1
Reader's
Guide
to
the
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts
E­
Docket
#
OPP­
2005­
0062
(
7/
24/
06)

EPA
has
created
this
document
to
provide
an
organizational
structure
to
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
e­
docket.
The
docket
index
lists
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
items
sequentially,
while
this
document
lists
them
by
subject
matter.
The
Agency
is
providing
the
"
Reader's
Guide"
to
allow
the
reader
to
more
easily
access
and
navigate
the
various
items
contained
in
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
e­
docket.

Federal
Register
and
Docket
Organizational
Documents:

Docket
Item
1.
Federal
Register
Notice:
Risk
Assessment(
s)(
Phase
4
of
4­
Phase
Process);
Notice
of
Availability.

The
Federal
Register
formally
and
publicly
announces
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
risk
assessments
which
are
available
for
review
on
the
internet
or
at
the
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticides
Programs'
Public
Docket.
The
Federal
Register
solicits
comments
and
suggestions
on
the
risk
assessments
and
how
to
mitigate
or
address
potential
risks
of
concern.

Docket
Item
2.
Federal
Register
Notice:
Risk
Assessment(
s)(
Phase
3
of
4­
Phase
Process);
Notice
of
Availability.

This
document
formally
and
publicly
announces
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
risk
assessments
which
are
available
for
review
on
the
internet
or
at
the
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticides
Programs'
Public
Docket.
The
Federal
Register
solicits
comments
and
suggestions
on
the
risk
assessments
and
how
to
mitigate
or
address
potential
risks
of
concern.

Docket
Item
3.
Reader's
Guide
to
the
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts
E­
Docket
#
OPP­
2005­
0062.
(
this
document)

This
document.
Its
designed
to
annotate
all
the
documents
in
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
E­
Docket.

Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division's
Documents
Docket
Item
4.
Report
of
the
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
(
FQPA)
Tolerance
Reassessment
Eligibility
Decision
(
TRED)
for
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts
This
document
discusses
the
Agency
Tolerance
Reassessment
Eligibility
Decision
(
TRED)
for
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts.

Docket
Item
5.
Meeting
Notes:
U.
S.
Borax/
MeadeWestvaco
Meeting
2
This
document
provides
a
summary
of
the
meeting
held
between
the
Agency,
U.
S.
Borax,
and
MeadeWestvaco.

Health
Effects
Division
Risk
Assessment
Documents:

Docket
Item
6.
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Salts
of
Boric
Acid.
Phase
4:
Response
to
Public
Comments
for
the
Health
Effects
Division
(
HED)
Chapter
of
the
Tolerance
Reassessment
Eligibility
Decision
(
TRED)
Document
This
document
is
the
Agency's
response
to
the
comments
submitted
during
the
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
7.
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts:
HED
Chapter
of
the
Tolerance
Reassessment
Eligibility
Decision
Document
(
TRED).
6/
26/
06.

This
document
describes
all
the
revised
human
health
risks
from
the
use
of
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
including
the
revisions
made
as
a
result
of
the
public
and
error­
only
comment
period.

Docket
Item
8.
Memorandum:
Phase
2
Response
to
Error
Only
Comments
for
the
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts
Tolerance
Reassessment
Eligibility
Decision
(
TRED)
Document
This
document
is
the
Agency's
response
to
the
errors
presented
during
the
error­
only
comment
period,
concerning
the
HED
Chapter
for
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts.

Docket
Item
9.
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts:
HED
Chapter
of
the
TRED
Document.
1/
25/
06
This
document
describes
all
the
human
health
risks
from
the
use
of
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
including
error­
only
revisions
based
on
registrant
comments.

Docket
Item
10.
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts:
Supplement
to
HED
Chapter
of
the
TRED
Document.

This
document
presents
the
residential
exposures,
assumptions,
and
risks
for
the
wood
preservative
uses
of
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts.

Docket
Item
11.
Boric
Acid:
Residential
Exposure
Assessment
for
the
TRED.

This
document
presents
the
residential
exposures,
assumptions,
and
risks
for
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts.
3
Docket
Item
12.
Review
of
Boric
Acid
Incident
Reports
This
document
presents
the
Agency's
review
of
the
incident
reports
involving
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts.

Registrants
Comments
Docket
Item
13.
Re.
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Salts:
HED
Chapter
of
the
Tolerance
Reassessment
Eligibility
Decision
Document
(
TRED).
T.
Branch,
U.
S.
Borax
This
letter
was
submitted
from
a
representative
from
U.
S.
Borax
and
discusses
Phase
2
erroronly
comments
for
the
HED
Chapter
of
the
TRED.

Docket
Item
14.
Comments
submitted
by
C.
McIntyre,
McIntyre
Associates
Incorporated.

This
letter,
submitted
from
a
president
of
a
consultant
company
specializing
in
the
wood
treatment
business,
comments
on
the
wood
preservative
risk
assessment
entitled
the
"
Boric
Acid:
Supplement
to
HED
Chapter
of
the
TRED"
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
15.
Comments
submitted
by
M.
Lake,
MeadWestvaco
Corporation
These
comments
were
submitted
from
a
representative
from
a
company
that
markets
boric
acid
wood
treatment
products.
MeadeWestvaco
commented
on
the
wood
preservative
risk
assessment
entitled
the
"
Boric
Acid:
Supplement
to
HED
Chapter
of
the
TRED"
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.
In
addition,
MeadeWestvaco
submitted
several
sources
of
wood
preservative
data
that
are
also
posted
in
the
electronic
docket.

Docket
Item
16.
Comment
submitted
by
J.
Lloyd,
Nisus
Corporation
This
letter,
from
a
representative
from
Nisus
Corporation,
a
company
that
markets
boric
acid
wood
treatment
products
and
pesticides,
comments
on
the
toxicity,
exposures
and
assumptions
used
in
the
risk
assessments
in
the
docket
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
17.
Comments
submitted
by
M.
Ellis,
Industrial
Minerals
Association­
North
America
This
letter
from
the
president
of
a
trade
association
representing
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
comments
on
the
exposures
and
assumptions
used
in
the
wood
preservative
risk
assessment
entitled
the
"
Boric
Acid:
Supplement
to
HED
Chapter
of
the
TRED"
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
18.
Comment
submitted
by
B.
Rosenberg,
National
Pest
Management
Association
4
This
letter
from
the
vice
president
of
a
national
pesticide
association
commented
on
the
risks
and
benefits
of
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
pesticides
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
19.
Comment
submitted
by
R.
May,
Searles
Valley
Minerals
This
letter
from
a
representative
from
a
company
that
markets
boric
acid
wood
treatment
products,
comments
on
the
assumptions
used
in
the
risk
assessments
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
20.
Comment
submitted
by
T.
Branch,
U.
S.
Borax
This
letter
comes
from
a
representative
from
the
registrant,
U.
S.
Borax.
U.
S.
Borax
markets
boric
acid
wood
treatment
products
and
pesticides.
U.
S.
Borax
comments
on
the
toxicity,
exposures
and
assumptions
used
in
the
risk
assessments
in
the
docket
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
21.
Comment
submitted
by
W.
J.
Nixon,
American
Pest
Management,
Inc.

This
letter
from
the
president
of
a
provider
of
pest
control
products
commented
on
the
risks
and
benefits
of
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
pesticides
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.

Docket
Item
22.
Comment
submitted
by
M.
Jernigan,
Biolab,
Inc.

This
letter
was
submitted
from
a
representative
of
Biolab,
a
company
that
produces
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
pool
products,
comments
on
the
swimming
pool
uses
of
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts.

Docket
Item
23.
Comment
submitted
by
T.
L.
Bosserman,
Cole
Research
This
letter
submitted
from
a
member
of
the
public,
comments
on
the
wood
preservative
uses
of
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts.

Docket
Item
24.
Comment
submitted
by
C.
Moase,
PMRA
This
document
presents
Canada's
Pest
Management
Regulatory
Association
(
PMRA)
comments
and
review
of
the
boric
acid
risk
assessment.
PMRA
reviewed
the
toxicological
endpoints,
exposures
and
assumptions
used
in
the
risk
assessments
during
the
Phase
3
public
comment
period.
