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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Colloquium on Ecological Risk Assessment Issues

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a colloquium sponsored by EPA's Risk 
Assessment Forum to discuss ecological risk assessment issues. The 
colloquium will focus on approaches for applying ecological risk 
methods to larger spatial scales. These discussions should be useful to 
EPA scientists seeking to apply ecological risk principles beyond small 
geographic areas.

DATES: The colloquium will begin on Thursday, September 15, 1994 at 
1:30 p.m. and end at 4:45 p.m. and will begin on Friday, September 16, 
1994 at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. Members of the public may attend 
as observers.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton National Hotel, 
Columbia Pike and Washington Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia (Tel: 703/
521-1900).
    Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor, is providing 
logistical support for the colloquium. To attend the colloquium as an 
observer, call Eastern Research Group at 617/674-7374. Space is 
limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Marcy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water 
(4304), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, Tel: (202) 260-0689.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA's Office of Water and Risk Assessment 
Forum are jointly evaluating approaches for determining ecological risk 
assessments of larger spatial scales based on the ecological risk 
assessment process as described in the EPA report Framework for 
Ecological Risk Assessment (EPA/630/R-92/001). Preliminary site-
specific examples of larger scale assessments developed by EPA 
scientists will serve as focal points for discussions at the 
colloquium. Colloquium participants will comment on the techniques 
available for conducting larger-scale risk assessments and will suggest 
approaches for completing the design and analysis of the examples.

    Dated: August 30, 1994.
Carl Gerber,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 94-22355 Filed 9-8-94; 8:45 am]
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