IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (Interagency Science Discussion Draft, 2020)
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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.
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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. |
Jun 2016 | EPA convened a public science meeting June 29-30, 2016 to discuss the public comment draft. |
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] |
Jul 2017 | EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) hosted a public teleconference to discuss the draft assessment. |
Aug 2017 | EPA's SAB hosted a 2-day public meeting on August 15-17, 2017, to discuss the draft assessment. |
Feb 2019 | EPA's SAB released a final report of their review of the draft IRIS assessment. |
Jul 2020 | EPA submitted the revised interagency science discussion draft for final Agency and Interagency review. |
Aug 2021 | EPA posts the final report IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) and released the interagency science discussion draft and comments to the IRIS database. |
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- IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (Interagency Science Discussion Draft) (PDF) (144 pp, 2 MB, about PDF)
- IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol Supplemental Information (Interagency Science Discussion Draft) (PDF) (129 pp, 4 MB, about PDF)
- EPA's Response to Select Interagency Comments on the Assessment for Tert-Butanol (Jul 2021) (PDF) (4 pp, 162 KB, about PDF)
- 1. CDC/NIOSH Tert-Butyl Alcohol IASD Comments Aug 2020 (PDF) (1 pp, 163 KB, about PDF)
- 2. OMB Tert-Butyl Alcohol IASD Comments Aug 2020 (PDF) (4 pp, 126 KB, about PDF)
Related Link(s)
- IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (Preliminary Assessment Materials, 2013)
- IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (Public Comment Draft, 2016)
- IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (Interagency Science Consultation Draft, 2014)
- IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (External Review Draft, 2017)