January 23, 2012

Mr. Jim Downing

Executive Director

Human Studies Review Board

Office of the Science Advisor

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Washington, D.C. 20460

Tim Boyle

103 West 6th Street

Bayonne NJ 07002

Re:	USEPA Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0954

			Comment to the Record

Dear Mr. Downing:

I am an employee of the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP).  On January 9, 2012, I posted a comment to the
referenced public docket from my work computer, using NJDEP’s
“Groupwise” email system and noting my official title and web
address.   Although I posted the comment on human studies from my NJDEP
account, I did not intend to speak on behalf of the Department, nor was
I granted authority by my supervisors to do so.   Rather, the comment
was intended solely to express my personal opinions and views. 

I submit this letter to you in order to correct the public record and
address any misperceptions that may have arisen as a result of my
unauthorized use of NJDEP’s Groupwise email system and my official
state title and address to express a personal opinion.   Please consider
my January 9, 2012 comment to be that from a private citizen.

I understand that this public docket was established to accept comments
in advance of a meeting of the USEPA Human Studies Review Board which is
scheduled to be held on January 26, 2012.  To the extent that the public
docket remains open, please accept this clarification of my prior public
comment. 

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me
directly at the personal address above.  Thank you.  

Sincerely,

Tim Boyle

c: 	Magdalena Padilla, NJDEP Chief of Staff

	Wolfgang Skacel, NJDEP Assistant Commissioner

	John Castner, NJDEP Director

	Roy Meyer, NJDEP Chief

	Debra Ewalt, NJDEP Director

	Roseanne Rossi, NJDEP Manager

	

 	

