[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 36142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17124]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5258-1]
Workshop on Exposure Factors Handbook
AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a peer review workshop sponsored by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Risk Assessment Forum to
review revisions to EPA's 1989 Exposure Factors Handbook (Handbook;
EPA/600/8-89/043).
DATES: The workshop will begin on Tuesday, July 25, 1995, at 8:30 a.m.
and end on Thursday, July 26, 1995, at 4 p.m. Members of the public may
attend as observers.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel Park
Terrace, 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., at Scott Circle, Washington,
DC.
Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor, is providing
logistical support for the peer review workshop. Members of the public
wishing to attend the workshop as an observer must register by phone
with ERG at 617/674-7374 before July 20, 1995. Please note that space
is limited and registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-
serve basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William P. Wood, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Assessment
Forum (8101), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, Tel: (202) 260-
6743.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The revised Exposure Factors Handbook is
intended to serve as a support document to EPA's Exposure Assessment
Guidelines (57 FR 22888; May 29, 1992) by providing data on factors
that may be needed to calculate human exposure to toxic chemicals. The
Guidelines were developed to promote consistency across exposure
assessment activities carried out by various EPA offices. The Handbook
provides a common data base that all Agency programs can use to derive
values for exposure assessment factors.
To obtain a single copy of the draft 1995 Handbook, interested
parties should contact the ORD Publications Office, Center for
Environmental Research Information, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, Tel:
513/569-7562, Fax: 513/569-7566. Please provide your name, mailing
address, and EPA document number EPA/600/P-95/002A. The document should
be available for distribution on or about July 20, 1995.
Dated: July 5, 1995.
J.K. Alexander,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-17124 Filed 7-12-95; 8:45 am]
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