Meeting 3: Review of EPA's Toxicological Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene

Meeting Information

Project Title:	Review of EPA's Toxicological Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene
PIN:	BEST-K-06-03-A
Major Unit:	Division on Earth and Life Studies
Sub Unit:	Board on Environmental Studies & Toxicology
RSO:	Martel, Susan

Subject/Focus Area:	Environment and Environmental Studies; Policy for Science and Technology

Tetrachloroethylene (PERC) Mtg. 3 April 2, 2009 - April 3, 2009 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center 100 Academy Dr. Irvine, California

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Contact Name: Tamara Dawson
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Phone: 202-334-2776
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Agenda: Thursday, April 2 9:00 AM (12:00 PM EST) Welcome, Introductions, Process for Open Session Sam Kacew, Chair 9:10 AM (12:10 PM EST) California Environmental Protection Agency’s Assessments of Tetrachloroethylene Andrew Salmon, CalEPA 10:10 AM (1:10 PM EST) Physiologically-based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Tetrachloroethylene Harvey Clewell, III, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences 11:10 AM (2:10 PM EST) Open Microphone for Public Comment Sign-up begins at 8:30 am outside the public meeting room at the Irvine location ONLY. Each speaker has a maximum time limit of 3 minutes. Accompanying written materials are encouraged. 11:40 AM (2:40 PM EST) Adjourn Public Session
Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting: Sam Kacew (chair) Bruce Alexander Margit Bleecker Gary Carlson Linda Cowan Mary Davis Joseph Landolph David McMillan M. Christopher Newland Julia Quint Gary Rosner Ivan Rusyn Irvin Schultz Robert Snyder Roberta White Luoping Zhang and Yiliang Zhu The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions: 1. Report outline and content of the report. 2. Project schedule 3. Goals of next committee meeting The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions: PERC-17 Paul Dugard, Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, Inc. March 30, 2009 Email with attachment Sweeney, L.M., C.R. Kirman, M.L. Gargas, and P.H. Dugard. 2009. Contribution of trichloroacetic acid to liver tumors observed in perchloroethylene (Perc)-exposed mice. Toxicology. In Press. Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 March 2009. PERC-18 Andrew Salmon, California Environmental Protection Agency March 30, 2009 PowerPoint Presentation Salmon, A.G. 2009. California risk assessment for perchloroethylene. PERC-19 Harvey Clewell, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences March 30, 2009 PowerPoint Presentation Clewell, H. 2009. Use of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling in a risk assessment for perchloroethylene. PERC-20 Lenny Siegel, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center March 30, 2009 Submission of verbal address to committee Siegel, L. 2009. Tetrachloroethylene: a ubiquitous contaminant. Prepared testimony for the National Research Council committee to review EPA’s toxicological assessment of tetrachloroethylene. PERC-21 Luis Cabrales, Coalition for Clean Air April 2, 2009 Submission of verbal address to committee Cabrales, L. 2009. Review of EPA’s toxicological assessment of tetrachloroethylene (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0461). PERC-22 Bill Turner, El Toro Now April 2, 2009 Submission TCE concentrations in groundwater graphs, El Toro, California Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: April 14, 2009