August 17, 1998
EPA-SAB-RSAC-CON-98-006
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 FY2000 Science
and Technology (S&T) Budget
Dear Ms. Browner:
The Research Strategies Advisory Committee (RSAC) of the Science Advisory Board
(SAB) met on July 31, 1998, to conduct a consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, other
budget staff, program staff, and staff from the Office of Research and Development on the
Agency's science and technology (S&T) budget process for FY2000. This consultation was
conducted at the request of Deputy Administrator Hansen who wanted to obtain the insights of
individual SAB members on the development of the S&T budget.
The SAB has developed the consultation as a mechanism to provide the early reflections
of selected members and consultants to the Agency on technical issues that should be considered
in the development of regulations, guidelines, technical guidance, research, or assessment methods
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 conducting a formal review of this issue in the
future.
Sincerely,
/signed/
Dr. Joan Daisey, Chair
Science Advisory Board
/signed/
Dr. William Randall Seeker, Chair
Research Strategies Advisory Committee
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US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
RESEARCH STRATEGIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RSAC)
CHAIR
Dr. W. Randall Seeker, Energy & Environmental Research Corp., Irvine, CA
MEMBERS
Dr. William Adams, Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., Magna, UT
Dr. Stephen L. Brown, Risks of Radiation and Chemical Compounds, Oakland, CA
Dr. Theo Colborn, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC
Dr. Edwin L. Cooper, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Charles Gerba, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Dr. Philip Hopke, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Dr. Paulette Middleton, RAND Corp., Boulder, CO
Dr. Ishwar Murarka, ISH Inc., Cupertino CA
Dr. William Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT
CONSULTANT
Dr. Morton Lippmann, New York University, Tuxedo, NY (Member-At-Large of the
SAB Executive Committee)
SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD STAFF
A. Robert Flaak, Designated Federal Officer, Environmental Protection Agency,
Science Advisory Board (1400), Washington, DC 20460
Ms. Dorothy M. Clark, Management Assistant, US Environmental Protection Agency,
Science Advisory Board (1400), Washington, DC 20460
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