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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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MAR 1 7 2020

OFFICE or CHEMICAL SAFETY
. AND POLLUTION PREVENTION
Staete DaVIdson

Kari Rhinehart

If it was your child
PO BOX 102
Bargersville. In 46106

RE: Request for Public Meeting on "l?richloroethylene (TCE)
Dear Ms. Davidson and Ms. Rhinehart ct a1..

Thank you for your March 5. 2020 letter regarding the draft risk evaluation for trichloroethylenc
(TC E) and your request that EPA hold one or more public meetings for the public to engage with
the agency. We appreciate your engagement as EPA continues to protect human health and the
environment through its implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as
amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.

Public engagement and feedback are an important part ofthe TSCA risk evaluation process.
There have been and continue to be multiple opportunities for public comment built into this
process. including a public comment period on the draft risk evaluation. and public participation
in the peer review meetings on the draft risk evaluation. EPA is committed to being open and
transparent as the agency evaluates potential risks from chemicals and to keeping the public
updated as the agency moves through the risk evaluation process.

Regarding speci?cally. EPA took public comments on the June 2017 scope document and
on the May 2018 problem formulation and is currently taking public comments on the draft risk
evaluation until April 27'. 2020. We encourage you to submit comments and any information you
may have on TCE to the docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0500 by following the instructions here:
9-0500-0001.

The agency also provided an opponunity for public comments during the virtual preparatory
meeting of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) on March 3. 2020. (iiven the
situation around 9 and out ofan abundance of caution for the health and safety of
everyone. and the restrictions and concerns ofour SACC members. EPA recently announced that
the March 2020 SACC meeting on TCE was changed to a virtual public meeting. with
participation by phone and webcast only. Meeting times and dates are adjusted to accommodate
this change. The virtual meeting will be held on March 24-27. 2020. from 10:00 AM to
approximately 5:00 PM We encourage you to register online to receive the webcast
meeting link and audio telecontcrence information for participation in this meeting.

Please visit 
to register. Requests to make briefora] comments to the SACC during the
virtual meeting should be submitted when registering online or with the Designated Federal

 

Of?cial (DFO). Dr. Todd Peterson at peterson.todd@epa.gov. on or before noon on March 20.
2020. The oral public comment period will be held on Tuesday. March 24. 2020.

The ongoing public comment period on the draft TCE risk evaluation is also an opportunity for
tlte public to submit any additional information to assist EPA in completing the ?nal risk
evaluation for TCE. EPA will consider all comments submitted. both those submitted orally at
the meeting and those submitted in writing to the docket. on the draft risk evaluation
when developing a ?nal risk evaluation.

Again. thank you for your letter. Ifyou have further questions, please contact me or your staff
may contact Dr. Susanna Blair in the Office of Pollution Prevention and 'l?oxics at
or at (202) 564?4371.
We appreciate your feedback and look forward to your comments.

Sincerely,

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn. Esq.

Assistant Administrator