December 18, 2001
EPA-SAB-EEAC-CON-02-003
Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: An Approach to Developing a Research Agenda for Environmental Economics:
A Science Advisory Board Notification of a Consultation
Dear Governor Whitman:
The Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) of the EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) met on November 30, 2001 to conduct a consultation with staff from the Environmental
Protection Agency's National Center for Environmental Research on the Agency's Approach to
Developing a Research Agenda for Environmental Economics.
The SAB has developed the Consultation as a mechanism to advise the Agency on technical
issues that should be considered in the development of regulations, guidelines, or technical guidance
before the Agency has taken a position. A Consultation is conducted under the normal requirements of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which include advance notice of the public meeting in the Federal
Register.
As is our customary practice, there will be no formal report from the SAB as a result of this
Consultation, nor do we expect any formal response from the Agency. However, the Committee looks
forward to a full peer review of the subject matter in a few months.
Sincerely,
/signed/ /signed/
Dr. William daze, Chair Dr. Robert N. Stavins, Chair
EPA Science Advisory Board Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
EPA Science Advisory Board
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
CHAIR
Dr. Robert Stavins, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Also Member: Executive Committee
SAB MEMBERS
Dr. Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Dr. Lawrence Goulder, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Also Member: Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
Dr. W. Michael Hanemann, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Gloria Helfand, University of Mchigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Paul Joskow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Catherine Kling, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Dr. Richard Norgaard, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Stephen Polasky, University of Mnnesota, St. Paul, MN
Dr. Richard Revesz, New York University, New York, NY
Dr. Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Dr. Hilary Sigman, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Officer, US EPA Science Advisory Board, Washington, DC
Ms. Wanda Fields, Management Assistant, US EPA Science Advisory Board, Washington, DC
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