UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
September 17, 2001
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
EPA-SAB-RSAC-CON-01-007
Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Subj ect: Office of Inspector General' s Pilot Proj ect to Improve the Use of
Science for Decisions: an EPA Science Advisory Board
Notification of a Consultation
Dear Governor Whitman:
The Research Strategies Advisory Committee (RSAC) of the EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB), met on August 29, 2001 in Dallas, TX at EPA's Region 6 Office to conduct a
consultation with staff from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on the use of science for
decision-making.
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,
/Signed/ /Signed/
Dr. William H. Glaze, Chair Dr. Raymond Loehr, Chair
EPA Science Advisory Board Research Strategies Advisory Committee
EPA Science Advisory Board
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US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
RESEARCH STRATEGIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAIR
Dr. Raymond C. Loehr, Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair and Professor, Department of Civil
Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Also Member: Executive Committee
SAB MEMBERS
Dr. William J. Adams, Director, Environmental Science, Environmental Department, Kennecott Utah
Copper Corporation, Magna, UT
Dr. Richard Bull, Consulting Toxicologist, MoBull Consulting, Kennewick, WA
Also Member: Drinking Water Committee
Dr. Genevieve Matanoski, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Maria Morandi, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, University of Texas, Houston, TX
Dr. Ishwar Murarka, Chief Scientist & President, ISH, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA
Dr. W. Randall Seeker, Senior Vice President, General Electric Energy and Environmental Research
Corp, Irvine, CA
Dr. William H. Smith, Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Forest Biology, Yale University,
Center Harbor, NH
Also Member: Executive Committee
Dr. Mark Utell, Professor of Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Pulmonary Unit, University of
Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Also Member: Executive Committee
Environmental Health Committee
Dr. Lauren Zeise, Chief, Reproductive and Cancer Haz. Assessment Section, California
Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Dr. John R, Fowle, III, Designated Federal Officer, US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20460
Ms. Wanda R. Fields, Management Assistant, US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460
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NOTICE
This report has been written as part of the activities of the EPA 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 balanced, expert assessment of scientific matters related to problems facing
the Agency. This report has not been reviewed for approval by the Agency and, hence, the
contents of this report do not necessarily represent the views and policies of the Environmental
Protection Agency, nor of other agencies in the Executive Branch of the Federal government, nor
does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute a recommendation for use.
Distribution and Availability: This EPA Science Advisory Board report is provided to the EPA
Administrator, senior Agency management, appropriate program staff, interested members of the
public, and is posted on the SAB website (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 [US EPA Science
Advisory Board (1400A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; 202-
564-4533].
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