May 17, 1999
EPA-SAB-RAC-CON-99-004
Honorable Carol M. Browner
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject: Notification of a Consultation on Technologically Enhanced
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM)
Dear Ms. Browner:
The Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) of the Science Advisory Board (SAB), met on
March 26, 1999 to conduct a consultation with staff from the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
(ORIA) on data collection efforts to respond to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS),
National Research Council (NRC) recommendations on Technologically Enhanced Naturally
Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM), and to comment on ORIA's approach to respond
to the SAB/RAC's 1994 review of ORIA's draft scoping report on NORM (EPA-SAB-RAC-94-
013). This activity is a logical follow-up by the ORIA staff to the on-going work of the National
Research Council's report entitled Evaluation Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically
Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials, which addresses the potential hazards of
human exposure to TENORM.
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, since the
RAC finds the schedule appropriate, the Committee looks forward to conducting a formal review
in the future as outlined in the Development Schedule.
Sincerely,
/signed/ /signed/
Dr. Joan M. Daisey, Chair Dr. Stephen L. Brown, Chair
Science Advisory Board Radiation Advisory Committee
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Science Advisory Board
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Science Advisory Board
Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC)
CHAIR
Dr. Stephen L. Brown, Risks of Radiation & Chemical Compounds, Oakland, CA
MEMBERS AND CONSULTANTS:
Dr. William J. Bair, Retired, Richland, WA
Dr. Vicki M. Bier, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Madison,
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Dr. Thomas F. Gesell, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Dr. Richard W. Hornung, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Dr. Janet Johnson7, Shepherd Miller, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO
Dr. Donald Langmuir, Hydrochem Systems Corp., Golden, CO
Dr. Jill Lipoti, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ
Dr. Ellen Mangione, M.D., M.P.H1., Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment, South, Denver, CO
Dr. Paul J. Merges, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
Albany, NY
Dr. John W. Poston, Sr.1, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX
Dr. Genevieve S. Roessler, Radiation Consultant, Elysian, MN
Science Advisory Board Staff
Dr. K. Jack Kooyoomjian, Designated Federal Official (DFO), Committee Operations
Staff, Science Advisory Board, USEPA, 401 M Street, S.W., 1400, Washington,
DC 20460
Ms. Diana Pozun, Management Assistant, US Environmental Protection Agency,
Science Advisory Board, Washington, DC
1 Drs. Johnson, Mangione and Poston did not participate in the consultation portion of the
meeting, due to other obligations.
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Board, a public advisory group providing extramural scientific information and advice to
the Administrator and other officials of the Environmental Protection Agency. The
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