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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Report on the Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk Issues

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a report entitled 
``Report on the Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk Issues'' 
(EPA/630/R-94/001). This report compiles discussions and presentations 
from a peer review workshop that was held in Washington, DC, on 
December 8-9, 1993.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a single copy of the report, interested parties 
should contact the ORD Publications Office, CERI, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 
45268, Tel: (513) 569-7562. Please provide your name and mailing 
address, and request the document by the title and EPA number (EPA/630/
R-94/001).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Mario Mangino, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region V, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL, 60604, Telephone: (312) 353-2197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 8 and 9, 1993, EPA held the 
first of two external peer reviews for risk assessment work for the 
Waste Technologies, Inc, (WTI) incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio. For 
the December meeting (58 FR 60628-60629; November 17, 1993), EPA asked 
13 independent scientists from the fields of toxicology, environmental 
fate and transport, combustion engineering, atmospheric modeling, and 
exposure assessment to comment on the scientific and technical aspects 
of a draft ``project plan''. Peer reviewers focused on scientific data, 
methods, and analyses, along with the related assumptions and 
uncertainties that would be used to describe risk at the site.
    This report collects workshop papers, including summary statements 
prepared by the chairperson for each workshop topic. Workshop 
participants contributed helpful recommendations that can be used in 
the WTI risk assessment to be conducted during 1994 as well as long-
term recommendations for future work.
    EPA will consider the expert recommendations in completing the plan 
and conducting the risk assessment. While the Risk Assessment Forum 
organized the peer review workshop, EPA Region 5 developed the draft 
project plan. All future work on implementing peer review 
recommendations and setting schedules for risk assessment activities 
for the incinerator will be handled by Region 5 in conjunction with the 
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, and, as needed, other 
Agency offices. At a second meeting, currently projected to be held 
later this year, EPA will seek expert peer review of the draft risk 
assessment report.

    Dated: February 1, 1994.
Gary J. Foley,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
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