UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
May 8, 2001
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
EPA-SAB-RSAC-CON-01-001
Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Subject:
Dear Governor Whitman:
Notification of a Consultation on Office of Research and
Development's National Program Director Program
The Research Strategies Advisory Committee (RSAC) of the EPA Science Advisory Board
(SAB), met on March 7, 2001 to conduct a consultation with staff from the Office of Research and
Development (ORD) on the National Program Director's Program in ORD with a special emphasis on
obtaining, evaluating and using science from all sources.
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, because RSAC finds
the program to be an excellent one it is preparing a commentary for your consideration.
Sincerely,
/S/
Dr. William H. Glaze, Chair
EPA Science Advisory Board
/S/
Dr. Raymond Loehr, Chair
Research Strategies Advisory Committee
EPA Science Advisory Board
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US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
RESEARCH STRATEGIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAIR
Dr. Raymond C. Loehr, Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering,
Austin, TX
PAST CHAIR
Dr. William Randall Seeker, Senior Vice President, General Electric Energy and Environmental
Research Corp., Irvine, CA
MEMBERS
Dr. William Adams, Director, Environmental Science, Environmental Department, Kennecott Utah
Copper Corp., Magna, UT
Dr. Richard J. Bull, President, MoBull Consulting, Kennewick, WA
Dr. Philip Hopke, Robert A. Plane Professor of Chemistry, Clarkson University, Department of
Chemical Engineering, Potsdam, NY
Dr. Genevieve M. Matanoski, Professor of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of
Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Maria Morandi, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX
Dr. Ishwar Murarka, Chief Scientist and President, Ish Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Dr. William Smith, Professor of Forest Biology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale
University, New Haven, CT
Dr. James Watson, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering Department, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Lauren Zeise, Chief, Reproductive and Cancer Hazardous Assessment Section, California
Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
Dr. John R. Fowle, III, Designated Federal Officer, US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460
Ms. Wanda R. Fields, Management Assistant, US Environmental Protection Agency, 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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