Draft Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ECAO-RTP-0237; FRL-5157-7]

Draft Health Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the extension of the public comment

period for the Health Assessment for Diesel Emissions. This draft

document was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's

(EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD).

DATES: In the December 23, 1994 Federal Register (59 FR 66305), EPA

announced that the public review and comment period for the external

review draft of this document would be from December 27, 1994, through

February 28, 1995. EPA is now extending the comment period through May

1, 1995. Comments must be in writing and must be postmarked by May 1,

1995.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the external review draft of the Health

Assessment Document for Diesel Emissions (Volumes I and II), interested

parties should contact the ORD Publications Center, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH

45268; telephone (513) 569-7562 or fax (513) 569-7566. Please provide

your name, mailing address, and the EPA document numbers (EPA/600/8-90/

057Ba and Bb).

The draft document also is available for inspection at the EPA

Headquarters Library, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington,

DC, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except

holidays.

Comments on the draft document should be sent to the Project

Manager for Diesel Emissions, Office of Health and Environmental

Assessment, Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office (MD-52), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.

[[Page 9836]] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. William G. Ewald, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment,

Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office (MD-52), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;

telephone (919) 541-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft Health Assessment Document for

Diesel Emissions summarizes scientific issues and identifies research

activities and assessments needed to improve the scientific

understanding and quantitative estimation of the health risks attendant

to the use of diesel fuels. In its initial form, the draft health

assessment was first reviewed at an expert peer-review workshop in July

1990 (55 FR 28453), which was open to the public. The present draft

incorporates revisions made in response to scientific input from the

workshop and subsequent comments on targeted issues. After the public

comment period and review by EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB), Clean

Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), the current draft document

will undergo further revision, and a final document will be issued.

This document will support EPA's decision-making processes that pertain

to the health effects of diesel emissions.

Dated: February 9, 1995.

Joseph K. Alexander,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.

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