1 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
March 10, 2003
EPA-SAB-CASAC-CON-03-004
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Teleconference Consultation on
the Agency '$ Project Work Plan for Revised Air Quality Criteria for
Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants
Dear Governor Whitman:
The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CAS AC) of the EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) met via public teleconference on February 6, 2003, to conduct a Consultation with
staff from EP A's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), Office of Research
and Development (ORD), on EPA-NCEA's Project Work Plan for Revised Air Quality Criteria
for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants.
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 (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C.
App.), 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 CASAC or the SAB
as a result of this Consultation, nor do we expect any formal response from the Agency.
Sincerely,
/Signed/
Dr. Philip K. Hopke, Chair
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
EPA Science Advisory Board
FY2003 Members
CHAIR
Dr. Philip Hopke, Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Also Member: Research Strategies Advisory Committee
Executive Committee
SAB MEMBERS
Dr. Frederick J. Miller, Vice President for Research, CUT Centers for Health Research,
Research Triangle Park, NC
Mr. Richard L. Poirot, Environmental Analyst, Air Pollution Control Division, Department of
Environmental Conservation, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Waterbury, VT
Dr. Frank Speizer, Edward Kass Professor of Medicine, Channing Laboratory, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA
Dr. George E. Taylor, Professor and Assistant Dean, School of Computational Sciences,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Dr. Sverre Vedal, Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center,
Denver, CO
Dr. Barbara Zielinska, Research Professor, Division of Atmospheric Science, Desert Research
Institute, Reno, NV
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Mr. Fred Butterfield, Designated Federal Officer, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC; Phone: (202) 564-4561
Zisa Lubarov-Walton, Management Assistant, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC; Phone: (202) 564-4537
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NOTICE
This report has been written as part of the activities of the EPA Science Advisory
Board, a Federal advisory committee providing extramural scientific information and advice
to the Administrator and other officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The
Board is structured to provide balanced, expert assessment of scientific matters related to
issues 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
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Federal government, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute a
recommendation for use.
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interested members of the public, and is posted on the SAB Web site (www.epa.gov/sab).
Information on its availability is also provided in the SAB's monthly newsletter (Happenings
at the Science Advisory Board). Additional copies and further information are available
from the SAB Staff Office, Mailing Address: U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board (1400A),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460; Phone: (202) 564-4533.
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