IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (Public Comment Draft, 2016)
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Abstract
tert-Butyl Alcohol (tBA) is used as a solvent; as a denaturant for ethanol and several other alcohols; in the manufacture of flotation agents, fruit essences, and perfumes; as an octane booster in gasoline; as a dehydrating agent; and as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of methyl methacrylate. tBA's production for industrial uses may result in its direct release to the environment through various waste streams. tBA is also a likely degradation product of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Probable routes of human exposure to tBA include inhalation, ingestion, and skin or eye contact.
Impact/Purpose
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History/Chronology
Date | Description |
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Aug 2013 | EPA released Preliminary Assessment Materials (draft literature searches and associated search strategies, evidence tables and exposure response arrays) for discussion at an IRIS Public Science Meeting. |
Dec 2013 | EPA discussed tert-butanol at the December 2013 IRIS public science meeting. |
Sep 2014 | EPA sent an interagency science consultation draft for review and comment. |
May 2016 | EPA released the public comment draft for public review and comment. It is also a topic of discussion for the May 10, 2016 IRIS Public Science Meeting. |
Jun 2016 | EPA discussed the tBA (public comment draft) at the June 29-30, 2016 IRIS Public Science Meeting. |
Jun 2017 | EPA released the external review draft and charge to reviewers prior to the public peer review meeting.[SAB FR Notice Jun 16, 2017] |
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- Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol (Public Comment Draft) (PDF) (140 pp, 3 MB, about PDF)
- Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol - Supplementary Information (Public Comment Draft) (PDF) (107 pp, 2 MB, about PDF)
- Draft Charge to the Science Advisory Board for the IRIS Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol (PDF) (5 pp, 172 KB, about PDF)
- ETBE kidney tables for the draft IRIS Assessment of tert-Butyl Alcohol (PDF) (18 pp, 1 MB, about PDF)
- IRIS Public Science Meeting (Dec 2013)
- IRIS Public Science Meeting (Jun 2016)
Docket
Comments on the assessment may be submitted and reviewed using the Docket ID EPA-HQ-ORD-2013-0111