[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 230 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 61552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29249]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5336-9]


Workshop on Draft Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a workshop sponsored by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Risk Assessment Forum to peer 
review draft proposed Agency-wide guidelines for ecological risk 
assessment. EPA will use comments and recommendations from the workshop 
to assist in guidelines revisions.

DATES: The workshop will begin on Wednesday, December 6, 1995 at 8:30 
a.m. and end on Thursday, December 7, 1995 at 5:45 p.m. Members of the 
public may attend as observers.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn--Georgetown, 
2101 Wisconsin Avenue NW., Washington, DC. Eastern Research Group, Inc. 
(ERG), an EPA contractor, is providing logistical support for the 
workshop. To attend the workshop as an observer, register by calling 
ERG at (617) 674-7374. Space is limited.
    To obtain a single copy of the draft guidelines document, 
interested parties should contact the Center for Environmental Research 
Information, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin 
Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, Tel: (513) 569-7562, FACS: 
(513) 569-7566. Please provide your name and mailing address, and 
request the document by the EPA number (EPA/630/R-95/002) and title 
(``Draft Proposed Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bill van der Schalie, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (8101), 401 
M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460, Telephone (202) 260-6743.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This draft proposed for Agency-wide 
ecological risk assessment guidelines is the culmination of a broad-
based effort by EPA's Risk Assessment Forum. Since initiating the 
guidelines development process in 1989, the Risk Assessment Forum has 
sponsored numerous colloquia and workshops to discuss concepts and peer 
review documents related to ecological risk assessment. Products of 
these efforts include the widely-used report Framework for Ecological 
Risk Assessment (Framework Report; EPA/630/R-92/001), two sets of 
ecological assessment case studies, and a report containing nine 
ecological risk assessment issue papers. The draft proposed guidelines 
expand upon and replace the Framework Report and draw extensively from 
the case studies and issue papers.
    The guidelines workshop is the next step in a process that has 
emphasized peer review and consensus-building. After the workshop, the 
guidelines will be given additional evaluation by EPA and the EPA 
Science Advisory Board. Following revision, the proposed guidelines 
will be published in the Federal Register for public comment. The goal 
of the guidelines is to improve the quality and Agency-wide consistency 
of EPA's ecological risk assessments.

    Dated: November 8, 1995.
Henry Longest II,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-29249 Filed 11-29-95; 8:45 am]
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