July 30, 1999
EPA-SAB-EC-CON-99-008
Honorable Carol M. Browner
Administrator
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: Notification of a Consultation on the Agency's Science Strategy
Dear Ms. Browner:
The Executive Committee (EC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB), met on July 14,
1999 to conduct a consultation with Dr. Dorothy Patton from the Office of Science Policy in the
Office of Research and Development on the efforts underway to develop an Agency-wide
Science Strategy. 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,
Dr. Wm. Randall Seeker, Acting Chair
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FY-1999
CHAIR
Dr. Joan M. Daisey, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (not available at
this meeting)
Dr. William Randall Seeker, Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA (Acting
Chair)
MEMBERS
Dr. Henry A. Anderson, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, WI
Dr. Stephen L. Brown, Risks of Radiation and Chemical Compounds (R2C2), Oakland, CA
Dr. Richard J. Bull, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Dr. Maureen L. Cropper, The World Bank, Washington, DC
Dr. Kenneth W. Cummins, South Florida Water Management District, Sanibel, FL (not
available at this meeting)
Dr. Hilary I. Inyang, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA (not available at this
meeting)
Dr. Morton Lippmann, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo, NY
Dr. Genevieve M. Matanoski, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (not available at this
meeting)
Dr. Joe L. Mauderly, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Dr. M. Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Ellen K. Silbergeld, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (not available at this meeting)
Dr. William H. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Dr. Robert N. Stavins, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Mark J. Utell, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Dr. Terry F. Young, Environmental Defense Fund, Oakland, CA
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LIAISON FOR SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL
Dr. Ronald Kendall, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
LIAISON FOR CHILDRENS HEALTH PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. J. Routt Reigart, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425
LIAISON FOR ORD BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC COUNSELORS
Dr. Costel D. Denson, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 (not available at this
meeting)
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Dr. Donald G. Barnes, Designated Federal Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, Science
Advisory Board Washington, DC (not available at this meeting)
Dr. John R. Fowle in, Acrting Designated Federal Officer, Environmental Protection Agency,
Science Advisory Board Washington, DC
Ms. Priscilla Y. Tillery-Gadson, Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board
Washington, DC
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NOTICE
This report has been written as a part of the activities of the 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 faced
by 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 or other agencies in the Federal government. Mention of trade names or
commercial products does not constitute a recommendation for use.
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