Federal Register: December 31, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 250)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-32090
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Environmental Protection Agency
FRL ID: [FRL-7123-5]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of availability of external review draft.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Research Needed To Improve Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for Ozone
DATES: Anyone who wishes to comment on this document may do so in writing by February 15, 2002.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice announces the availability of the Second External
Review Draft of a document, Research Needed to Improve Health and
Ecological Risk Assessment for Ozone, EPA/600/R98/031B, prepared by
the Office of Research and Development of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). The purpose of this document is to identify
the scientific areas in which research is most needed to improve health
and ecological risk assessment in the process of setting National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone. Many of the research needs
identified and discussed in this document became apparent during
preparation of the Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related
Photochemical Oxidants, EPA/600/P93/004aF,bF,cF, July 1996. The First
External Review Draft of this research needs document was reviewed by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
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of EPA's Science Advisory Board, on November 16, 1998, in Chapel Hill,
NC. This Second External Review Draft has been prepared in light of
CASAC's comments at that time and will be reviewed by CASAC (likely in
March 2002), with date and location of the CASAC public review meeting
to be announced in a future Federal Register notice. This document is
intended to serve as a general guide to planning and conducting needed
research on ambient ozone. The document intentionally makes no attempt
to recommend specific research studies or programs.
SUMMARY:
Ozone; research needed to improve health and ecological risk assessment,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Dr. Robert Chapman, National Center for Environmental AssessmentRTP Office (MD52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919 5414492; facsimile: 9195411818; Email: chapman.robert@epa.gov.
Dated: December 20, 2001,
George W. Alapas,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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