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 ------- 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 ------- 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]. ------- |