Meeting
Notes
U.
S.
Borax/
MeadeWestvaco
Meeting
June
13,
2006
Attendees
Walt
Talrek
 
Consultant/
MeadeWestvaco
Nathan
Mottl
 
U.
S.
EPA/
SRRD
Craig
Bernard
 
U.
S.
Borax
Laura
Parsons
 
U.
S.
EPA/
SRRD
Mark
Manning
 
U.
S.
Borax
Peter
Caulkins­
U.
S.
EPA/
SRRD
Sue
Hubbard
 
Rio
Tinto
Minerals*
Tim
Leighton­
U.
S.
EPA/
AD
Mike
Harvass
 
Rio
Tinto
Minerals*
Louis
Scarano­
U.
S.
EPA/
HED
Douglas
Marcero­
MeadWestvaco
Jeff
Evans
 
US
EPA/
HED
Michael
Lake­
MeadWestvaco
Linnea
Hansen
 
U.
S.
EPA/
HED
Gregory
Yvars­
MeadWestvaco
Richard
Gebken
 
U.
S.
EPA/
RD
Tracy
Branch
 
U.
S.
Borax
*
U.
S.
Borax
is
in
the
process
of
merging
with
other
companies
to
form
Rio
Tinto
Minerals.

The
Agency
had
a
meeting
with
U.
S.
Borax
(
Rio
Tinto
Minerals),
MeadWestvaco,
and
a
representative
from
Nissus
Corporation
during
Phase
4
of
the
4­
Phase
Risk
Mitigation
process.
These
companies
had
all
requested
a
meeting
with
EPA
in
advance
to
discuss
their
Phase
3
public
comments
submitted
at
the
end
of
April.
The
agenda
was
as
follows:
1)
introductions;
2)
objectives
of
the
meeting
and
clarification
of
comments;
3)
reregistration
process
for
the
Boric
Acid/
Sodium
Borate
Salts
TRED
and
timetables,
risk
mitigation
proposals;
4)
review
of
the
toxicology
data
and
differences
from
IRIS
report;
5)
clarification
of
exposure
information
supporting
deck
treatment,
crack
and
crevice,
and
swimming
pools.
Most
risks
presented
in
the
boric
acid/
sodium
borate
salts
risk
assessment
were
associated
with
deck
treatment,
crack
and
crevice,
carpet/
upholstery
uses,
and
swimming
pools.
During
the
meeting
both
EPA
and
the
registrants
discussed
the
data
needed
to
support
this
use
and
the
data
provided
to
EPA
during
the
public
comment
period.
During
the
meeting
EPA
mentioned
that
more
data
was
required
for
these
uses
to
support
registration
of
these
uses.
U.
S.
Borax
promised
to
provide
new
data
to
support
these
uses.
EPA
summarized
the
risk
mitigation
options
during
the
meeting
and
discussed
the
next
steps.
.
