[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63464-63465]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25068]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9901-69-ORD; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0391]

Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period on the Draft
Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of the Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) and the
Addition of Benzo[a]pyrene to the Agenda for the December 2013 IRIS
Bimonthly Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period to November
21, 2013, and the Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period
for the draft human health assessment titled, ``Toxicological Review of
Benzo[a]pyrene: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/635/R-13/138) and the draft peer
review charge questions from October 21, 2013, to November 21, 2013.
The draft assessment will be added to the agenda for the IRIS bimonthly
public meeting scheduled for December 12-13, 2013. Information on this
meeting, including location, time, registration, and participation
procedures will be available on the IRIS Web site (http://www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/).

DATES: The public comment period began on August 21, 2013, and is being
extended to November 21, 2013. Comments should be in writing and must
be received by EPA by November 21, 2013. Discussion of the draft
Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene will be included on the agenda
of the bimonthly IRIS public meeting to be held on December 12-13,
2013, at EPA offices in Arlington, Virginia.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
ORD-2011-0391 by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
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Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the federal docket,
contact the ORD Docket at the EPA Headquarters Docket Center at 202-
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Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National Center for Environmental
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Washington, DC 20460; telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; facsimile:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Information About IRIS

    EPA's IRIS Program is a human health assessment program that
evaluates quantitative and qualitative risk information on effects that
may result from exposure to chemical substances found in the
environment. Through the IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest quality
science-based human health assessments to support the Agency's
regulatory activities and decisions to protect public health. The IRIS
database contains information for more than 500 chemical substances
that can be used to support the first two steps (hazard identification
and dose-response evaluation) of the human health risk assessment
process. When supported by available data, IRIS provides health effects
information and toxicity values for health effects (including cancer
and effects other than cancer). Government and others combine IRIS
toxicity values with exposure information to characterize public health
risks of chemical substances; this information is then used to support
risk management decisions designed to protect public health and the
environment.

II. Extension of Comment Period

    The EPA is extending the deadline for submitting comments on the
draft Toxicological Review of Benzo[a]pyrene and on the draft peer
review charge questions to November 21, 2013. The original deadline for
comments was October 21, 2013, as announced in the Federal Register on
August 21, 2013 (78 FR 51719). This decision responds to requests to
extend the comment deadline from the following organizations: American
Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute, American Fuel & Petrochemical
Manufacturers, American Petroleum Institute, Asphalt Institute,
Association of American Railroads, and the Pavement Coatings Technology
Council. The EPA believes this extension will assist in providing an
adequate amount of additional time for the public to review the drafts
and to provide written comments. EPA released this draft assessment and
peer review charge questions for the purpose of public comment. This
draft assessment is not final as described in EPA's information quality
guidelines, and it does not represent and should not be construed to
represent Agency policy or views.

III. Bimonthly Public Meeting

    In addition to the extension of the public comment period announced
in this notice, the draft assessment will be discussed at the bimonthly
IRIS public meeting scheduled for December 12-13, 2013. Information on
this meeting, including location, time, registration, and participation
procedures, will be available on the IRIS Web site (http://www.epa.gov/iris/publicmeeting/). The purpose of the IRIS public meeting is to
allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical
comments on the draft IRIS health assessment and charge questions to
EPA and other interested parties attending the meeting. The public
comments provided in response to this notice, and at the IRIS public
meeting, will be considered by the Agency prior to submitting the draft
assessment to EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) for peer review.

IV. Peer Review

    In addition to this public comment period, the draft assessment
will be sent to the SAB Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee (CAAC)
for peer review. The EPA SAB is a body established under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act with a broad mandate to advise the Agency on
scientific matters. The public comment period and bimonthly public
meeting announced in this notice are separate processes from the SAB/
CAAC peer review. The SAB will schedule one or more public peer review
meetings, which will be announced in a separate Federal Register Notice
at a later date.

    Dated: September 26, 2013.
Kenneth Olden,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2013-25068 Filed 10-23-13; 8:45 am]
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Development of Truck Payload Equivalent Factor (TPEF)

5.0 Observations (continued)

Table 10. Average Payload (lbs) by Commodities and Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – National

Commodities

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Live animals and fish

-

5,055

7,638

5,424

9,472

17,200

16,345

40,022

Animal feed or products of animal origin

-

4,682

6,138

3,760

8,330

11,778

18,980

39,841

Cereal grains

-

13,348

15,234

8,690

14,334

17,640

24,208

41,922

All other agricultural products

-

10,728

6,889

5,985

7,660

11,348

26,793

34,616

Basic chemicals

-

*

*

3,386

*

11,180

14,264

38,431

Fertilizers and fertilizer materials

-

8,062

2,937

5,382

7,898

12,308

25,148

30,134

Pharmaceutical products

-

*

*

-

*

7,455

*

14,507

All other chemical products

-

2,715

3,046

4,357

6,193

9,712

17,574

36,411

Alcoholic beverages

-

-

2,670

-

*

16,177

20,142

35,758

Bakery and milled grains

-

2,000

2,407

7,083

*

3,198

27,732

31,389

Meat, seafood, and their preparation

-

*

10,402

3,646

-

8,819

10,738

40,012

Tobacco products

-

-

2,700

-

-

*

9,253

34,381

All other prepared foodstuff

-

4,354

3,607

3,617

5,486

13,240

23,736

38,894

Logs and other wood in rough

-

5,838

4,880

*

9,384

11,029

22,746

46,774

Paper and paperboard articles

-

-

*

-

6,718

8,842

18,591

37,932

Printed products

-

8,864

3,418

4,699

2,126

8,578

8,805

21,340

Pulp, newsprint, paper, or paperboards

-

*

*

*

-

10,904

15,815

41,774

Wood products

-

3,303

3,592

5,410

7,263

8,218

16,182

34,699

Articles of base metal

*

1,808

2,016

4,399

4,323

8,095

12,840

29,564

Base metal finished or semi-finished form

*

3,375

3,871

3,731

4,080

6,356

12,110

38,010

Non-metallic mineral products

-

3,737

2,088

3,438

6,652

10,527

28,977

35,962

Non-powered tools

-

2,675

3,167

4,353

5,421

6,680

9,899

14,810

Powered tools

-

3,894

3,602

4,849

8,513

7,405

12,242

25,241

Electronic and other electrical equipment

-

2,463

4,068

2,060

*

7,877

9,946

26,353

Furniture, mattresses, lamps, etc.

-

2,056

2,769

2,591

-

6,397

17,501

22,598

Machinery

-

4,271

4,277

9,265

5,020

9,958

17,598

35,754

Miscellaneous manufactured products

-

1,401

2,411

6,148

5,615

8,571

17,861

27,236

Precision instruments and appliances

-

1,455

1,373

10,095

-

4,391

*

26,195

Textile, leather, and related articles

-

2,073

2,986

*

8,701

7,599

41,925

36,656

Vehicle, including parts

-

3,751

5,506

5,896

7,333

8,173

23,554

31,945

All other transportation equipment

-

-

2,025

5,431

*

16,312

18,286

42,517

Coal

-

*

*

-

-

6,748

-

50,011

Crude petroleum

-

-

-

-

-

8,590

-

39,890

Gravel and crushed stones

-

6,544

6,931

6,276

10,122

13,770

24,305

39,130

Metallic ores and concentrates

-

-

*

-

10,000

-

-

42,272

Monumental and building stones

-

*

3,460

5,782

14,100

10,392

9,473

35,960

Natural sand

-

7,306

3,029

12,849

6,000

11,643

28,662

38,067

All other nonmetallic minerals

-

7,337

3,064

2,478

7,662

16,262

13,580

38,835

Fuel oils

-

4,484

14,811

-

*

15,422

17,525

39,634

Gasoline and aviation turbine

-

*

-

2,825

-

15,128

18,916

53,423

Plastic and rubber

-

*

2,931

3,329

*

8,113

12,548

30,379

All other coal and refined petroleum

-

4,519

4,336

*

4,874

10,326

18,672

41,027

Hazardous waste

-

*

1,500

-

-

6,854

15,517

37,856

All other waste and scrap

-

3,384

2,927

*

5,951

8,120

12,823

24,944

Recyclable products

-

3,153

4,878

3,689

*

8,425

13,743

27,532

Mail and courier parcels

*

7,976

5,559

4,608

7,342

10,884

33,344

31,628

Empty shipping containers

-

2,661

*

-

*

2,309

16,129

26,699

Passengers

-

2,264

2,501

*

*

*

*

*

Mixed freight

-

2,080

2,633

4,051

*

20,137

28,811

37,094

Multiple categories

-

3,602

3,375

4,198

5,463

8,127

17,189

31,946

Products not classified, blank, not reported or applicable

-

2,471

*

6,556

7,809

11,622

17,644

30,545

(*)  Small sample size.

(-)  No observation.

Table 11. Average Payload (lbs) by Distance Traveled and Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – National

Distance Traveled

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Off-the-road

-

3,335

5,380

4,085

8,249

11,089

16,018

33,378

Less than 50 miles

-

4,528

3,706

4,550

8,023

10,310

18,674

29,628

51 to 100 miles

*

3,761

3,585

4,913

6,436

10,628

23,270

36,247

101 to 200 miles

-

3,012

4,189

6,628

8,491

12,747

30,180

39,743

201 to 500 miles

-

3,980

4,273

7,029

6,360

10,301

25,379

40,243

501 miles or more

-

4,668

3,216

8,052

6,545

12,031

34,210

40,089

(*)  Small sample size.

(-)  No observation.

Table 12. Average Payload (lbs) by Body Type and Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – National

Major Body Type

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Truck or Truck + Trailer

Bulk

-

6,249

4,798

5,004

10,831

13,152

15,707

30,966

Flatbed

*

4,027

4,767

4,858

7,836

9,465

11,405

16,693

Tank

-

6,077

4,438

7,266

7,249

12,991

15,743

26,858

Van

*

4,179

3,071

4,322

6,770

7,516

9,519

6,233

Reefer

-

4,820

3,196

4,263

*

9,161

10,983

10,414

Logging

-

15,036

*

*

*

10,787

*

42,857

Other

*

2,969

3,075

4,442

5,235

7,391

11,887

23,853

Tractor + Trailer

Automobile

-

-

-

*

-

*

25,443

34,257

Livestock

-

-

-

*

-

44,361

27,747

42,535

Bulk

-

*

-

*

-

36,846

45,319

50,135

Flatbed

-

*

*

*

*

24,997

31,949

41,874

Tank

-

-

-

-

-

*

47,656

49,788

Van

-

-

-

-

-

23,995

28,079

38,721

Reefer

-

-

-

-

-

19,390

24,775

41,426

Logging

-

-

-

*

-

*

*

50,004

Other

-

-

-

-

-

*

31,498

31,800

(*) Small sample size.

(-)  No observation.

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