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IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexachloroethane (External Review Draft)
EPA announces the release of the Toxicological Review of Hexachloroethane in the May 13, 2010 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment is provided for public viewing and comment. Public comments received on the Toxicological Review within 60 days after the release of the FRN will be provided to the external peer reviewers for their consideration. Any comments not received within the requested time period will be considered by EPA in their revisions. The announcement also includes notice of a public listening session that was held on June 16, 2010. An external peer review meeting will be held in Arlington, VA on September 21, 2010 as announced in a follow-up FR notice posted on August 2, 2010.
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexachloroethane (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-09/007A, 2010.
Impact/Purpose:
The draft Toxicological Review of hexachloroethane provides scientific support and rationale for the hazard and dose-response assessment pertaining to chronic exposure to hexachloroethane.
Description:
EPA is conducting a peer review and public comment of the scientific basis supporting the human health hazard and dose-response assessment of hexachloroethane that when finalized will appear on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.
URLs/Downloads:
Draft Toxicological Review of Hexachloroethane: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) (PDF, 202 pp, 1305 KB, about PDF)Charge to External Reviewers (PDF, 3 pp, 38 KB, about PDF)
FR Notice: Aug 2, 2010
FR Notice: May 13, 2010
Consolidated Comments from the External Peer Review (Final) (PDF, 58 pp, 315 KB, about PDF)
Charge to reviewers (PDF, NA pp, 38 KB, about PDF)