EPA Still Weighing Possible Second Review Of Vanadium IRIS Assessment

Managers of EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) have yet to respond to requests from industry and the Department of Defense (DOD) to seek a second peer review of some portion of the pending IRIS assessment of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), or to set a stopping rule deadline, leaving the timeline for completing the assessment uncertain. The V2O5 assessment was expected to be the first that EPA finalizes in calendar year 2015, the second since the fiscal year began. EPA released...