[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18101-18102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8739]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5187-2]
Report on the Workshop on Cancer Risk Assessment Guidelines
Issues
AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a report titled
Report on the Workshop on Cancer Risk Assessment Guidelines Issues
(EPA/630/R-94/005a). This report compiles discussions from a technical
review workshop on the draft document titled Draft Revisions to the
Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment (External Review Draft; EPA/
600/BP-92/003). Highlights of reviewers' pre-meeting comments on the
draft document are included in the workshop report; copies of
reviewers' comments in their entirety are available from the National
Technical Information Service.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a single copy of the workshop report, interested
parties should contact the ORD Publications Office, CERI, U.S.
Environmental [[Page 18102]] Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther
King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, Tel (513) 569-7562, Fax: (513) 569-
7566. Please provide your name and mailing address, and request the
document by the title and EPA number (EPA/630/R-94/005a).
To obtain a copy of reviewers' pre-meeting comments, interested
parties should contact the National Technical Information Service, 5285
Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, Telephone (703) 487-4650. The
document number is PB95-148201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Jeanette Wiltse, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (8601), 401 M
Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, Telephone: (202) 260-7315.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Risk Assessment Forum and Office of Health and Environmental Assessment
organized a workshop to technically review the Agency's draft revised
cancer risk assessment guidelines (Draft Revisions to the Guidelines
for Carcinogen Risk Assessment--External Review Draft; EPA/600/BP-92/
003). The workshop was held on September 12-14, 1994, at the Hyatt
Regency in Reston, Virginia (59 FR 43125).
EPA convened a panel of experts to evaluate and comment on
technical issues in the draft document concerning mode of action,
hazard identification, dose response, and default assumptions. This
report, entitled Report on the Workshop on Cancer Risk Assessment
Guidelines Issues (EPA/630/R-94/005a), compiles discussion and
information from the technical review workshop. EPA will use the
reviewers' comments and recommendations drawn from the workshop in
considering revisions to the draft guidelines.
Dated: March 25, 1995.
Robert J. Huggett,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-8739 Filed 4-7-95; 8:45 am]
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