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J UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
July 26, 2013
EPA-SAB-13-006
The Honorable Gina McCarthy
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Subject: Science Advisory Board (SAB) Discussions about EPA Planned Actions in the Fall
2012 Unified (Regulatory) Agenda and their Supporting Science
Dear Administrator McCarthy:
As part of its statutory duties, the Science Advisory Board (SAB) recently concluded a series of
discussions about possible review of the science supporting major EPA planned actions. The EPA
Office of Policy provided notice of release of the Fall 2012 Unified (Regulatory) Agenda and
Regulatory Plan on December 21, 2012. Since that time, the SAB held three public teleconferences
to discuss whether to review the science supporting any of the planned regulatory actions in that
agenda in order to provide advice and comment on the adequacy of the science, as authorized by
section (c) of the Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act.
The SAB appreciates the information provided by the EPA Office of Policy and the EPA program
offices describing the planned actions, associated scientific questions, and agency plans for scientific
analyses and peer review. The written information provided and the results of fact-finding
discussions with SAB members have been posted on the SAB website.
The SAB focused its attention on 41 major planned actions, identified by the EPA Office of Policy,
that had not yet been proposed. The Board noted that the EPA had already requested that either the
SAB or the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee review the science associated with six of these
actions (see enclosed table). Based on its deliberations in the three public teleconferences held since
receiving the list of planned actions, the SAB has decided that it will not undertake review of the
science supporting any other actions in the December 2012 Unified (Regulatory) Agenda.
In regard to the action entitled Revised Regulations for Environmental Radiation Protection
Standards for Nuclear Power Plant Operations (2060 AR12), while the SAB will not undertake any
immediate actions, it welcomes the commitment made by staff of the Office of Air and Radiation to
provide the SAB with information summarizing public comments in response to the Advance Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking. The SAB has a strong interest in the science supporting this important
topic.
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On behalf of the SAB, I thank you for the opportunity to support EPA through consideration of the
science supporting actions in the agency's regulatory agenda.
Sincerely,
Dr. David T. Allen, Chair
Science Advisory Board
Enclosures
(1) Planned actions for which EPA has requested SAB or CASAC science review
(2) Roster of SAB Members
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Enclosure
Planned actions for which EPA has requested SAB or CASAC science review
Title and RIN
Clean Water Protection Rule, 2040-AF30
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
(NPDWR): Group Regulation of Carcinogenic
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), 2050-AF29
NPDWR for Lead and Copper: Long-term Regulatory
Revisions, 2040 AF 15
NPDWR: Regulation of Perchl orate, 2040-AF28
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act/ he Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Reporting Requirements for Air Releases of
Hazardous Substances From Animal Waste at Farms,
2050-AG66
National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone,
2060-AP3
. . . . Status . . . .
EPA has committed to future SAB review
EPA has committed to future SAB review
SAB review completed
SAB review completed
SAB review completed
CASAC review currently underway
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
FY 2013
CHAIR
Dr. David T. Allen, Gertz Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering and the Director of the Center
for Energy and Environmental Resources, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
MEMBERS
Dr. George Alexeeff, Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California
Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA
Dr. Pedro Alvarez, Department Chair and George R. Brown Professor of Engineering, Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX
Dr. Joseph Arvai, Svare Chair in Applied Decision Research, Department of Geography, University of
Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dr. Thomas Burbacher, Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle, WA
Dr. Ingrid Burke, Director, Haub School and Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural
Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Dr. Thomas Burke, Professor and Jacob I. and Irene B. Fabrikant Chair in Health, Risk and Society
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Edward T. Carney, Departmental Senior Science Leader and Director of Predictive Toxicology
Center, Toxicology & Environmental Research and Consulting, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland,
MI
Dr. Terry Daniel, Professor of Psychology and Natural Resources, Department of Psychology, School
of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dr. George Daston, Victor Mills Society Research Fellow, Global Product Stewardship, The Procter &
Gamble Company, Mason, OH
Dr. Costel Denson, Managing Member, Costech Technologies, LLC, Newark, DE
Dr. Otto C. Doering III, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, W.
Lafayette, IN
Dr. Michael Dourson, President, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Joel Ducoste, Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering,
College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Dr. David A. Dzombak, Walter J. Blenko, Sr. University Professor of Environmental Engineering,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. T. Taylor Eighmy, Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN
Dr. Elaine Faustman, Professor and Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. R. William Field, Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, and
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dr. H. Christopher Frey, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Dr. John P. Giesy, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and
Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dr. Cynthia M. Harris, Director and Professor, Institute of Public Health, Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, FL
Dr. Robert Johnston, Director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute and Professor, Economics, Clark
University, Worcester, MA
Dr. Kimberly L. Jones, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Howard University,
Washington, DC
Dr. Bernd Kahn, Professor Emeritus and Associate Director, Environmental Radiation Center, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Catherine Karr, Associate Professor - Pediatrics and Environmental and Occupational Health
Sciences and Director - NW Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA
Dr. Madhu Khanna, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Dr. Nancy K. Kim, Senior Executive, Health Research, Inc., Albany, NY
Dr. Francine Laden, Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental
Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham
and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Dr. Elizabeth Matsui, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD
Dr. Surabi Menon, Director of Research, ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Dr. James R. Mihelcic, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL
Dr. Christine Moe, Eugene J. Gangarosa Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Horace Moo-Young, Dean and Professor, College of Engineering, Computer Science, and
Technology, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Eileen Murphy, Director of Research and Grants, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers
University, Piscataway, NJ
Dr. James Opaluch, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Natural Resource
Economics, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Dr. Duncan Patten, Director, Montana Water Center, and Research Professor, Hydroecology Research
Program, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
Dr. Martin Philbert, Dean and Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Stephen Polasky, Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics, Department
of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Dr. C. Arden Pope, III, Professor, Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Dr. Amanda Rodewald, Director of Conservation Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and
Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Dr. James Sanders, Director and Professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of
Georgia, Savannah, GA
Dr. William Schlesinger, President, Gary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY
Dr. Gina Solomon, Deputy Secretary for Science and Health, Office of the Secretary, California
Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Daniel O. Stram, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Biostatistics,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Peter S. Thorne, Director, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center and Professor and
Head, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Dr. Paige Tolbert, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public
Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Jeanne VanBriesen, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie
Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. John Vena, University of Georgia Foundation Professor in Public Health and
Head, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar,
College of Public Health , University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington,
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