Schedule For Completion of Acrylonitrile Risk Assessment

EPA has developed a new schedule for completing the Integrated Risk information System (IRIS) acrylonitrile assessment. The new schedule is:

• External Peer Review and Public Availability - 2013/2nd Quarter
• Final Agency Review/ Interagency Science Discussion and Posting Final Assessment - 2014/1st Quarter

EPA released its draft IRIS assessment for acrylonitrile for public comment and external peer review in the June 30, 2011, Federal Register. The Agency has decided to make further revisions to the chemical assessment to more fully address scientific issues in the assessment. The revised draft acrylonitrile assessment will be released for public comment and independent expert peer review along with the Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee that is being formed under the auspices of the Science Advisory Board.

IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates information on health effects that could result from exposure to various chemical substances. The IRIS database contains information on more than 550 environmental contaminants and is prepared and maintained by EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment within the Office of Research and Development.

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