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Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) 

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[Federal Register: February 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 23)]
[Notices]
[Page 6154-6155]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8767-6; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0040]

Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and
Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a public comment period for the external
review draft document titled, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated
Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)''. This
document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development
    EPA intends to consider comments and recommendations from the
public and the expert panel meeting, which will be scheduled at a later
date and announced in the Federal Register, when EPA finalizes the
draft document. The public comment period will provide opportunities
for all interested parties to comment on the document. EPA intends to
forward public comments, submitted in accordance with this notice, to
the external peer-review panel prior to the peer-review meeting for
their consideration. When finalizing the draft document, EPA will consider
any public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice.
    EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination public review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination. The draft document and EPA's peer-review
charge are available via the Internet on NCEA's home page under the
Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at 
http://www.epa.gov/ncea.

DATES: The public comment period begins February 5, 2009 and ends April
6, 2009. Technical comments should be in writing and must be received
by EPA by April 6, 2009. EPA intends to submit comments from the public
received by this date for consideration by the external peer review panel.

ADDRESSES: The draft ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum
Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' is available via the
Internet on the NCEA's home page under the Recent Additions and the
Data and Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited
number of paper copies are available from NCEA's Technical Information
Staff, telephone: 703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-8691. If you are
requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and
the document title, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum
Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).''
    Comments may be submitted electronically via http://
www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions as provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    If you have questions about the document, contact Andrew A. Rooney,
IRIS Staff, National Center for Environmental Assessment, 109 T.W.
Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone: 919-541-
1492; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or e-mail: rooney.andrew@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Summary of Information About the Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS)

    IRIS is a database that contains potential adverse human health
effects information that may result from chronic (or lifetime) exposure
to specific chemical substances found in the environment. The database
(available on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/iris) contains
qualitative and quantitative health effects information for more than
540 chemical substances that may be used to support the first two steps
(hazard identification and dose-response evaluation) of a risk
assessment process. When supported by available data, the database
provides oral reference doses (RfDs) and inhalation reference
concentrations (RfCs) for chronic health effects, and oral slope
factors and inhalation unit risks for carcinogenic effects. Combined
with specific exposure information, government and private entities can
use IRIS data to help characterize public health risks of chemical
substances in a site-specific situation and thereby support risk
management decisions designed to protect public health.

II. How To Submit Technical Comments to the Docket at 
http://www.regulations.gov

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-
0040 by one of the following methods:
    • http://www.regulations.gov Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
    • E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    • Fax: 202-566-1753.
    • Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The phone number is 202-
566-1752.
    • Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center's Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is 202-566-1744. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should
be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    If you provide comments by mail or hand delivery, please submit one
unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of
the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages
consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and
three copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2009-0040. 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

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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 http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided, unless a comment includes information claimed to
be confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
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 e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 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 http://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
http://www.regulations.gov 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 material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the
EPA Headquarters Docket Center.

    Dated: January 16, 2009.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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