UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
May 25, 2001
EPA-SAB-EEAC-CON-01-003
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Re: Trade and the Environment; an EPA 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 May 25, 2001, in part to conduct a consultation with staff from the Office of
Policy, Economics, and Innovation's National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE) on the
Agency's plans to develop tools and approaches to carry out its responsibilities under Executive Order
13141, Environmental Review of Trade Agreements.
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 the opportunity of continuing to interact with EPA on this issue in the future.
Sincerely,
/S/ /S/
Dr. William Glaze, 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
EPA Science Advisory Board
Environmental Economics Advisory Committee*
CHAIR
Dr. Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government and Faculty Chair,
Environment and Natural Resources Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA [Also Member: SAB Executive Committee]
SAB MEMBERS
Dr. Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Dr. Lawrence Goulder, Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Also Member: Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
Dr. W. Michael Hanemann, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Gloria Helfand, Associate Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Michigan, School
of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI
Dr. Dale Jorgenson, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Department of Economics,
Cambridge, MA
Dr. Paul Joskow, Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA
Dr. Catherine Kling, Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Dr. Richard Norgaard, Professor of Energy and Resources and of Agricultural Resource Economics,
University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley
Dr. Richard Revesz, Professor, School of Law, New York University, New York, NY
Dr. Jason Shogren, Stroock Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics and Finance ,
Natural Resource Conservation and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Dr. Hilary Sigman, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Mr. Thomas Miller, Designated Federal Officer, US EPA, EPA Science Advisory Board (1400A),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460
Ms. Wanda Fields, Management Assistant, US EPA, 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; 202-564-4546].
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