srwcrrwt* =r*»djcn 3dn» Atfvtoory Botrt Dawresr. 1967 . C. 2O*00 EPA Report of the Director of the Science Advisory Board for Fiscal Year 1987 SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD ------- 2 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL '9OTECTIOM N DC20JSO December 10, 1987 NC/TE TO THE REAEER: This is the second Annual Report of the Director of the Science Advisory Board of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. This report presents the activities and accomplishments of the Board for Fiscal Year 1987 (October 1, 1986 to September 30, 1987). Curing this year the Roar-: maintained a very active program of independent reviews of EPA research programs and the scientific bases of a number of the Agency's major regulatory and policy decisions. In addition, it began to implement the Congressional mandate in the Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act for review of the technical bases of drinking water standards. These and other activities were designed to increase the scientific community's ability to present high quality and timely advice to policy makers and the Congress, and to promote technical consensus as a means of achieving consensus on environmental policies. Finally.- and in recognition of the increased public awareness and desire for information on the Science Advisory Board, operating procedures were developed for publication in the Federal Register. Like last year's report, it is my hope that the report for Fiscal Year 1987 will irrprove public understanding not only of the Board's contributions but also of an array of scientific issues and their rol^ in the decision making process. e, Director Board ------- SAB-88-OD7 Report of the Director of the Science Advisory Board For Fiscal Year 1987 Science Advisory Board U. S. Environmental Protection Agency December 1987 ------- U. S. ENVIROWENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY NOTICE This report has been written as a part of the activities of the Science Advisory Board, a 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 a 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 endorsement of recommendation for use. ------- Table of Contents 3 a ?ac,e I. Summary of the Science Advisory Board's Fiscal Year 1987 Activities , II. Science Advisory Board Operating Procedures 06 III. Organization, Budget and Personnel 10 IV. Reports Issued 15 V. Current Members and Consultants as of October 1, 1987 28 VI. Annex A: Science Advisory/.Board Charter A-i ------- I. Summary cf the Science Advisory Board's Fiscal Year This report presents the activities and accomplishments or the Scier.ce Advisory Board for Fiscal Year (FY) 1987 (October 1, 1986 to September 30, 1987). Hiring this year the Board maintained a very active program of independent reviews of EPA research programs and the scientific bases cf a number of the Agency's major regulatory and policy decisions. In addition, it began to implement the Congressional mandate in the Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act for review of the technical bases of drinking 'water standards. All of the above activities -were designed to increase the scientific community's ability to present high quality and timely advice to policy makers and the Congress and to promote technical consensus as a means of achieving consensus on environmental policies. Like last year's report, the report for Fiscal Year 1987 is intended to improve public understanding not only of the Board's contributions but also of an array of scientific issues and their role in the decision making process . no single form of peer review can address the range of scientific issues encountered by regulatory agencies, the capability of the Science Advisory Board has evolved to enable it to conduct a wide ranging set cf scientific evaluations. These include reviews of: o Research programs o The technical bases of regulations and standards o Policy statements or guidance o Methodology development o Advisory documents o Specific scientific proposals, studies or surveys o Presidential research budget proposals o Reviews requested by other Federal agencies o EPA reports to Congress o and SAB initiatives To conduct these reviews the Board had to maintain or recruii scientific expertise from a number of scientific disciplines. :.~. ;•-.:. it had to assist in defining the relevant scientific and technic3- . - under discussion; exhibit a familiarity with existing legislative requirements and EPA policies, procedures and regulations; underset:- • communicate the latest developments and advances generated by van -- research disciplines; and integrate the skills of advisory cctmi-.- — -• and consultants to prepare high quality and timely scientific r-r^ r- -- the EPA Administrator and Congress. ------- - 2 - Several major characteristics of SAB reviews during the cast •.•=> = *• include the following: o Implementation of Amendments to the Safe Prinking Water Act. Through the establishment of a Drinking Water Subcommittee ot the Environmental Health Committee, the Board conducted 1" reviews of drinking water issues. They included evaluations of: drinking water criteria documents and other assessments that supported rulemaking activities: research programs; healtn advisories; and a draft report to Congress comparing the health risks associated with alternative treatment technologies. o Greater emphasis upon ecological issues. The Board's focus included ongoing EPA research programs such as the water quality based approach, biotechnology, and the development of methodologies for ecological risk assessment. The formation of the Long-Range Ecological Research Needs Subcommittee pointed to the broader need for EPA to develop a longer-range research program and agenda. o Evaluating and recommending modifications of the Superfund Hazard Ranking System. In its first review of a Superfund program issue, the Board focused on three major scientific issues: exposure, toxicity and large volume wastes. A major theme of the review is the need to more closely relate the ranking received by a site to the risk posed by the site. o For the first time in its history, Board responded to a joint request from EPA and the Office of Management and Budget. Both agencies asked the SAB to identify research needs associated with health and environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion. o A salient characteristic of the past year was EPA's responses to SAB reports. In his memorandum of June 25, 1985 to senior managers, Administrator Lee Thomas directed that any office tr.at received a SAB report should respond in writing to the Boarc's advice, indicating agreement or disagreement and the reasons :or such action. In FY 87, EPA offices uniformly complied with tr. :s directive, oftentimes providing verbal or written feedback -~--r- the completion of the SAB's review, in addition to formal res:>--.-••- fotlcwing the completion of reviews. The SAB carried out 77 scientific reviews during FY 87 (inci-ci- . the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee). Some of these reviews .- : initiated during FY '86, while others that began this past year wil. carry over in FY 88. By category oc activity, the following issues constituted the SAB's agenda for FY 87: Rese_arch Programs^ o Development of Research Strategies (Five issues: Sources, Transport arc Fate: Exposure Assessment Health Fttects; Ecological Frr^cts; and Risk Reduction) o Land Disposal ------- - 3 - o drinking Water Disinfectants and Their By-Products o Indoor Air Quality o Engineering Research Program on Indoor Air Quality: Radon Reduction, Research and Development, Program Description and Plans o Research Needs for Lead and Ozone (Two issues) (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee) o Biotechnology o Waste Minimization o Municipal Waste Combustion o Integrated Air Cancer Project o Ecological Risk Assessment o Radon Mitigation o Extrapolation Modeling o Water Quality Based Approach o Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Technical Bases of Regulations and Standards o Draft Screening Analysis of Mining Wastes o Underground Storage Tank Release Simulation Model o Draft Health Assessment Documents for Beryllium; Cis- and Trans- Dichloroethylene; 1,2 Dichloropropane; Polychlorinated Biphenals; Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans; Tetrachioroethylene; and Trichloroethylene (8 issues) o Drinking Water Criteria Documents for Meta-Ortho-Para Dichlorcc-r-z- Monochlorobenzene; Nitrate/Nitrite; Xylene: Man-made Radionuclide Occurrence; Radium; Radon; and Uranium (10 issues o Drinking Water Assessment of Radionuclides o Proposed Drinking Water Rules for Filtration and Colifoms (2 issues) o Assessment of the Risks of Stratospheric Modification o Evaluation of Landfilliny and Lard Application as Alternatives t: Ocean Disposal of Sewage Slucges ------- - 4 - o Assessment of the Separate Treatment of Sewage Sludges and Dredged Materials Under EPA's Ocean Dumping Regulations o Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment Methodologies to Support the Development of National Criteria for Sludge Management o Scientific Issues Related to Municipal Waste Combustion o Municipal Waste Combustion Ash Assessment o Air (Duality Criteria for Ozone and Other Photochemical Oxidants (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee) o Addendum to the Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter and Sulfur Cxices (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee) o Addendum to the OAQPS Staff Paper for Particulate Matter (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee) o Addendum to the QAQPS Staff Paper for Sulfur Oxides (Clean Air Scientific Advisory-Committee) Statements or Guidance o Review of Draft Guidance for the Establishment of Alternate Concentration Limits for RCRA Facilities o Superfund Hazard Ranking System Methodology Development o Methodology for the Assessment of Health Risks Associated with Multiple Pathway Exposure to Municipal Waste Combustor Emissions o Integrated Environmental Management Program o Methodology for Valuing Health Risks of Ambient Lead Exposure (Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee) o A Damage Function Assessment of Building Materials: The Impact ?f Deposition (Clean Air Scientific Advisor/ Committee) o Interim Procedures for Estimating Risk Associated with Exposure - Mixtures of Chlorinated Dibenzo- p_-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans Advisory rocuments o Guidelines for Water Quality Advisories for Human Health and Aquatic Life (2 issues) ------- o Drinking Water Health Advisories for 37 Compounds (3 reviews): acrylamide, benzene, p-dioxane, ethylbenzene, ethylene glycol, '-.exar.e, legionella, methylethylketone, styrene, toluene, xylene, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, cyanide, lead, mercury, nickel, nitrate/ nitrite, carbon tetrachloride, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, cis and trans 1,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1- dichlorcethylene, dichloromethane, dichloropropane, dioxin, epichlorohydrin, hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,2-trichloroethylene, 1,1,-trichloroethylene, and vinyl chloride. Specific Scientific Proposals, Studies or Surveys o Design of the National Radon Survey o Idaho Radionuclide Exposure Study o Kanawha Valley Toxics Screening Study o National Surface Water Monitoring Study • b Laboratory Measurement Proficiency Program for Radon Testing Presidential Research Budget Proposals o Evaluation of the President's Proposed Budget for the Office of Research and Development for FY 1988 Reviews Requested by Other Federal Agencies o Reconmended Research on Effects of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion - EPA and the Office of Management and Budget EPA Reports to Congress o Report to Congress on Indoor Air Pollution and Radon o Comparative Health Effects of Drinking Water Treatment Technclr^:e = o National Dtoxin Study SAB Initiative o Workshop on Mouse Liver and Rate Kidney Tumors and Their Role :.-. - Risk .Assessment (2 issues) ------- - 6 - II. Science Advisory Board Operating Procedures To ensure the quality of technical analyses used in its decision making process, EPA has expanded its use of various formal and informal methods :f~ peer review. The Science Advisory Board (SAB), established by the Congress through the passage of the Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA) amendments of 1978, is the principal independent advisory body used by the Administrator to formally obtain advice en the scientific aspects of a large number of important public health and environmental issues. The Agency's referral of studies and assessments to the SAB for peer review preceeded, but is consistent with, the reconnendations of the National Academy of Sciences in its report on risk assessment in the Federal government.^ A major recommendation of this report was for regulatory agencies to create independent peer review panels to review scientific studies that form the basis for major agency regulatory actions. The Congress has required specific SAB review of such issues as the scientific bases of National Ambient Air Quality Standards, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and National Primary Drinking Water Standards. Section 8(e) of ERDCAA'aiso mandates that the Agency make availaole for SAB review "any proposed criteria document, standard, limitation or regulation." In light of the growing importance of the SAB to EPA's regulatory and research programs, the Agency has decided to formalize some of the procedures governing the selection of SAB members and the operations of the Board. :n the- past, the Agency has been extremely fortunate in having leaders of the scientific conmunity serve on the SAB and will seek to continue this high level of expertise on the Board through a more formal selection process. While this notice makes no significant changes in the SAB's procedures :or reviewing studies and providing advice to the Agency, it is important for ire public to know what those procedures are. Other aspects of the SAB's operations, including its objectives, responsibilities, and composition are set fortr. :r its Charter (which is attached as Annex A). The charter of a Federal acv.--.-r/ committee must be renewed every two years. Procedures Governing the Selection of SAB Members Members of the SAB are selected by the Administrator and Deputy .- Members are appointed for staggered terms of one to four years, whicr. - extended at the end of the term for the same range of time. The SAB - solicited nominations for membership from the general public in the ca cent inue ensuring the highest caliber participant on the SAB, EPA is today a more formal process to solicit nominations of qualified scieri engineers, or other disciplines as appropriate for review of the tec.-.-- issues addressed by the Board. Such nominations will be solicited :r: o Federal research agencies such as the National Institutes c: the National Center for Health Statistics, and the National £•: Foundation. o The Presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National .- Engineering and the Institute or Medicine. ------- - 7 - o Professional scientific societies. o Current or former SAB members. o The public (including the private sector and public interest -roues' o EPA staff. EPA will solicit such nominations by Federal Register notice as frequently as needed, but no less than every other year. To achieve balanced points of view among various schools of scientific thought, individuals will be appointed to the Board on the basis of their expertise and not their organizational affiliation or constituency. In announcing a solicitation, EPA will also identify particular scientific disciplines where expertise is needed. Members of the Board will be selected from among the nominated individuals. The Agency will publish in the Federal Register, on an annual basis, the current roster of SAB members. Memcers of the public are encouraged to submit nominees for Board membership at any time and need not await a formal solicitation from EPA. SAB members appointed by the Administrator or Deputy Administrator serve on various standing committee, subcommittees or ad hoc panels, or serve as members-at-large. In addition, the Board uses consultants with more specialized expertise on as-needed basis. Such consultants, who must meet the same standards of scientific expertise as members, do not vote on formal matters before the Board. Conflict of Interest Each SAB member or consultant is required to exercise judgment pricr to any meeting as to whether a potential conflict of interest might exist due to his or her occupational affiliation, professional or research activity or financial interest on a particular matter before the Board. If there is a potential conflict of interest, the member or consultant must excuse himself/herself from the deliberations and/or votes o£ committees or subcommittees of the Board with respect to that matter. SAB members and consultants currently complete an annual Confice-1:2! Statement of Bnployment and Financial Interests (Form 3120-1) beginning at the time of their initial appointment. Those compensated at or ?::o.~ the GS-16 rate, and who work more than 60 days per fiscal year, "lust conform to "the financial disclosure provisions of the 1978 Ethics :n Government Act. In addition, the SAB is currently in the process o: preparing specific conflict of interest guidelines for its members 3.- : consultants. These guidelines, when completed, will be published :~ Federal Register. The SAB Review Process The advisory process employed by the SAB will vary depending " ^ of the technical issues undergoing review, but certain general izaiirn.-; the review process can be stated. Most technical issues and sci-^t.:: evaluated by the Board are described in technical support docur.er.ts ;;r- internally by EPA or by external contractors hired by EPA program :::": ------- - 8 - in developing regulations, standards, guidance or policy statements. The SAB also evaluates a considerable number of individual programs within tr.e Cffice of Research and Development. The Administrator has previously instructed program and research offices to seek advice frcm the SAB as early as possible in the decision making process and, generally, before the proposal in the Federal Register of a regulation or standard, or before the final issuance of criteria, technical support or guidance documents.3 In general, the SAB review process involves the following steps: 1. At the direction of the Administrator or Deputy Administrator, each program or research office nominates scientific issues of importance to EPA that are subsequently submitted to the SAB Executive Ccmmittee for approval to authorize a SAB review. These issues are in addition to those that are legally required. The SAB can also initiate written requests to the Administrator to review individual issues. Based on consultations between the Executive Committeo and senior EPA program and research officials, the Ccmmittee assigns priorities for the SAB. These priorities are subject to adjustment by the Executive Ccmmittee of the SAB in consultation with the Agency during the year. 2. The issues identified in step 1 are referred by the Executive Com ittee to an appropriate existing SAB committee for review, or the Executive Comruttee, as the need arises, establishes an appropriate subcommittee to conduct the review. 3. Additional expertise is recruited, if needed. A schedule for the review is established. 4. Agency documents and studies by outside contractors are transmitted to the SAB committee. Preliminary briefings or site visits are conducted if needed. At this stage of the advisory process, the Administrator has directed that prograr or research offices prepare an "issues paper" which synthesizes the relevant scientific data, states the EPA position based on such data and defines the specific issues to be addressed by the SAB. 5. EPA documents are formally reviewed in meetings open to the cuolic. While some meetings may be closed in accordance with specific provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b Section 10 [d] of the Federal Advisory Committee Act) such action is only taken for compellire reasons. In addition, public conments of a scientific nature are accec^". by the SAB. Following discussion within the review committee and ber*--- the committee and EPA staff and members of the public, the committee ;_r-•_.?. res a statement ot its major conclusions and recommendations. 6. Based upon EPA and SAB discussions, EPA may prepare an ac-.: - . draft of its technical documents and may request another cycle of so:- ::c review by the committee. If this does not occur, the committee's ::- is transmitted to the Executive Committee for approval. 7. The Executive Committee reviews the report and, if apprr. -••-, it to the Administrator. The final SAB report becomes a public is available for public inspection and copying. 8. The director of the relevant program or research office, :r -•-- Administrator, formally responds in writing to SAB advice, noting ?.r- the advice will be accepted or net accepted, and the reasons f:r =-•:- :- ------- - 9 - Timeliness of S_A3_Review To avoid delaying important EPA decisions, the scientific review process must, to the extent feasible, be conducted in an expeditious manner without sacrificing a high level of quality in both the preparation and review of technical documents. Consistent with this objective, the SAB establishes a schedule for the preparation of each report. Similarly, the Agency's respcr.se to the SAB's advice should be transmitted promptly. In general, the SAB seeks to submit a written report to the Administrator within 90 days of the ccmpieticr. of a review. EPA seeks to respond in writing to SAB advice within the same time frame following the formal submittal of a final SAB report. Submittal of Questions and Nominations Members of the public who have questions pertaining to the above stated procedures or who wish to reconmend nominees for SAB memoership should write Or. Terry F. Yosie, Director, Science Advisory Board, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, (A-101), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D. C. 20460. References 1. National Research Council, "Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process,: (National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 19831. 2. 49 Federal Register, 33169, August 21, 1984. 3. Memorandum from EPA Administrator Lee M. Thomas to Assistant Acnin- istrators and Office Directors, "Improving the Agency's Use, of the Scier.ce Advisory Board," June 25, 1985. ------- ORGANIZATION OF THE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD Administrator Deputy Administrator SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD Ex*cutlv* Committee Chtlr.N N«Uon OUeclar: T. Von« (Upuly Okaotoi K Conwty SUM S*e J FatUmar PERMANENT STANDING COMMITTEES {nvlranmcnlal Hollh CammllU»«tnC> Chtli 0 Qll*t*m*r EA»O &«o H Colhcin »!•(« t*o . V.u.nl trwUonmanUI EffioU It anipar I, ftnd f-•!• C»mmlll«.atTfC> Cn>U M Hirlung (1*0 i«o.: J. Kuril • Ulf (•« :L. 4»>b»« H*dl*llan Advltory Commm««(»AC) Chtlr: J tohuU AolingCntlr: J IUI E»*o. t«o K. Canw«y •UK «««:0. Clark \ Ad Hoc AND OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES Inulranmanlal fnglncxing Comm4ll««(tCC> Chtlr. • Loahr {••e laa:V>c»nl •Ufl t*a.U MW*r •Malaohnolagy Naaeereh tuaeemmlllee Chair: f.Maorlna iaee taej J Kuril tlafl *ea:l tarbee CUtn Air ScUnllllo Advliary CemmllU* KASAO Ch»lr: • MeCUUcn f »«o (•« .M fUtk lull f«a.;C. Otlwrn* Leng-Mange Eooleglaai RaaaarehNaada tubcemmlllee (ItftN) Chair: S Au«rb»ah Ci«a. *»o : J Kuril tuff t*o:L. Bkib«* lelanllllo 4 ' AehJawamanl Awaid* •ubaommllla* Chair! C>aa Sao.: K. Cenway tlaff tea.:* >ullar tuboanrunlllaa Chair: U. Krlpke Ciea. tea.: T. Votle •left fee- J. raellmer \ Indoor AU/IoUl Human Ch*lr:M. Llppmtnn EM»O l*o:H fU»» il*lf >*e.: C. o«born« •avlaw Subaammlllae Chair:* Leahr Ciao tee.: K. Canway tlatf tea.a Clerk •eiearoh Slrelegle* fuaaammlllee Chair: A. Aim Vlae Chalre: I Auarbaah. *. aaldalaln. 0. Mldy, *. Laehr. end 0. NaH tlalf: AM §A» lief f tolenllala 4 tearelarlee Moi* Wllh lh» ••o*pllona( CAIAC wMoh !• mtnd>l*d uu«p«iia«i.liy «u olhcr Cammlil***. f ubaammiil««t tnd Ad Haa f*fti)«i« i«}>ori du*ollx la lha f laoullw* Cam/nJII** (-.in,.n.nl limbing CommllU*! nn y tuo foim iuboommlllaa* !(.• uHiu* uf Uia bUttblur of ln« («l»r\c« AdvltfMy ftotfd 4 U« AJIalhat tUM may ------- _ 11 - Subccnrnittees of Major Standing Conruttees Environmental Effects, Transport and Fate jTarmittee o Municipal Waste Combustion Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Rolf Hartung o Water Quality Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Dickson o Surface Water Monitoring Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Kenneth Dickson Environmental Health Carmittee o Drinking Water Subcommittee Chair: Cr. Gary Carlson o Halogenated Organics Subcommittee Chair: DC. John Doull o Metals Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Bernard Weiss Radiation Advisory Committee o National Radon Survey Design Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Cddvar Nygaard o Radionuclides in Drinking Water Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Warren Sinclair o Radon Mitigation Subcommittee Chair: Dr. John Till Environmental Engineering Comuttee o Alternate Concentration Limits Subcommittee Co-Chairs: Mr. Richard Conway Dr. Mitchell Small o Land Disposal Subcommittee Chair: Dr. Raymond Loehr o Waste Minimization Subcommittee Chair: Mr. Richard Conway o Underground Storage Tank Siibconmittee Chair: Dr. Keros Cartwrignt ------- - 12 - Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee o Acidic Aerosols Subcommittee Chair: Cr. Mark Utell o Lead Benefit Analysis Subcommittee Chair: Cr. Robert Rowe o Lead/Ozone Research Needs Subcommittee Chair: Cr. Morton Lippmann o Material Carnage Review Subcommittee Chair: Cr. Warren Johnson o Visibility Subcommittee Chair: Cr. Shep Burton ------- SCIENCE AEVISCRY BOARD STAFF DIRECTOR Terry F. Ycsie Secretary Joanna A. Fcellner Clerk-Typist Vacant CEPUTY DIRECTOR Kathleen w. Ccnway Secretary Janet R. Butler PROGRAM ANALYST Cher/I 3. Bentley CLEAN AIR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE Environmental Scientist A. Robert Flaak Secretary Carolyn L. Csoorne ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, TRANSPORT AND FATE COMMITTEE Environmental Scientist' Janis C. Kurtz Secretary Lutithia V. Barbee ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMMITTEE Environmental Engineer Vacant Eric H. Males (Acting until V31/37) Environmental Engineer Harry Torr.c (1 year leave of absenc; Secretary • B. Marie viil.er ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE Environmental Scientist C. Richar- -rern Secretary vacant RADIATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Environmental Scientist Kathleen .. -~3y Secretary Dorotry '•' • r•-. Stay-in-School Assistants Lavonir. ". rley Darek '^. ------- SCIENCE ACVISCRY BOARD FISCAL YEAR 1987 BUCGET Conpensaticn S 351,246.44 (Members, Consultants and Staff) Travel S 281,888.41 Other Contractual Services S 53,832.00 (Court reporting services, equipment, training, maintenance for word processing equipment, copying machine, etc.) Total S 1,186,966.30 ------- - 15 - IV. Reports Issued SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD REPORTS (FISCAL YEAR 1987) Report to the Administrator on a review conducted by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee of the Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and other Photochemical Qxidants—Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee—October 22, 1986—SA3-CASAC-3~"-OCl This report documents the Committee's findings relative to its review of the Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Other Photochemical Oxidants prepared by the Agency's Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office. CASAC unanimously concluded that this document represents a scientifically balanced and defensible presentation and interpretation of the scientific' literature. Report to the Administrator on a review of the Agency's Research Prcgran Or, Indoor Air Quality—Indoor Air Quality Research Review Panel—November 5, 1986—SAB-EC-3~~" The Panel concluded that while the indoor air research being conducted was of high quality, the research taken as whole did not constitute a "program" in indoor air quality- The major recommendations include: 1) development and adoption of a clear policy statement that indoor air quality is an important and essential component of the responsi- bility of the Agency, 2) assigning responsibility for the indoor air quality program to an individual of appropriate scientific statute with specific experience in this area, 3) the proposed limited field survey should not be carried out as presented since the resources that it would demand are not commensurate with the scientific information ar.d insights which would be derived, 4) preparation of a relative risk assessment for more important pollutants (including asbestos, biological contaminants, criteria air pollutants, and toxic chemicals) in order ID develop a framework for decision making, and 5) eight general conclusicr.s and recommendations concerning current research in indoor air qualiiy. Report to the Administrator on a review of the final draft of the Ager.cy'-- ^icance for the. Establishment of Alternate Concentration Limits for RCRA Faciliti Envircn- mental Engineering Committee—October 24, 1986—SAB-EEC-87-003. The Conmittee conducted a preliminary review of the above docur.eni March 1986, and identified obvious errors or omissions which are e->r ~d in detail in its initial report. The Office of Solid Waste as>~- - Committee to review the final draft ACL guidance when it was rea<:. publication in the Federal Register. This report represents t-.e T— -e's review of the final draft which was found to be well-written arc - -lly sound. 'STNGLE COPIES OF THESE REPORTS .ARE AVAILABLE AT MO CHARGE FROM THE j ADVISORY BOARD. SAB REPORT NUMBERS SHOULD BE REFERRED TO WHEN MAKr.< i PLEASE ADCRESS REQUESTS TO SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD (A-10 IF), PROTECTION AGENCY, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460, ATTENTION CHERYL B. CALL'(202) 382-2552. ------- Report to the Administrator on a SAB review requested by the Office of Drinking Water (OCW) of thirty-seven drinking water health advisories—Environmental Health Comuttee— October 24, 1936—Metals Subconmittee (SAB-EHC-87-004); Halogenated Organics Sccccrmitt^ (SAB-EHC-87-005); and Drinking Water Subccmmittee (SAB-EHC-87-006). The Environmental Health Committee has reviewed 37 health advisories for drinking water. Health advisories are action levels for exposures of different duration and are not regulations. Three Subcommittees partici- pated in the reviews. Each one prepared general comments as well as specific comments on specific substances as follows: Office of Drinking Water Health Advisories for 37 Compounds: acrylamide, benzene, p-dioxane, ethylbenzene, ethylene glycol, hexane, legionella, methylethylketone, styrene, toluene, xylene, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, cyanide, lead, mercury, nickel, nitrate/nitrite, careen tetrachloride, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, cis and trans 1,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, dichloromethane, dichlcro- propane, dioxin, epichlorohydrirw hexachlorobenzene, polychlorinated bipr.enyls, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,2-trichloroethylene, 1,1,-trichloroethylene, anc vinyl chloride. Overall the Environmental Health Committee reached the following conclusions: o The scientific quality of health advisories were uneven. ' o The Office of Drinking Water has made a commendable effort in providing exposure analysis information. o A major problem in the health advisories is that they are intended for a diversity of readers, who have widely varying background levels and concerns. o Communication would be enhanced if the Office of Or inking Water adopted a three step process to include a Criteria Document, a healtr advisory and narrative summary for each substance. Report of the Director of the Science Advisory Board for Fiscal Year 1936-- October 1986—SAB-87-007. This is the Science Advisory Board's (SAB) first in a series of SA? ;:•• reports which is intended to inform EPA, SAB members and consultants, and other interested constituencies of the Board's continuing activ.-.. In addition,, the report represents an effort to promote a better ^r.j-r- standing of the Board's role in decision making, and its efforts tc provide scientific advice. ------- Report to the Administrator on a review of a draft document entitled "Interim Procedures for Estimating Risk Associated with Exposure to Mixtures of Chlorinated Dibenzo-g-Cioxins and Dibenzofurans", prepared by the Agency's Risk Assessment Forum—Dioxin Toxic Equivalency Methodology Subcommittee—November 4, 1986— SAB-EC-87-008. The Assistant Administrator for Air requested the Science Advisory Board to review the draft document mentioned above which sets forth an approach for assessing the hazards of Chlorinated Dibenzo-£- Dioxin (CDD) and Dibenzofuran (CEF) mixtures relative to the toxicity of the 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachloro-dibenzo-pj-dioxin (TCDD) isoner. The Subcommittee concluded that the draft document represented a successful interim attempt to articulate a scientific rationale and procedures for developing risk management decisions for mixtures -which contain CCD's and CEFs related in structure and activity to TCDD. Report to the Administrator on a review of the 1986 Addendum (Second Addendum to Air Quality Criteria for Particul.ate Matter and Sulfur Oxides (1982))~ to the 1982 Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter and Sulfur Oxides, prepared by the Agency's Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office—Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee—December Is, 1986—SAB-CASAC-87-009. The Committee unanimously concluded that the 1986 Addendum, along with the 1982 Criteria Document previously reviewed by CASAC, repre- sent a scientifically balanced and defensible summary of the scientific literature on these pollutants. CASAC requested the review of the 1986 Addendum to the 1982 Air Quality Criteria Document on PM/SOx for the purpose of updating the knowledge of recent scientific studies and analyses. Key findings from earlier documents are summarized which provide a reasonably complete summary of newly available information concerning particulate matter and sulfur oxides, with major emphasis on evaluation of human health studies published since 1981. Report to the Administrator on a review of the 1986 Addendum to the 1932 :-?ta:: Paper on Particulate Matter (Review of the NAAQS for Particular Matter: Assess- ment of Scientific and Technical Information) prepared by the Office or Air Ouality Planning and Standards —Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee— December 16, 19ft6—-SAB-CASAC-87-010 . The Committee concluded that this document is consistent in all significant respects with the scientific evidence presented and interpreted in the combined Air Quality Criteria Document for Particulate Matter/Sulfur Oxides and its 1986 Addendum. The Committee relieves that this document should provide the kind and anount of technical guidance tnat will be needed to make appropriate revisions to the standards. Major conclusions and recommendations concerning the scientific issues and studies discussed in the Staff Paper Addendum are detailed in the report. ------- - 13 - Report to the Administrator en a review of the Agency's Water Quality Based Approach research program—Water Quality Based Approach Research Review Subcommittee—December 11, 1996—SAB-EC-87-011. As part of a series of Science Advisory Board ongoing reviews on the CRD research program, the SAB reviewed a document entitled "Reference Material for SAB Review of Water Quality Based Approach for the Control of Toxics - Freshwater". This document was prepared by four EPA laboratories that carry out research in this particular program. The Subconmittee's major conclusion was that methods for deriving water quality criteria have undergone a steady evolution and extensive scientific review. The scientific and regulatory conmunities have widely accepted the resulting criteria. Additional Subcommittee recommendations were directed at further strengthening the water quality based approach, and integrating it with work related to other areas of toxic controls needing attention. Report to the Administrator on a review of EPA's National Dioxin Study—National Dioxin Study Review Subcommittee—December 19, 1986—SAB-EC-87-012. The Subcommittee commended EPA and its personnel for the preparation of a comprehensive, informative and well-written document. With revisions that are identified in the report, the thoroughness of the Study and quality of the data base are scientifically supportable, given the understanding of current knowledge. The four objectives of the study were: (1) to assess "the associated risks to humans and the environment", (2) a study of the extent o£ contamination, (3) implementation of site clean-up efforts, and (3) the evaluation of a variety of disposal and regulatory alternatives. Report to the Administrator on a review of reports developed by the Office of Policy,• Planning and Evaluation on landfilling and land application as alternatives to ocean disposal of sewage sludges—Environmental Fngineen-.c Committee—January 15, 1987—SAB-EEC-87-013. The Committee believes that the reports did not provide adequate documentation to justify the choice of methodology and selection of models. The Committee also recommended that the Agency conduct sensitivity analyses to evaluate the importance of variables and uncertainties in the models. In addition, the methodology should use data distributions rather than subjectively defining "represents - conditions. ------- Report to the Administrator of a report written by the Office of Marine and Estuarine Protection (CMEP) to justify the separate treatment of sewage sludges and dredged materials under the EPA ocean dumping regulations—Environ- mental Engineering Committee—January 16, 1987—SAB-EEC-87-014. Although the Conmittee is in agreement with the Agency that there are significant differences in the properties of most sewage sludges and dredged materials, significant exceptions exist. Clearly defined, consistent, rigorous, and peer-reviewed procedures must exist to identify these exceptions. CMEP maintains that existing procedures for evaluating dredged materials (under Part 227.13) are adequate; however, based on the documents provided to the Committee, a rigorous protocol for identifying exceptions do not appear to exist. Report to the Administrator on a review of four sewage sludge risk assessment methodologies developed by the Office of Research and Development for the Office of Water to support the development of national criteria for sludge management— Environmental Engineering Committee—January 15, 1987—SAB-EEC-87-015. The Committee recommends that further work be conducted before the risk assessment methodologies are used to develop numerical criteria. Major shortcomings include various unexplained technical emissions and overly conservative and unrealistic risk assessment assumptions, including a sole focus on "maximum exposed individual" risks, the failure to consider a range of risks, and the absence of sensitivity analyses. The outputs from the risk assessment methodologies, as they now exist, are not internally consistent; and they are less consistent (or comparable) among the four sludge management options. Report to the Administrator on a review of the Agency's radon mitigation research plan—Radiation Advisory Ccmmittee—January 12, 1987—SAB-RAC-37-016. The Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology (OEET) briefed the Committee on its draft radon mitigation test matrix, which is described as the conceptual framework for a project design within a research plan still under development. The OEET asked the Committee to address the following question, "Does the basic approach for the development of the matrix appear reasonable?" The Committee reviewed the document and made the following conclusions and recommendations: (1) the general approach is reasonable, (2) the number of cells in the matrix should be reduced by combining techniques which have similar effects, (3) increased attention should be given to pre- and post- mitigation measurements, and (4) there is a need for greater emphasis on mitigation for new construction. ------- - 20 - Report to the Administrator on a review the Office of Research and Develccr.ent's ecological risk assessment program—Ecological Risk Assessment Research Review Subcommittee—January 16, 1987—SAB-EC-87-017. The Subconmittee's major conclusion was that the overall concept of ecological risk assessment developed in this program is comprehensive, scientifically ambitious, and sets forth a research direction for the long-term (perhaps twenty years). In the short- term (five years), it is not achievable as planned, particularly because some of the key elements (density-dependent population, community and ecosystem mechanist models) are based on an inconplete understanding of the fundamental mechanisms. However, the research staff have made a promising start in identifying some of the major issues this program should address. Report to the Administrator on a review of a draft Addendum to the Health .Assessment Document for Perchloroethylene—Environmental Health Cormittee— January 27, 1987—SAB-EHC-87-018 . The Committee previously reviewed a draft Health Assessment Document on May 9-10, 1984 and an Addendum is desirable because of newly available data, primarily an inhalation bioassay of rodents by the National Toxicology Program. The Subconmittee believes it is reasonable to describe the weight of the epidemiological evidence in humans as conforming to the EPA guideline for carcinogen'risk assessment definition of "inadequate". The Subcommittee concluded that the animal evidence of carcinogenicity is "limited" because of positive results in only one strain of mouse of a type of tumor that is common and difficult to interpret. Therefore, the Subcommittee concluded that perchloroethylene belongs in the overall weight-of-tr.e- evidence category C (possible human carcinogen). Report to the Administrator on a series of scientific reviews of Agency res-ir:-. programs—Executive Committee—January 16, 1987—SAB-EC-87-019. The Board believes that its. reviews of Agency research prcgrans have proven to be a highly useful means of assessing the quality and relevance of existing research. These reviews have focused both the SAB's and the Agency's thinking on research plans and nee-.s to a degree never before achieved through preparation and review of the Five Year Research and Development Plan (Research Outlook). The Board believes that its extensive research program reviews ful--. the spirit and intent of Congress for SAB oversight of the Agency's •: progran. ------- - 21 - Report to the Administrator on a review of a draft Drinking Water Criteria Iccu-.er for Moncchlcrobenzene—Envirormental Health Committee—January 16 198~—^A3-EHC- 87-020. The Subcommittee evaluated the animal evidence for carcincgenicity of chlorobenzene to be "inadequate" under EPA's new guidelines based en the lack of a statistically significant increase in the incidence of tumors in female mice, male mice and female rats, and on the basis of the perception of a diminished biologic significance of reported malignant neoplastic nodules of the liver in the highest dose-treated male rats. This evidence would place chlorobenzene into the overall weight-of-the-evidence category " D" (not classified). Report to the Administrator on a review of a draft Health Assessment Document for Polychlormated Dibenzofurans—Environmental Health Committee—January In, 1987—SAB-EHC-87-021. The available information on polychlorinated dibenzofurans is scant. For this reason, staff utilized information about polychlorinated dibenzo-pj-dioxins in the assessment. The scientific theory that supports the use of this analogy is sound. Both groups of substances are thought to cause biological effects by binding with different affinities to the same intracellular receptor molecule. However, the draft document assumes this theory for one plausible effect of receptor binding, namely developmental abnormalities, and not. for other effects which have been attributed to polychlorinated dibenzo-pj- dioxins in previous Agency assessments, such as carcinogenicity. The Subcommittee requests that EPA either assume the same theory for all effects or provide an explanation of why carcinogenic effects do not follow from binding to the receptor. Report to the Administrator on a review of the 1986 Addendum to the 1982 Staff Paper on Sulfur Oxides ^Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards-for Sulfur Oxides; Updated Assessment of the Scientific and Technical Information) prepared by the Agency's Office of Air Quality Plan-.. and Standards (OAQPS)—Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee—February '.'-*, 1987—SAB^IASAC-91-0 22. The Committee concluded that this document is consistent in all significant respects with the scientific evidence presented and interpreted in the combined Air Quality Criteria Document for Particulate Matter/Sulfur Oxides (1982) and its 1986 Addendum, and that the Staff Paper and its Addendum provide the Administrator with the kind and amount of technical guidance that will be needed to make decisions with respect to the national ambient air quality standards for sulfur oxides. ------- Report to the Administrator en a review of the Office of Research and Development's Integrated Air Cancer Project—Integrated Air Cancer Project Research Review" Subcommittee—February 25, 1987—SAD-EC-37-023. This is the first time the Agency has addressed the carcinogenic potency of mixtures of materials in the ambient air and is a critical step tcwarcs characterizing the exposure of humans to a complex environment. The Sub- ccrmittee found the Integrated Air Cancer Project to be scientifically well-founded. The project represents a logical and appropriately innovative approach that can achieve its long-range goals of addressing these complex envirormental health issues. In addition, the project effectively exploits some of the research tools and results developed in the past decade and presents an example of effective multi-laboratory research management w IIP. in the Agency. Report to the Administrator on a second SAB annual review of the President's proposed budget for the Office of Research and Development—Research and Develop- ment Budget Subcommittee—March 6, 1987—SAB-EC-87-024. The scope of the Subccmmittee's review addresses three major issues: 1) trends in the research budget; 2) continuing core needs of EPA's research program; and 3) comments on specific research programs in eight major areas—air, radiation, water quality, drinking water, pesticides/toxic substances, hazardous wastes/Superfund, energy/acid rain and interdisciplinary research. Report to the Administrator on a review of EPA's risk assessment document entitled An Assessment of the Risks of Stratospheric Modification—Stratospheric Ozone Subcommittee—March 23, 1987—SAB-EC-87-025. The Subcommittee concluded that EPA's draft document represents an extensive effort to develop an integrated risk assessment based upon currently available scientific information to ascertain the potential threat to the stratosphere posed by a continued growth world-wide of emissions of chlorofluorocarbon (CFCs) compounds. The Subcommittee generally finds that EPA has done a commendable job of assembling tr.e relevant scientific information in the body of the document. The Sub- committee has provided many specific recommendations for improving -.-- treatment of particular scientific issues and characterizing scient:::: uncertainties which are detailed in the report. ------- Report to trie Assistant Administrator for Research and Development en the 1986 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards—1986 Scientific and -echnc^oc/c^ .Achievement Awards Subcommittee—April 6, 1987—SAB-EC-87-026. ' " ' ~^~"" The Subcommittee reviewed 113 papers nominated by EPA's Office of Research and Development for the 1986 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards; 34 were recommended for awards. The Subcommittee noted that more papers were nominated for awards this year (113 versus 92 in 1985), but a higher percentage (30% versus 25%) of those nominated have been recommended for an award. Papers in the Control Technology category were judged worthy of an award for the first time in several years. The Subcommittee made the following three suggestions: (1) the call for papers should be widened so that qualifying work of engineers and scientists throughout the Agency can be considered; (2) a letter of recognition should be sent to scientists and engineers outside the Agency who co-authored award-winning papers; and (3) recognising in some other way a number of papers' -which were of very high quality but did not qualify for awards. Report to the Administrator on a review of a document jointly prepared by the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards and the Environmental Criteria and Assessment Office entitled Methodology for the Assessment of Health Risks Associated with Multiple Pathway Exposure to Municipal Waste Combustor Emissions—Municipal Waste Combustion Subcommittee—April 9, 1987—SAB-EETS.FC-87-027. The Subcommittee considered the proposed methodology to be a considerable improvement over other multi-media risk assessment methodologies previously developed by EPA and reviewed by the Science Advisory Board. The current methodology was more comprehensive in sccpe and, in general, provides a conceptual framework that ought to be expanded to other environmental problems. The Subcommittee identified several areas in this methodology that ne-^--. further consideration, including: the applicability of the Hampton ir.ci-- erator facility and associated data to represent typical mass burn tecr:-. •;/: the failure to use data frcm current best available control technology : . mes for model validation; separate treatment of particulate and gaseous -—: -s and their fate, i.e., downwash; the need to use best available kir.^i.;- predicting soil degradation; exposure resulting from the landfilling : using the maximally exposed individual (MED concept: and the treat--:-" plant (and herbivore) exposure. ------- - 24 - Report to the Administrator on a review of a Health Assessment Document for Beryllium—Environmental Health Committee—April 24, 1987—EBC-87-028. The Metal's Subcommittee agrees with the conclusions reached in the draft document concerning the evidence of carcinogenicity using epidemiological and animal data. The Subcommittee was unable to reach a consensus on advising the Agency on the use of existing data to estimate an upper bound to human risk. In addition, the Subcommittee continues to disagree with the Agency's choice of a model for the pharmacokinetics of inhaled beryllium participates. These and other issues are detailed in the report. Report to the Administrator on a review of the Drinking Water Criteria Document for Nitrate/Nitrite—Envirormental Health Committee—May 11, 1987-SAB-EHC-37-029. The Or inking Water Subcommittee advised further technical changes before finalizing the document such as: (1) clarifying the use of the Walton study, including limitations of the study and the weight assigned to its use for regulatory decision making; and (2) the representation" of a clearer scientific rationale on the selection of margins of safety. Additional comments can be found in the report. Report the the Administrator on a review of the progress made by the Office of Research and Development in addressing EPA's needs for extrapolation models— Extrapolation Models Subcommittee—May 26, 1987—SAB-EC-87-030. ' The Subcommittee's major finding was that there is no overall, conceptually integrated Agency research program on extrapolation modeling, but a conglomeration of investigator-initiated projects, many of -which are commendable in their design and implementation. Major recommendations of the Subcommittee suggested that EPA should develop a comprehensive plan for an extrapolation models research program that should: 1) articulate an overall conceptual objective towards which individual projects would aim; 2) enhance EPA's risk assessment-risk management framework for decision making; 3) develop a framework that promotes more planning and resource stability in support of the research; 4) provide a common nomenclature; 5) imp rev-? communication among the Agency's organizational components; and 6) explain to the nonscientist how the research on extrapolation ~cc.~ support the Agency's regulatory decisions. ------- - 25 - Report to the .^ministrator on a review of EPA's Draft Kanawha Valley Toxics Screening Study—Integrated Envirornental Management Subcormittee—May 27, 198"— SAB-EC-87-031. The Subcommittee unanimously concluded that the Kanawha Valley study represented an important component of EPA's overall effort to develop methodologies to define public health and environmental priorities. Studies such as this provide (1) valuable technical challenges and experiences to EPA staff, particularly to regional offices; and (2) provide a valuable means for developing closer working relationships with state and local officials and the general public. In general, the Subcommittee viewed the Craft Kanawha Valley Toxics Screening Study as one step of a continuing process to assess risks. The current study addresses chronic health exposures to carcinogens which represent one of many public' health concerns in the Valley. As a follow-up to the current study, the Subcommittee recommended the following two additional steps: o expanded monitoring of air toxics, and use of monitored values to obtain more precise estimates of exposure and health risks; and o greater focus on accidental releases and fugitive emissions as areas of puolic health concern. Report to the Administrator on a review requested by the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards entitled "Methodology for Valuing Health Risks of Ar.c :-=-<: Lsad Exposure" prepared by Mathtech, Inc., an EPA contractor—Clean Air Scie-.i-:i: Advisory Cortnittee—June 30, 1987—SAB-CASAC-87-032. The Subcommittee on Lead Benefit Analysis of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee conducted a review of the above document and ccr.c_-->.-• that the revised document provides a defensible presentation of the benefits that were analyzed. The revised document included written comments made by the Subccrtni _ • -- yi-.o. to its March 10, 1987 puDiio meeting. However, there are potentially substantial benefit caterer;~ that are currently excluded in the analysis such as the likely relat. magnitude of benefits for individuals in lead-based painted homes, _-.: . fetal impacts (reduced birth -weight and early developmental effect other benefit categories that could De included in future assessrre-- ------- Report to the Administrator on a review requested by the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation entitled "A Carnage Function Assessment of Sullying Materials: The Impact of Acid Deposition" prepared by Mathtech, Inc., an EPA contractor—Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee—June 30, 1987—5AB-OC^C- 87-033. The Material Carnage Review Subcommittee of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee conducted a review of the above document and concluded that the 1986 Mathtech report was well done and represented an improvement over earlier efforts, given the limitations in available data and the scope of the study- Identified in the report are omissions, errors, and biases inherent in the work, and attempts to account for a range of possible alternatives by furnishing lower and uppper damage estimates. In view of the uncertainties involved, especially in paint damage costs, the Subcommittee believes that the total costs from acid deposition should not be used in the Sulfur Oxides National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) rulemaking process. Nevertheless, the conceptual framework and procedures that are used in this report do provide useful information •which should be considered; The analyses contained in this report should be considered as complementary to the supply/demand model approach that is now incorporated in the draft Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) for Sulfur Oxides. Report to the Administrator on a review of the Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation's Integrated Environmental Management Program (IEMP)—Executive Committee—July 24, 1987—SAB-EC-87-034. The program's lack of clearly stated scientific assumptions and objectives, and its need for a more consistent approach to peer review, constitute its most serious technical deficiencies. The absence of consistently documented assumptions and objectives, ar.c the ad hoc approach to peer review, has created difficulties in assessing whether the program as a whole, or specific studies, rav~ , achieved their overall goals. Report to the Administrator on a review of the Office of Drinking v.aier' Assessment of Radionuclides in Drinking Water and Four Craft Criteria Documents: Man-Made Radionuclide Occurrence; Uranium; Radium; and Pa.-i-- the Drinking..Water Subcommittee—Radiation Advisory Committee—July :~, SAB-RAC-87-035. At the request of the Office of Drinking Water, the Committee :.-. • four issues: the weighting factors to be used in effective :c^- :-- lent calculations, the chemical toxicity and radiotoxicity •:: .: the linearity of the dose-response curve for naturally occurr:-.. radionuclides, and the appropriate use of the relative anc ar-ri:'. -- risk models. ------- - 27 - Report to the Administrator on the Recommendations for Future Research on National Amoient Air Quality Standards for Ozone and Lead—Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee—September 30, 1987—SAB-CASAC-87-036. The research recommendations for ozone are presented in three parts: 1) atmospheric chemistry; 2) health effects: and 3) agriculture, forests and related ecosystems. Each part is critical to setting an ozone NAACS. The latter two areas are critical in establishing exposure-response relationships for the effects that ambient ozone produces. However, without a better understanding of exposure profiles, scientists and regulators cannot accurately establish the extent of the effects of ambient ozone exposure on public health and welfare. Furthermore, without a better understanding of atmospheric chemistry, we cannot predict either the frequency of excessive exposures or the influence of the various souces of the ozone precursors on the ambient concentrations. ------- CURRENT MEMBERS FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION Dr. Seymour Abrahamson Professor of Zoology & Genetics University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Dr. Martin Alexander Professor, Dept. of Agronomy Cornell University Ithaca, New York Alvin I.. Aim Pre f> rhief Executive Officer Alliance Technologies Corp. 211 Hurlinqton Road Massachusetts 4. Or. Stanley I. Auerbach Director, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee 5. Dr. .loan Rerkowitz, President Risk Science International Washington, D.C. 6. Dr. Clary P. Carlson Profe.ssor of Toxicology hcpl . ot I'har ii'ai-olmv .u*1 Toxicology I'll! line lln i Vt • I : i I t V U. •:.! I.. 1 1 .Y< I I , I 'I / . |ir . I- «M n , . ii i .:i i ,i i I 1 1 inois .',( at «• u-<>|c..|iral Mitvt-y Chain| vi i' |n , II, Former SAB Consultant Former SAB Member None None Former SAB Consultant Former SAB Consultant Kornier SAB Consultant Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Member-At-Large Member, Executive Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee Meiidx-r, Environmental Knqirieer irxj Commit.lee I in •— ' tf o M, s OO ------- 8. Dr. Yoram Cohen Associate Professor School of Engineering and Applied Science, Univ. of California Los Angeles, CA Dr. Richard A. Conway Corporate Development Fellow Union Carbide Corporation South Charleston, WV . Dr. Paul F. Deisler Private Consultant Houston, Texas . Dt . Kenneth I,. Dickson Director, Institute of Applied Sri onces north Texas State University Hunt on, Texas 76203-3078 12. Dr. John Doull Professor of Pharmacology University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, Kansas 13. Dr. Philip E. Fnterline Professor of Biostatistics & Director for the Center for Environmental Rpidemiology University of Pittsburgh Pi I t sbunih, PA H . In . Mi -n M . I wi n i |i i r , , -I i .r , I i i i i H I •( | | |V I I > 'I ill.' I il i I I !• I I Uni Vft:; i t y ol I I I i noi.s j| llr tuiut ctuiini u ii |ii lit t mi, 1 1 1 i in >i;; Former SAB Consultant None None Former SAB Consultant FIFRA SAP, 1976-1980 None None Member, Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member, Executive Committee Member, Rnvironmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Environmental Engineer! rig Commit t t I ro ------- CURRENT MRMBERS FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION 15. Dr. Robert Frank The Johns Hopkins School Of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, Ml) 16. Dr. .Sheldon K. Friedlander Parsons Professor of Chemical Engineering University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 17. Or. Wilford R. Gardner Head, Dejvirtment of Soils, Water and Engineering University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Ifl. Dr. William Glaze Director, School of Public Health UCLA Los Angeles, CA 19. Dr. Earnest F. Gloyna Dean, College of Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 20. Mr. George P. Green Public Service Coni[«ny of Colorado , Prifclili't inn Service^ i Hi, < '' ' Consultant CASAC 6. Environmental Health Committee Consultant SAB Technology Committee 1975-78 CASAC 1978-1982 None Former SAB Consultant Chair, Executive Committee None Member, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Member-At-Large Member, Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member, Executive Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee ------- CURRENT MEMUt.'R FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION 01 . Dr. Richard A. Griesemer Director, Biology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee .? . Dr. Rolf Hartung Professor of Environmental Toxicology, School of Public Health University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Dr. J. William Haun Vice President Engineering Policy General Mills, Inc. Minneapolis, MN 24. Dr. George M. Hidy President Desert Research Institute Reno, NV 25. Dr. Robert J. Huqgett Senior Marine Scientist Virainia Institute of Marine Science College of William & Mary Gloucester Point, VA 26. Dr. Seymour JabIon Director, Medical Follow-up Agency National Research Council None None None None Former SAB Consultant None Chair, Environmental Health Committee Chair, Environmental Effects, Transport, & Fate Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member, Executive Committee Member, Environmental Effects, Transport, & Fate Committee Member, Radiation Advisory Committee i OJ ------- CURRENT MEMBERS FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION Dr. Kenneth D. Jenkins Professor of Biology California State University at [,ong Reach Lono Reach, CA Dr. E. Marshall Johnson Professor and Chairman Department of Anatomy Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, PA 19107 Dr. Warren R. Johnson Manaqer, Research Aviation Facility, national Center for At ino-spher ic Research -'r O) Former SAB Consultant Former SAB Consultant None j(). Dr. Nancy Kim Director, New York Department of Health Bureau of Toxic Substance Assessment Albany, New York 31. Dr. Richard A. Kimerle Senior Science Fellow Monsanto Company St. Louis, Missouri None Former SAB Consultant Member, Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee I NJ ------- CURRENT MEMHERS FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION Margaret L. Kripke professor & Chairman Dept. of Immunology MJ). Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute Houston, Texas Dr. Timothy V. Larson Research Associate Environmental Engineering & Science Program Department of Civil Engineering Seattle, Washington 34. Or. Terry Lash Di red or I).•[uirunent of Nuclear Safety Springfield, Illinois 3S. Dr. Joseph Lino Vice President Retired Consultant 3M Company St. Paul, MN 36. Dr. Morton Lippmann Professor of Env. Medicine Institute of Environmental Medicine New York University Medical Center New York, n.'W York Former SAB Consultant Former SAB Consultant Former SAB Consultant None Former SAB Consultant Member-At-Large Member, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Member, Radiation Advisory Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Chair, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee CJ I ------- CURRENT MFMHFRS FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION 37. Dr. Raymond Ix>ehr Civil F^ngineerinq Department University of Texas Austin, Texas 38. Dr. William Lowranee Senior Fellow and Director Life Sciences Program The Rockefeller University New York, New York 39. Dr. Francis L. Macrina Department of Microbiology & Immunolony Virqinia Commonwealth University l< i rhmorid, Vi rqinia SAB Technology Committee 1976-1981 None Former SAR Consultant Chair, Environmental Engineer ing Committee Member, Executive Committee Member-At-Large •10. Dr. Kogt-r O. McClellan l.nvi'lare Biornedical and Knvironmental Research Inst. Albuqueraue, New Mexico 41. Dr. Francis C. McMichael professor of Civil F.ngi nee ring Carneoie-MelIon University Pittsburgh, PA 42. Dr. Paul A. Nt-dl I't I-;; i ifc-rit , rlu-miivil In«1iu;t ry I us! 11 Dl «• (il 'l'i ix icolo ly I/, : ,.-.ir • -h 'i'i i .HI' 111 • i' u ^ , rji SAB Executive Comm., 1976-1980 Environmental Health Comm., 1980-82 Environmental Health Committee Chair SAB, Technology Committee, 1979-81 Former SAB Consultant FIFRA SAP, 1976-80 NDWAC, 1979-82, 1983-85, Former SAB Consultant Member, Executive Committee Member-At-Large Member, F.xecut ive Committee ------- CURRENT MfclMHKRS FORMER SAB CURRENT POSITION }. Dr. James V. Heel Lee R. Dice University Professor of Huron Genetics University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, Michinan 4. Dr. Norton Nelson Professor of Environmental Medicine New York University New York, New York 45. Dr. John M. Neuhold FV-pt. of Wildlife Sciences colMIC of Natural Resources ut ,ih st at e University l,<» j.tn, Ut alt 4*>. Dr. U. Warner North Principal, Decision Focus, Inc. Los Alto, CA 47. Dr. Oddvar Nyqaard Professor of Radiology Director of the Division of Radiation Riology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 48. Dr. DonaId J. O'Connor Professor of Krivironmental Kngi rii-i 'tii»i Manlia! I .m < 'i 11 1 • •< |> • Mr i ii,x IIY Former SAB Consultant Environmental Health Committee 1975-1979 Ecology Committee 1974-1978 SAB Executive Comm., 1980-1982 Former SAB Consultant None None Member, Radiation Advisory Committee Chair, Executive Committee Chair, Subcommittee on Strategic & Long- Term Research Planning Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Radiation Advisory Committee Ol I Member, F.nvi ronmental Engineer ing Committee ------- CURRENT MEMBERS FORMER SAR SERVICE CURRENT POSITION 49. Dr. Charles R. O'Melia Professor, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Engineering John Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 50. Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn Professor and Dean School of Public Health and Community Medicine, SC-30 University of Washington Seattle, Washington 51. Dr. Charles F. Reinhardt Haskell Lalioratory for Toxicology and industrial Medicine l-:. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Newark, Delaware 52. Dr. Paul V. Roberts Professor of Environmental Engineering Stanford University Stanford, CA 53. Dr. Keith J. Schiaqer Director, Radiological Health Dept. Orson-Spencer Hall - Rm 100 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 54. Dr . Wi 1 liam .1. Srhul 1 I) i r' 'i 'I or iiin 1 I'M il > •:'>.';<)! i )t I '< j| HI 1. I I 11 'I i I'll' I 1' : • ,i • I I pll' . I I . [ 1 I HI « I I 'I I ||i in:;l i HI, 'I'1 .-..I None Former SAB Consultant None None Former SAB Consultant Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Member-At-Large I OJ Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member, Radiation Advisory Committee Chair, Radiation Advisory Committee ------- CURRENT MEMBERS FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION 5. Dr. Thomas T. Shen Senior Research Scientist New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Albany, New York 6. Dr. Ellen K. Silbergeld Senior Scientist Toxic Chemicals Program Environmental Defense Fund Washinqton, D.C. 57. Dr. Warren Sinclair President, National Council on iMdiation Protection and Me.isurernents Het hesdd , Maryland SH. Dr. Mite-hell Small Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineerina Carnegie-Mellon University Schenley Park Pittsburgh, PA 15213 59. Mr. Stephen Smallwood Air Pollution Control Program Mgr. Bureau of Air Quality Management Florida Department of Environmental Regulat ion '[Ml lah,i:;;;ee, Kloi i da None None None Former SAB Consultant None 60. .Km A. ,1. M "Iwi )k Di -| tn I n» 'Ml i 'I l'| 'i ' I' mil ili * .iiul I'nh I I-' M-- ill I, Y.ile llni V.T-, i I y ••!" "1 " New Ikivi-n, ( '( inn. -i 1 irut None iy Member, Environmental Engineerir»g Committee Member, Executive Committee Member, Radiation Advisory Committee Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member-At-Large Chair, Indoor Air Research Review Subcommittee ------- CURRENT MKMHKP FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION 61. Dr. Charles Susskind Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 62. Dr. Robert Tardiff F.nviron-Corporation Washington, D.C. 63. Dr. John Till Private Consultant Neeses, South Carolina 64. Dr. Mark J. Utell Associate Professor Department of Medicine University of Rochester School of Medicine Rochester, NY 65. Dr. Herb Ward Department of Biology Defxartment of Environmental Science & Engineering Rice University Houston, Texas 66. Dr. .JciiiK-s W.ir e Depir I iiK'nt of h i«isl dt ist ics H.it v.i i' 1 Scln it >l 11| I'uhl i c Ht\il t h |',i k-,1 c in, Mi i- Inl' ,< -I I :. None None None Former SAB Consultant None Former CASAC Consultant Member, Radiation Advisory Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Radiation Advisory Committee Membe r-At-La rge Member, Environmental Engineering Committee Member, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee ------- CURRENT MRMHERS FORMER SAB SERVICE CURRENT POSITION 67. Dr. Rernard Weiss Professor, Division of Toxicology University of Rochester Rochester, New York 68. DC. Jerome J. Wesolowski Air and Industrial Hygiene Lab University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 69. Dr. James Whittenberger Southern Occupational Health Center University of California Irvine, CA Former SAB Consultant None Environmental Health Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee Member, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Member-At-Large Long-term Research Planning Subcommittee 71 Dr. <;. hnuv wiersma M.iikji|«-r, Earth and Life Sciences IV,M; Idaho Inc. Iduho Falls, Idaho Dr. Ronald E. Wyzqa Program Manager Electric Power Research Inst i tule Palo Alto, CA Former SAB Consultant Former SAB Consultant Member, Environmental Effects, Tranport & Fate Committee Member, Environmental Health Committee i UJ VO ------- -40 - NAME SCIENCE ADVISCPY 30A?D CONSULTANTS CCWMITTEE/SUBCCMMITTE- 1 Barry J. Adams 2 Ira Adelman 3 Eleanor R. Adair 4 Abdul K. Ahmed 5 Ahmed E. Ahmed 6 Mary 0. Amdur 7 Julian 3. Andelman 8 Anders W. Andren 9 Larry Andrews 10 Carol R. Angle 11 Lynn Anspaugh 12 Bernard D. Astill 13 Stephen M. Ayres 14 Robert Baboian 15 Richard E. Balzhiser 16 Michael J. Barcelona 17 Charles E. Becker 18 Alfred M. Beeton 19 Eucene Bent ley 20 Irwin Billick 21 Eula Bingham 22 Jeffery Black Environmental Engineering Committee Ecological Risk Assessment Radiation Advisory Cormnmittee Environmental Health Commmittee Environmental Health Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee National Dioxin Review Subcommittee Environmental Health Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Corrm. National Acid Precipation Advisory Program Environmental Engineerina Committee Environmental Health Committee Laboratory Organization Review Group laboratory Organization Review Group Indoor Air Quality Review -ir Tcxics Study Group Environmental Effects, Transport i Fate Ccrrittee ------- NAME COMMITTEE/SUBCCMMI" 23 James Bond 24 Victor Bond 25 Phillippe Bourdeau 26 Eileen Brennan 27 Kenneth Brown 28 Stephen Brown 29 Gordon Brownell 30 George T. Bryan' 31 Thomas A. Burke 32 Shepard Burton 33 Janis Butler 34 Martyn M. Caldwell 35 John Cairns 36 Clayton Callis 37 Larry w. Cantor 38 Italo Carcich 39 George F. Carpenter 40 Melbourne R. Carriker 41 Barbara K. Chang 42 Julian Chisolm Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Long Range Ecological Research Subcommittee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Ground Water Research Review Committee Stratospheric Ozone Subc. Environmental Effects Transport & Fate Committee Executive Committee Environmental Engineerinc Committee Environmental Effects, Tra.--=r<:: & Fate Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Effects, Trar^: & Fate Committee Environmental Effects, Trar^; & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific icvi=cr- Committee 43 Leo Chylack Stratospheric Ozone Subcommittee ------- -42 - NAME COMMITTEE/SUECOMMITTEE 44 Thomas Clarkson 45 Stephen ?. clear/ 46 Lenore Clesceri 47 Ronald Coburn 48 Warren D. Cole 49 Rita Colwell 50 William E. Cooper 51 Herbert H. Cornish 52 Edward D. Crandall 53 James D. Crapo 54 Kenny S. Crump 55 Anita Curran 56 Allen Cywin 57 Walter F. Dabberdt 53 Rose Dagirmanjian 59 Juan M. Daisey 60 James M. Davidson 61 Terry Davies 62 Stanley N. Davis 63 Gary L. Diamond Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Effects, Tranport & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Comm. Forest Effect Research Review Panel Biotechnology Research Review Group Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Integrated Environmental Mgmt. Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Clean Air. Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Enaineering committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Ground Water Research Review Committee Integrated Environmental Var.a^e--- : Environmental Engineering Cr^-ittee Environmental Health Committee ------- NAiME 64 Maihua Duan 65 Patrick R. Durkin 66 Benjamin C. Dysart, 67 Lawrence Fechter 63 Thomas Fitzpatrick 69 Davis L. Ford 70 James Fox 71 James Friend 72 *yrick A. Freeman 73 John S. Fryberger 74 James N. Galloway 75 Thomas A. Gasiewicz 76 Mary E. Gaulden 77 Walderico Generoso 78 Shelby D. Gerkinq 79 James E. Gibson 80 Jerome B. Gilbert 81 Bruno Gilletti 82 Dan Golomb 83 Michael Gouch 84 Herschel E. Griffin 85 David T. Grimsrjd 86 James Gruhl Clean Air Scientific Adviser/ Committee Environmental Engineering Committee III Environmental Engineeri.-.c Committee Pisk Assessment Guidelines ^eview 3:ccp Stratopheric Ozone Subc. Environmental Enaineering Committee Environmental Health Committee Stratospheric Ozone Subccrr-ittee Clean Air Scientific Advisory remittee Environmental Engineering Committee Clean Air Scientific, Advisory ccrmittee Dioxin Toxic Eouivalency Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Environmental Effects, Transport '•> Fate Committee Laboratory Organization ?eview ~ -.tte' Environmental Health Committe^ Environmental Engineerir.c ::— Visibility Study Group Environmental Health Ccmm-.tt-r- Environmental Health Ccmntt-- Indoor Air Air Duality ?evi^ Ir.tecrated Environmental v = r=:- •- : ------- — -4-+ - NAME CCMMITTEE/SUBCCMITTEE 87 Arthur w. Guy 88 Jack D. Hackney 89 Yacov Haimes 90 Ronald J. Hall 91 Paul E. Hammond 92 Ralph W. F. Hardy 93 John H . Harley 94 Allen Hatheway 95 Paul Hedman 96 Ian T. Higgins 97 John E. Hobble 98 Ronald D. Hood 99 Roger Hornbrook 100 Charles Hosier 101 Harry Hovey 102 Lloyd G. Humphreys 103 Donald M. Hunten 104 Rudolph Husar 105 Jay S. Jacobsor. Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisor/ Committee Ecological Risk Assessment Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Biotechnology Research Review Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Engineering Committee Scientific and Technological Awards Subcommittee , Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ecological Risk Assessment Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisor/ 7:— Clean Air Scientific Advisory "-— Stratospheric Ozone Subcommitt-r- visibility Study Group Clean Air Scientific idviscrv ~— ------- NAME ^MI TTIE/SUBCO^MITTEE 106 Ronald L. Jarman 107 Alfred Joensen 108 James Johnson 109 David Kaufman 110 Graham Kalton 111 Stephen V. Kaye 112 Lawrence Keith 113 Laurence S. Kaminsky 114 Curtis D. Klaassen 115 Raymond K. Klicius 116 Jane 0- Koenig 117 Joseph Koonce 118 Paul Kotin 119 Thomas J. Kulle 120 Marvin Kuschner 121 Victor G. Laties 122 Lester <3. Lave 123 Brian 3. Leaderer 124 Michael Lebowitz Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Engineering Ccrmititee Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee- Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Strategic and Long Term Research Planning Subcommittee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Indoor Air Quality Review Environmental Health Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Stratospheric Ozone Subcomri-•:-•-- Clean Air Scientific Advise re- commit tee Clean Air Scientific Advisery rcmmititee ------- - 46 - NAME COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE 125 Jay H. Lehr 126 Allan H. Legge 127 Steven Lewis 128 Paul J. Lioy 129 Lawrence D. Longo 130 Leonard A. Losciuto 131 Cecil Lue-Hing 132 Richard Luthy 133 Delbert C. McCune 134 J. Corbett McDonald 135 Donald McKay 136 Donald E. McMillan 137 Peter McMurry 138 Wilbur McNulty 139 Wesley A. Magat 140 Peter N. Magee 141 Kathern Mahaffey 142 David Maschwitz 143 "Vron Mehlman 144 Daniel Menzel 145 James Mercer Ground Water Pesearch Pevisv Corp. Clean Air Scientific Advisory COTT. Environmental Health Committee Integrated Environmental Management Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Engineering Committee Environmental Engineering Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Ecological Risk Assessment Environmental Health Committee Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisor/ ::—. Environmental Health Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisor/ Committee Environmental Effects Trarsccr- & Fate Committee Environmental Health Ccrritte- Environmental Health Ccrntte- Ground water Pesearch Peview Committee 146 Jaccueline Michel delation Advisory Committee ------- NAME COMMITTEE/SUBCCyyiTTEE 147 David w. Miller 148 Irving Mintzer 149 Harold Mooney 150 Granger w. Morgan 151 Richard H. Moser 152 Brooke T. Mossman 153 James W. Moulder. 154 Bruce Napier 155 Scott W. Nixon 156 Roger G. Noll 157 Guenter Oberdoerster 158 Allan OKey 159 Patrick O'Keefe 160 Betty H. Olsen 161 Michael Oppenheimer 162 Gordon H. Orians 163 Michael Overcash 164 Haluk Ozkaynuk 165 Albert L. Page 166 Bernard C. Patten 167 Stanford S. Penner Ground water Research, Review Committee Stratospheric Ozone Subcommittee Long-range Ecological Pesearcr. Needs Subcommittee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Biotechnology Research Review c-rouc Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Effects, Transport & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Integrated Environmental '"ar.ace-^ent National Dioxin Review Environmental Health Ccm-itte- National Acid Rrecip:tat:3-. Advisory Program Environmental Effects, 7r3-.:--~:t & Fate Committee Environmental Engineer:-- ~<~~ -tee Visibility Study Group Environmental Engineer:-: ~—:ttee Environmental Effects, 7r^-_-:•: rt & -ate Ccmmittee National Acid ?recicitat:c- Advisory Program ------- NAME COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE 168 Frederica Perera 169 Tony J. Peterle 170 Richard Peterson 171 James Petty 172 Henry Pitot 173 Gabriel L. Plaa 174 Jeanne Poindexter 175 Lincoln Pollissar 176 Thomas A. Prickett 177 John Quarles 178 Michael B. Rabincwitz 179 Martha J. Radike 180 Stephen M. Pappacort 181 Verne A. Ray 182 Paul Risser 183 Joseph V. Rodricks 184 Joan Rose 185 Robert Rowe 186 Richard Poyall 187 Karl K. Pozman 138 Liane Pussell 189 Stephen N. Safe 190 Jonathan Samet 191 Adel F. Sarofi.- Environmental Healtr. Committee Environmental Effects, Transport & "ate Committee National Dioxin Review National Dioxin Review Risk Assessment Review Group Environmental Health Committee Biotechnology Research 'eview s^'cc. Environmental Health Committee Ground Water Research review Committee Environmental-Engineering Ccrr.p. Clean Air Scientific Adv. Terr. Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Ecological Risk Assessment Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Health Cc~"-it-— Clean Air Scientific ^cv-..-:-: • Committee Clean Air Scientific A::. Committee Environmental Healtr. ::•— -- Environmental Healtr C:~~- Environmencal Healtr ::—• Radiation Advisory ~z\—i" — Environmental Effects, Tr2r-£^«:rt & Fate Committee ------- NAM: CCMMITTEE/S'JHCCyyiTTEE: 192 Harold Schecter 193 Marc A. Schenker Committee 194 Richard Schlesinqer 195 Dennis Schuetzle 196 Donald F. Schutz 197 Richard Sextro 198 Eileen M. Shanbrom 199 Jack Shannon 200 Herman H. Shugart 201 Carl A. Silver 202 Clifford V. Smith 203 Kerry V. Smith 204 Roger P. Smith 205 Michael D. Smolen 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 Mark D. Sobsey Frank Speizer Peter Spencer John Spengler Robert A. Scuire Thomas 3. Starr Andre^F. Stehr.ey Joseph Stetter Environmental Health Ccrrittee Clean Air Scientific advisory Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Health Ccrmittee Visibility Review Group Forest Effects Research. Review Paftel Environmental Engineering Ccrmitt? Radiation Advisory Committee Clean Air Scientific adviser/ ittee Roger Peter w. Su Environmental Health Ccmri-tee Environmental Effects, Trarscort Fate Committee Environmental Health c;r~-_-_-.~e Clean Air Scientifc acvi^crv ~:~- Environmental Health ::—;----- Clean Air Scientific -•:.-.•-_- - ~:~ Environmental Health ~:— -.-- -- Environmental Healtr ~--- -- - Radiation advisory C:—-.-- Total Human Exocsur0 :-^-' -.-.-.-. Research Stratecies S-c^:~-.--^e Forest Effects ^eviev -~-:-.^.-. ? = r.^ ------- NAME CCMMITTEE/SUBCCyMITTEE 216 Frederick W. Sunderman 211 Jair.es A. Swenberg 218 Nien Dak Sze 219 Joel Tarr 220 George E. Taylor 221 Thomas Tephly 222 Lloyd 3. Tapper 223 Ducan C. Thomas 224 Michael Treshow.. 225 John Trijonis 226 William A. Turner 227 Puby M. Valencia 228 Charles Velzy 229 W. Kip Viscusi 230 Evan Vlachos 231 William waller 232 Leonard weinstein Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Stratospheric Czone Subcommittee Integrated Environmental Management Clean Air Scientific Advisor/ Ccmm: Environmental Health Committee Environmental Health Committee Radiation Advisory Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisor'/ Committee Visibility Review Group Radiation Advisory Committee Environmental Health Committee Environmental Effects, Trarsccrt & Fate Committee Clean Air Scientific Advisor;/ ~;~~: Environmental Enaineerir.c cc:—•_---?<= Environmental Effects, ~'.--.-. S. Fate Committee Environmental Effects, Tra: Fate Committ^ ------- UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGZNC ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS - COMMITTEES, BOARDS, PANELS, AND COUNCILS SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD !• PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. This Charter is reissued for the Science Advisory Board in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 O.S.C. (App.I) "9(c). The former Science Advisory Board, administratively established by the Administrator of EPA on January 11, 1974, was terminated in 1978 when the Congress created the statutorily mandated Science Advisory Board by the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA) of 1978, 42 D.S.C. 4365. The Science Advisory Board charter was renewed October 31, 1979; November 19, 1981; November 3, 1983; and October 25, 1985. 2. SCOPE OF ACTIVITY. The activities of the Board will include analyzing problems, conducting meetings, presenting findings, making recommendations, and other activities necessary for'the attainment of the Board's objectives. Ad hoc panels may be established to carry out these special activities in which consultants of special expertise may be used who are not members of the Board. 3. OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. The objective of the Board is to provide advice to EPA's Administrator on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental problems and issues. While the Board reports to the Administrator, it may also be requested to provide advice to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works or the U.S. House Committees on Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, or Public works and Transportation. The Board will review scientific issues, provide independent advice on EPA's major programs, and perform special assignments as requested by Agency officials and as required by the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977. Responsibilities include the following: - Reviewing and advising on the adequacy and scientific basis of any proposed criteria document, standard, limitation, or regulation under the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, the Noise Control Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Comprehensive Environrrer.tal Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or any other authority of the Administrator; ------- ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER - Reviewing and advising on the scientific and technica1 adequacy of Agency programs, guidelines, methodolocies, protocols, and tests; - Recommending, as appropriate, new or revised scientific criteria or standards for protection of human health and the environment; - Through the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, providing the scientific review and advice required under the Clean Air Act, as amended; - Reviewing and advising on new information needs and the quality of Agency plans and programs for research, and the five-year plan for environmental research, development and demonstration. - Advising on the relative importance of various natural and anthropogenic pollution sources; - As appropriate, consulting and coordinating with the Scientific Advisory Panel established by the Administrator pursuant to section 2Kb) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended; and - Consulting and coordinating with other Agency advisory groups, as requested by the Administrator. 4. COMPOSITION. The Board will consist of a body of independent scientists and engineers of sufficient size and diversity to provide the range of expertise required to assess the scientific and technical aspects of environmental issues. The Board will be organized into an executive committee and several specialized committees, all members of which shall be drawn from the Board. The Board is authorized to constitute such specialized standing member committees and ad hoc investigative panels and subcommittees as the Administrator and the Board find necessary to carry out its responsibilities. The Administrator will review the need for such specialized committees and investigative panels at least cr.ce a year to decide which should be continued. These committees ar.d panels will report through the Executive Committee. The Deputy Administrator also shall appoint a Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee of the Board to provide the scirr.t ;f ic review and advice required by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1?"7. This Committee, established by a separate charter, will be a.-. part of the Board, and its members will also be members o: t.~ Advisory Board. ------- ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER 5- MEMBERSHIP AND MEETINGS. The Deputy Administrator appoints individuals to serve on the Science Advisory Board for staacer«d terms of one to four years and appoints from the membership~a Chair of the Board. The Chair of the Board serves as Chair of the Executive Committee. Chairs of standing committees or ad hoc specialized subcommittees serve as members of the Executive Committee during the life of the specialized subcommittee. Each member of the Board" shall be qualified by education, training, and experience to evaluate scientific and technical information on matters referred to the Board. No member of the Board shall be a full-time employee of the Federal Government. There will be approximately 60-75 meetings of the specialized committees per year. A full-time salaried officer or employee of the Agency will be present at all meetings and is authorized to adjourn any such meeting whenever this official determines it to be in the public interest. Support for the Board's activities will be provided by the Office of the Administrator,.EPA. Th-e estimated annual operating cost will be approximately $1,416,700 and 14.6 work years to carry out Federal permanent staff support duties and related assignments. 6. DURATION. The Board shall be needed on a continuing basis. This charter will be effective until November 8, 1989,- at which time the Board charter may be renewed for another two-year period. 7. SUPERSESSION. The former charter for the Science Advisory Board, signed by the Administrator on October 2, 1985, is hereby superseded. 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