%20Assessed%20Using%202013%202014%20NHANES%20Biomonitoring%20Data.pdf and from the Commission's Office of the Secretary at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
The Commission invites comment on the document, ``Estimated
Phthalate Exposure and Risk to Women of Reproductive Age as Assessed
Using 2013/2014 NHANES Biomonitoring Data.'' Comments should be
submitted by March 24, 2017. Information on how to submit comments can
be found in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Dated: February 16, 2017.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-03455 Filed 2-21-17; 8:45 am]
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