94-27650. Workshop for External Peer Review of Working Paper on Methods for Health Assessment for Acute Inhalation Exposure to Chemicals

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5103-7; ECAO-RTP-0843]

 

Workshop for External Peer Review of Working Paper on Methods for 
Health Assessment for Acute Inhalation Exposure to Chemicals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: An external review workshop will be held by the Environmental 
Criteria and Assessment Office (ECAO) of EPA's Office of Health and 
Environmental Assessment. Selected peer reviewers will discuss their 
comments on a preliminary working paper, ``Methods for Exposure-
Response Analysis and Health Assessment for Acute Inhalation Exposure 
to Chemicals''. The results of the meeting will be used to develop a 
draft document describing the methodology for subsequent public comment 
and peer review.

DATES: The workshop will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15 
and 16, 1994, at the North Raleigh Hilton Hotel at 3415 Old Wake Forest 
Road, Raleigh, NC. Registration begins at 8:00 A.M. on November 15; the 
meeting times are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, the meeting 
times are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The workshop is open to the public, 
and there will be time set aside for brief oral statements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Daniel J. Guth, project officer, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ECAO, MD-52, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the development of this working paper, 
current methods for quantitative exposure-response analysis for health 
effects of acute inhalation exposure are reviewed and qualitative 
aspects of data evaluation are discussed. A method is proposed for 
quantitative exposure-response analysis using (1) a categorical 
regression model and (2) the benchmark concentration approach. 
Reviewers were selected on the basis of their recognized expertise and 
contributions to the scientific literature on risk assessment and for 
their specific expertise in the toxicological disciplines used to 
develop the working paper. The working paper will be available to the 
public at the time of the workshop, but public comments on the whole of 
the method will only be sought on a subsequent external review draft. 
The availability of the external review draft will be announced in the 
Federal Register at a later time.

    Dated: November 1, 1994.
Carl R. Gerber,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 94-27650 Filed 11-7-94; 8:45 am]
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