Notice of Peer-Review Teleconference for the External Peer Review Draft of Recommended Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for Human Health Risk Assessments of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds

Résumé

EPA is announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, plans to convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peer review meeting to review the draft document titled, "Recommended Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for Human Health Risk Assessments of Dioxin and Dioxin- Like Compounds." The peer review meeting is planned to take place by teleconference on October 22, 2009. On September 2, 2009, EPA announced a 30-day public comment period for the draft document (74 FR 45437). The draft document was prepared by the Agency's Risk Assessment Forum. The public comment period and the external peer review are separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document. In addition to considering public comments that were submitted to the EPA docket by the closing date of October 2, 2009, in accordance with the September 2, 2009 announcement of a public comment period, the public can provide comments for the external peer reviewers' consideration through the public teleconference on October 22, 2009. EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre- dissemination