[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28195]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7101-6]


Sources, Emission and Exposure for Trichloroethylene (TCE) and 
Related Chemicals

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final report.

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SUMMARY: The National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of 
Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
announces the availability of a final report, Sources, Emission and 
Exposure for Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Related Chemicals (EPA/600/R-
00/099, March 2001). This report is an exposure assessment of 
Trichloroethylene (TCE), its metabolites, and other chemical compounds 
known to produce identical metabolites. In addition to TCE, other 
parent compounds considered here are 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl 
chloroform), tetrachloroethylene (PCE or PERC), 1,2-dichloroethylene 
(cis-, 
trans-, and mixed isomers), 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane, and 1,1-
dichloroethane. The metabolites are chloral, chloral hydrate, 
monochloroacetic acid, dichloroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and 
dichloro-vinyl cysteine (DCVC). Although listed here, no information 
was found for the metabolite, DCVC.

ADDRESSES: The document will be made available electronically through 
the National Center for Environmental Assessment's web site 
(www.epa.gov/ncea). A limited number of paper copies are available from 
EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP). 
To obtain copies, please contact NSCEP, P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 
45242; telephone: 1-800-490-9198 or 513-489-8190; facsimile: 513-489-
8695. Please provide your name and mailing address and the title and 
EPA number of the requested publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chieh Wu, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment-Washington Office (8623D), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Washington DC 20460; telephone: 202-564-3257; 
facsimile: 202-565-0076; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: November 1, 2001.
George W. Alapas,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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