MEMORANDUM

From:		Margaret Sheppard, EPA/Stratospheric Protection Division

To:		Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0064

Subject:	Publically available materials referenced in EPA’s documents
for rulemaking on n-propyl bromide under the Significant New
Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program

Date:		May 14, 2007

The items listed below are referenced in documents associated with
EPA’s rulemaking, and particularly the Response to Comments document. 
They are all relevant to EPA(s review of n-propyl bromide as a
substitute for ozone depleting substances and are part of the public
record of this rulemaking.  Many of these items are copyrighted
materials that EPA will not post in the electronic docket.  Some items
are available online. 

AFEAS, 2006.  Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability
Study.  HCFC-141b Sales by End-Use Category.  November 14, 2006. 
Available online at   HYPERLINK
"http://www.afeas.org/2004/html/hcfc-141b.html" 
http://www.afeas.org/2004/html/hcfc-141b.html 

Alexander, H.C., W.M. McCarty, E.A. Bartlett.  1978.  Toxicity of
Perchloroethylene, Trichloroethylene, 1,1,1,-Trichloroethane, and
Methylene Chloride to Fathead Minnows.  Bull. Environ, Contam. Toxicol. 
20(3):344-352.  

Allen BC, Kavlock RJ, Kimmel CA, and Faustman EM.  1994.  Dose-response
assessment for developmental toxicity.  II.  Comparison of generic
benchmark dose estimates with no observed adverse effect levels. 
Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 23(4):487-495.

Brooke L.T., D.J. Call, D. L. Geiger, and C.E. Northcott.  1984.  Acute
Toxicities of Organic Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales
promelas), Vol. 1.  Center for Lake Superior Environmental Stud., Univ.
of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, WI I:414. 

D. L. Geiger, Brooke L.T., and D.J. Call  1990.  Acute Toxicities of
Organic Chemicals to Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas), Vol. 5. 
Center for Lake Superior Environmental Stud., Univ. of
Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, WI I:332. 

Majersik, Jennifer Juhl, Martin Caravati and John D. Steffens, 2007. 
Severe neurotoxicity associated with exposure to the solvent
1-bromopropane (n-propyl bromide).  Clinical Toxicology (2007) 45,
270–276  Available online at   HYPERLINK
"http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a776295616~db=all~orde
r=page" 
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a776295616~db=all~order
=page 

US EPA, 1997.  Exposure factors Handbook.  EPA/Office of Research and
Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment.  August,
1997.  Available online at   HYPERLINK
"http://www.epa.gov/ncea/pdfs/efh/front.pdf" 
http://www.epa.gov/ncea/pdfs/efh/front.pdf 

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