February 7, 1995
EPA-SAB-EPEC-CON-95-004

Honorable Carol M. Browner
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
40 1M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.  20460

             Subj ect:      Notification of a Consultation on Ecological/Economic Modeling
                          and Ecosystems Valuation

Dear Ms. Browner:

       A special Subcommittee of the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC) and
the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) of the Science Advisory Board
(SAB) met on June 1, 1994, to  conduct a consultation with staff from the Office of Policy,
Planning, and Evaluation (OPPE) on their project on ecological economic modeling and valuation
of ecosystems.  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.

                                 Sincerely,
Dr. Genevieve Matanoski, Chair            Dr. Mark A. Harwell, Chair
 Science Advisory Board                   Ecological Processes and Effects Committee

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