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5870 Federal Register / Vol. 68, No.

24 / Wednesday, February 5, 2003 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Dated: January 30, 2003. ADDRESSES: A ‘‘submission inventory’’


Grover J. Whitehurst, should be sent to the IRIS Submission
[CFDA No.: 84.305M] Director, Institute of Education Sciences. Desk in accordance with the
[FR Doc. 03–2663 Filed 2–4–03; 8:45 am] instructions provided under
Institute of Education Sciences; BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
‘‘Submission of Information’’ in this
Correction notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
ACTION: Notice inviting applications for information on the IRIS program,
grants to support education research for ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
contact Amy Mills, Program Director,
fiscal years 2003; Correction. AGENCY
National Center for Environmental
[FRL–7448–2] Assessment, (mail code 8601D), U.S.
On January 6, 2003, a notice inviting Environmental Protection Agency,
applications for grants to support Integrated Risk Information System Washington, DC 20460, or call (202)
education research was published in the (IRIS); Announcement of 2003 564–3204, or send electronic mail
Federal Register (68 FR 656). On page Program; Request for Information and inquiries to mills.amy@epa.gov. For
656, in the table, the column Due Date Announcement of Workshop general questions about access to IRIS or
for Optional Letter of Intent states that the content of IRIS, please call the IRIS
the deadline for transmittal of the letter AGENCY: Environmental Protection Hotline at (301) 345–2870 or send
of intent is ‘‘March 26, 2003’’ for the Agency. electronic mail inquiries to
Teacher Quality Research program ACTION: Notice; announcement of the hotline.iris@epa.gov.
(84.305M). The Due Date for Optional IRIS 2003 program and request for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Letter of Intent is corrected to read scientific information on health effects
‘‘March 6, 2003.’’ that may result from exposure to Background
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: chemical substances; announcement of IRIS is an EPA data base containing
Harold Himmelfarb, U.S. Department of the stakeholder workshop on priority- Agency consensus scientific positions
Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, setting criteria for the assessment of on potential adverse human health
NW., room 510f, Washington, DC 20208. chemical substances. effects that may result from exposure to
Telephone: (202) 219–2031 or via the chemical substances found in the
SUMMARY: IRIS is an Environmental
Internet: harold.himmelfarb@ed.gov. environment. IRIS currently provides
Protection Agency (EPA) data base that
If you use a telecommunications information on health effects associated
contains EPA scientific consensus
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call with chronic exposure to over 500
positions on human health effects that
the Federal Information Relay Service specific chemical substances.
may result from chronic exposure to IRIS contains chemical-specific
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. chemical substances in the
Individuals with disabilities may summaries of qualitative and
environment. On January 9, 2002, EPA quantitative health information in
obtain this document in an alternative announced the 2002 IRIS agenda and
format (e.g., Braille, large print, support of the first two steps of the risk
solicited scientific information from the assessment process, i.e., hazard
audiotape, or computer diskette) on public for consideration in assessing
request to the contact persons listed identification and dose-response
health effects from specific chemical evaluation. IRIS information includes
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION substances. Most of the health
CONTACT.
the reference dose for noncancer health
assessments listed in the notice are in effects resulting from oral exposure, the
Electronic Access to This Document progress or near completion. Today, reference concentration for non-cancer
EPA is adding some additional health health effects resulting from inhalation
You may view this document, as well assessments to the IRIS agenda. This exposure, and the carcinogen
as all other Department of Education notice describes the Agency’s plans and assessment for both oral and inhalation
documents published in the Federal solicits scientific data and evaluations exposure. Combined with specific
Register, in text or Adobe Portable for consideration in EPA’s new situational exposure assessment
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet assessments. Additional new information, the summary health hazard
at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ assessments may be announced in the information in IRIS may be used as a
legislation/FedRegister. Federal Register later this year. This source in evaluating potential public
To use PDF you must have Adobe notice also announces a stakeholder health risks from environmental
Acrobat Reader, which is available free workshop on the criteria that EPA’s IRIS contaminants.
at this site. If you have questions about program uses to establish annual
using PDF, call the U.S. Government priorities for assessing chemical The IRIS Program
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– substances and provides information for EPA’s process for developing IRIS
888–293–6498; or in the Washington, observer registration. consists of: (1) An annual Federal
DC, area at (202) 512–1530. DATES: Please submit scientific Register announcement of EPA’s IRIS
Note: The official version of this document information in response to this notice in agenda and call for scientific
is the document published in the Federal the form of an initial ‘‘submission information from the public on the
Register. Free Internet access to the official inventory’’ in accordance with the selected chemical substances, (2) a
edition of the Federal Register and the Code instructions in this notice by April 7, search of the current literature, (3)
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 2003. development of health assessments and
Access at: http://www.access.gpo/nara/ The stakeholder workshop on criteria draft IRIS summaries, (4) peer review
index.html. for establishing priorities for assessing within EPA, (5) peer review outside
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq. chemical substances for IRIS will be EPA, (6) EPA consensus review and
(the ‘‘Education Sciences Reform Act of held March 4, 2003. This notice management approval, (7) preparation
2002’’, Title 1 of Public Law 107–279, includes instructions for observer of final IRIS summaries and supporting
November 5, 2002). registration. documents, and (8) entry of summaries

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