E-M:/ EPA notice on Remand of Water Quality Criteria for Dioxin

[asagady@sojourn.com]

EPA published this notice today in the federal register concerning 
water quality criteria for chlorinated dibenzo-dioxins.  The notice 
dealt with the issue of daily water consumption and fish contamination
levels associated with chlorinated dioxin exposures.  This will be 
of interest to anyone working on great lakes water quality issues...

I can send the complete notice to anyone who wants it on request.
Please send me a message with subject line  "Dioxin Notice"

I'd also note that this info will be of interest to those concerned about
toxic exposures to subsistence fishers in communities of color on the
matter of the relative proportion of the diet made up by great lakes
(anf tributaries) fish...

asagady@sojourn.com


>[Federal Register: December 11, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 239)]
>[Rules and Regulations]               
>[Page 65183-65185]
>>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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>40 CFR Part 131
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>[FRL-5663-5]
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>National Toxics Rule: Remand of Water Quality Criteria for Dioxin 
>and Pentachlorophenol to EPA for Response to Comments
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>AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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>ACTION: Notice of availability of US EPA response to comments.
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>SUMMARY: In this document, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
>(``EPA'') is publishing a document entitled ``Response to Comments from 
>American Forest and Paper Association (``AFPA'') on Two of the Exposure 
>Assumptions Used by EPA in Developing the Human Health Water Quality 
>Criteria for Dioxin and Pentachlorophenol''. AFPA challenged EPA's 
>promulgation of human health water quality criteria for dioxin and 
>pentachlorophenol. The District Court remanded these criteria to EPA 
>for an adequate response to AFPA's comments regarding two exposure 
>assumptions used by EPA in developing those criteria: an assumption 
>that daily water consumption is 2 liters, and an assumption that all 
>consumed fish are contaminated at criteria levels. EPA has prepared a 
>response in accordance with the court's order, and is publishing that 
>response in this document.
>
>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denis R. Borum, Office of Science and 
>Technology, Office of Water (4304), USEPA, 401 M Street, SW., 
>Washington, D.C. 20460, (202) 260-8996.
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