March 16, 1999
EPA-SAB-EEC-CON-99-003
Honorable Carol M. Browner
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: Notification of a Consultation on the Advantages and
Disadvantages of Average or "Not to Exceed" Concentrations in
the Development of Cleanup Goals at Waste Sites.
Dear Ms. Browner:
The Statistical Consultation Subcommittee of the Environmental Engineering Committee
(EEC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB), met on March 16, 1999 to conduct a consultation
with staff from the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) on the Advantages
and Disadvantages of Average or "Not to Exceed" Concentrations in the Development of
Cleanup Goals at Waste Sites. 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.
Sincerely,
/s/ /signed/
Dr. John P. Maney, Chair Dr. Hilary I. Inyang, Chair
Statistical Consultation Subcommittee Environmental Engineering Committee
Environmental Engineering Committee Science Advisory Board
/signed/
Dr. Joan M. Daisey, Chair
Science Advisory Board
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Science Advisory Board
Environmental Engineering Committee
Statistical Consultation Subcommittee
CHAIR
Dr. John P. Maney, Environmental Measurement Assessment, Hamilton, MA
MEMBER
Dr. Domenico Grasso, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT
CONSULTANTS
Dr. Richard O. Gilbert; Battelle Washington Office, Washington, DC
Dr. Barabara L. Harper,Environmental Restoration, Yakima Indian Nation, Richland, WA
Mr. Stuart G. Harris, Department of Natural Resources, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR
Dr. James R. Rocco,BP Exploration and Oil Inc. Cleveland, OH
Dr. Douglas Splitstone, Splitstone & Associates, Murrysville, PA
Dr. Nga Tran, Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
FEDERAL LIAISON
Dr. Charles Land, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Kathleen W. Conway, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400),
401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC
Mary L. Winston, Management Assistant,U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400), 401 M
Street, SW, Washington, DC
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Science Advisory Board
Environmental Engineering Committee (FY99)
CHAIR
Dr. Hilary I. Inyang, Director, Center for Environmental Engineering and
Science Technologies (CEEST), University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
MEMBERS
Dr. Edgar Berkey, Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Concurrent Technologies
Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Calvin C. Chien, Senior, Environmental Fellow, E. I. DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE
Mr. Terry Foecke, President, Waste Reduction Institute, St. Paul, MN
Dr. Nina Bergan French, President, SKY+, Oakland, CA
Dr. Domenico Grasso,Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Environmental Research Institute, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Dr. JoAnn Slama Lighty Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of
Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. John P. Maney, President, Environmental Measurements Assessment, 5 Whipple Road,
Hamilton, MA
Dr. Michael J. McFarland, Associate Professor, Utah State University, 130 South 1000 East,
River Heights, UT
Ms. Lynne M. Preslo, Senior Vice President, Technical Programs, Earth Tech, Long Beach, CA
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Kathleen W. Conway Designated Federal Officer, U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400),
401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC
Mary L. Winston, Management Assistant,U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400), 401 M
Street, SW, Washington, DC
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