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IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (External Review Draft, 2017)
EPA announced the availability of the draft report, IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (tBA) (External Review Draft), for a public review and comment period as announced in the June 16, 2017 Federal Register Notice.
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA) (External Review Draft, 2017). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-17/015, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
EPA is conducting an Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) health assessment for tert-butanol (TBA). The outcome of this project is a Toxicological Review for TBA that will be entered into the IRIS database for use in decision making and risk assessment by EPA program and regional offices, as well as state, federal, and international agencies.
Description:
The IRIS Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-Butanol or tBA) was released for external peer review in June 2017. EPA’s Science Advisory Board’s (SAB) Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC) will conduct a peer review of the scientific basis supporting the tBA assessment and release a final report of their review. Information regarding the peer review can be found on the SAB website.
URLs/Downloads:
IRIS Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-Butanol) (External Review Draft) (PDF, 137 pp, 2629 KB, about PDF)IRIS Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-Butanol) (External Review Draft), Supplemental Information (External Review Draft) (PDF, 99 pp, 1598 KB, about PDF)
Draft Charge for the Peer Review of tert-Butanol (PDF, 4 pp, 740 KB, about PDF)
SAB FR Notice: Jun 16, 2017
SAB Meeting Details (July & August 2017 public meetings)
SAB Final Charge to Reviewers (Jul 26, 2017)
Review of EPA's Draft Assessment Entitled Toxicological Review of Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether and Toxicological Review of tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-Butanol)
AGENCY RESPONSE
SAB Activity Page for tert-Butyl Alcohol (tert-butanol)
Peer Review Plan (PDF, NA pp, 34 KB, about PDF)