[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3639-3640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1249]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5141-5]


Mercury Study Report to Congress

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

[[Page 3640]] ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: A peer-review workshop will be held by the Environmental 
Criteria and Assessment Office (ECAO) of EPA's Office of Health and 
Environmental Assessment to review a draft of EPA's Mercury Study 
Report to Congress (hereafter ``Draft Report''). This Draft Report is 
being prepared by EPA in response to Section 112(n)(1)(B) of the Clean 
Air Act (CAA) as amended in 1990, which requires EPA to submit to 
Congress a study on mercury emissions.
    The Draft Report focuses on sources of mercury emissions to include 
electric utility steam generating units, municipal waste combustion 
units, and other sources, including area sources. Congress directed 
that the report evaluate many aspects of mercury emissions, including 
the rate and mass of emissions, health and environmental effects, 
technologies to control such emissions, and the costs of such controls.

DATES: The workshop will be held on January 25 and 26, 1995, at the 
Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (AWBERC), 26 W. 
Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio. The workshop will begin at 
8:30 a.m. both days.

ADDRESSES: Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor is 
providing logistical support for the peer review workshop. Members of 
the public wishing to attend the workshop as observers should register 
by phoning ERG at 617-674-7374. Please note that space is limited and 
registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
    Time will be allowed for public comment on both days of the 
workshop. Members of the public wishing to present formal comments at 
the workshop should indicate so when registering. Time will be limited 
in order to give everyone an equal opportunity to speak.
    Copies of the Draft Report will be available at the workshop. 
Additional copies also will be available after the workshop. To obtain 
a copy of this Draft Report, interested parties should contact the ORD 
Publications Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin 
Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone (513) 569-7562; 
fax (513) 569-7566. Please provide your name, mailing address, the 
document title (Mercury Study Report to Congress), and the document 
numbers (EPA/600/P-94/002Aa and Ab).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Rita Schoeny, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, 
Environmental Criteria and Assesment Office, 26 W. Martin Luther King 
Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268; telephone (513) 569-7544.
    Martha Keating, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711; telephone (919)-541-5340.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to a mandate from Congress, EPA 
has prepared a seven-volume Mercury Study Report to Congress. The seven 
volumes are as follows:

1. Executive Summary
2. Inventory of Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions in the United States
3. An Assessment of Exposure from Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions in 
the United States
4. Health Effects of Mercury and Mercury Compounds
5. An Ecological Assessment for Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions in the 
United States
6. Characterization of Human Health and Wildlife Risks from 
Anthropogenic Mercury Emissions in the United States
7. An Evaluation of Mercury Control Technologies, Costs, and Regulatory 
Issues

    A peer-review workshop is being held as part of the process of 
scientific review of the Draft Report. The Draft Report, authored 
primarily by EPA scientists with input from outside scientific experts, 
is developmental and does not represent Agency policy. The Draft Report 
is being made available to the public as part of the Agency's 
continuing commitment to conduct assessments of important environmental 
contaminants in an open and participatory manner, to keep the public 
informed, and to encourage public review of significant assessments. 
The public is invited to attend the workshop. Seating will be limited, 
and advance registration is suggested. Information about attending the 
meetings and obtaining a copy of the Draft Report is provided elsewhere 
in this notice. After the workshop, the Draft Report will be revised 
and subjected to final Agency review before submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget and ultimately to Congress.

    Dated: January 11, 1995.
Joseph K. Alexander,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-1249 Filed 1-17-95; 8:45 am]
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