[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42856-42857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20506]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7032-8]


Summary Report for the Workshop on Issues Associated With Dermal 
Exposure and Uptake

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final report.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Risk Assessment 
Forum

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(RAF) announces the availability of a final report, Summary Report for 
the Workshop on Issues Associated with Dermal Exposure and Uptake (EPA/
630/R-00/003, December 2000). The EPA Risk Assessment Forum (Forum) 
held a workshop on December 10 and 11, 1998, to address generic 
technical issues related to dermal exposure and risk assessment that 
were raised during the February 1998 peer review of the Superfund 
Dermal Guidance (SDG). Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor, 
organized and convened the workshop on behalf of the Forum. The issues 
were organized into four categories: (1) dermal exposure to 
contaminants in water, (2) dermal exposure to contaminants in soil, (3) 
adjustment of toxicity factors to reflect absorbed dose, and (4) risk 
characterization and uncertainty analysis for dermal assessments. 
Questions within each category were presented to help structure and 
guide the workshop discussion. In addressing these questions, workshop 
participants were asked to consider: what do we know today that can be 
applied to answering the question or providing additional guidance on 
the topic; what short-term studies could be conducted to answer the 
question or provide additional guidance; and what longer-term research 
may be needed to answer the question or provide additional guidance. 
This report summarizes the discussions at the workshop.

ADDRESSES: The document will be made available electronically through 
the Risk Assessment Forum's web site (www.epa.gov/ncea/raf/rafpub.htm). 
A limited number of paper copies will be available from the EPA's 
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (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: Steven Knott, Risk Assessment Forum 
(8601D), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20460; telephone: 202-564-3359; facsimile: 
202-565-0062; email: [email protected].

    Dated: July 19, 2001.
Art Payne,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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