UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
EPA-SAB-EC-CON-98-003
June 3, 1998
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
Honorable Carol M. Browner
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: Notification of a Consultation on Environmental Computer Models
Dear Ms. Browner:
The Environmental Models Subcommittee (EMS) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB)
met on May 5, 1998, in part to conduct a consultation with staff from various offices on EPA's
efforts to implement the 1994 recommendations of the Agency Task Force on Environmental
Regulatory Modeling (ATFERM) and the more recent recommendation from the MODELS-2000 ,
workshop held last December. The SAB has developed the consultation as a mechanism to advise
the Agency on technical issues that should be considered in the development of regulations,
guidelines, or technical guidance before the Agency has taken a position. A consultation is
conducted under the normal requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which include
advance notice of the public meeting in the Federal Register
As is our customary practice, there will be no formal report from the SAB as a result of
this consultation, nor do we expect any formal response from the Agency. However, the
Committee looks forward to the opportunity of conducting a formal review of the proposed
approaches selected for the Agency's computer modeling in the future.
Sincerely,
)r. Joan Daisey, Chair s^
Science Advisory Board
3r. Ishwar Murarka, Chair
Environmental Models Subcommittee
Science Advisory Board
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V Dr. Steven M. Bartell, SENES Oak Ridge, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN
Dr. M. Bruce Beck, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens Georgia
Dr. Linfield Brown, Department of Civil Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Dr. Calvin Chien, E.I. DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE
Dr. Arthur J. Gold, Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, RI
Dr. Helen Grogan, Cascade Scientific, Inc., Bend, Oregon
Dr. Kai-Shen Liu, California Department of Health Services, Environmental Health Laboratory
Branch, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Wu-Seng Lung, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA
Dr. Paulette Middleton, Science and Policy Associates, Inc., Boulder, CO
Dr. Jana Milford, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Dr. Mitch Small, Department of Civil Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Thomas Theis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University,
W.J. Rowley Laboratories, Potsdam, NY
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Dr. John R. Fowle, III, Deputy Staff Director/Designated Federal Officer, Environmental
Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board (1400) 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC
20460
Mrs. Priscilla Y. Tillery-Gadson, Staff Secretary, Environmental Protection Agency, Science
. Advisory Board (1400), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460
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NOTICE
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public advisory group providing extramural scientific information and advice to the
Administrator and other officials of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Board is
structured to provide balanced, expert assessment of scientific matters related to problems facing
the Agency. This report has not been reviewed for approval by the Agency and, hence, the
contents of this report do not necessarily represent the views and policies of the Environmental
Protection Agency, nor of other agencies in the Executive Branch of the Federal government, nor
does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute a recommendation for use.
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