Apr. 25 – US: Review of Ethylene Glycol mono-Butyl Ether

From the EPA – a public comment period for a “Draft Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol mono-Butyl Ether (EGBE)”:

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing a public comment period for the external review draft document entitled, “Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol mono-Butyl Ether (EGBE): In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)” (EPA/635/R-08/006A). EPA intends to consider comments and recommendations from the public and the expert panel meeting, which will be scheduled at a later date and announced in the Federal Register, when EPA finalizes the draft document. The public comment period will provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document. EPA intends to forward public comments, submitted in accordance with this notice, to the external peer-review panel prior to the workshop for their consideration.

DATES: The public comment period begins April 25, 2008, and ends June 24, 2008. Technical comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by June 24, 2008. EPA intends to submit comments from the public received by this date for consideration by the external peer-review panel.

The full release is available here.