[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 162 (Thursday, August 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 51430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18128]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0183; FRL-10013-75-ORD]
Availability of the IRIS Assessment Plan for Oral Exposure to
Vanadium and Compounds; Extension of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period; extension.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the
public comment period for the document titled, ``Availability of the
IRIS Assessment Plan for Oral Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds.'' The
original Federal Register document announcing the public comment period
was published on July 24, 2020. The public science webinar will still
convene on August 19, 2020.
DATES: The public comment period for the notice published on July 24,
2020 (85 FR 44887), is being extended. The EPA must receive comments on
or before September 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The ``Availability of the IRIS Assessment Plan for Oral
Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds'' is available via the internet on
IRIS' website at https://www.epa.gov/iris and in the public docket at
https://www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0183.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-9744; or email:
Docket_ORD@epa.gov.
For technical information on the draft IRIS Assessment Plan for
Oral Exposure to Vanadium and Compounds, contact Dr. James Avery,
CPHEA; telephone: 202-564-1494; or email: avery.james@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: How to Submit Technical Comments to the
Docket at https://www.regulations.gov. Submit your comments, identified
by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2020-0183 for the vanadium and compounds
(oral) IRIS assessment, by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov.
Fax: 202-566-9744. Due to COVID-19, there may be a delay
in processing comments submitted by fax.
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. Due to COVID-
19, there may be a delay in processing comments submitted by mail.
For information on visiting the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due to public health concerns
related to COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room may be
closed to the public with limited exceptions. The telephone number for
the Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744. The public can submit comments
via www.Regulations.gov or email.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket number EPA-HQ-ORD-
2020-0183 for vanadium and compounds (oral). 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 www.regulations.gov, 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 www.regulations.gov or email that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected. The www.regulations.gov
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 www.regulations.gov, 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 www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: Documents in the docket are listed in the
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 materials,
such as copyrighted material, are publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the ORD Docket in the EPA
Headquarters Docket Center.
Wayne Cascio,
Director, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2020-18128 Filed 8-19-20; 8:45 am]
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