[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32212-32213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15740]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6110-6]


Research Strategy for Oxygenates in Water

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of external review draft.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of an external review 
draft of a document, Research Strategy for Oxygenates in Water, EPA/
600/R-98/048, prepared by the Office of Research and Development of the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The purpose of this document is 
to identify key issues related to assessing and managing the potential 
health and environmental risks of water contamination by oxygenates. 
The term oxygenates refers to chemicals added to fuels (which then may 
be known as ``oxyfuels'') to increase the oxygen content and thereby 
reduce certain emissions from use of the fuel. This research strategy 
builds on and extends an earlier document, Oxyfuels Information Needs 
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996, EPA/600/R-96/069), which 
included water issues but tended to focus more on inhalation health 
risk issues. As a research strategy, the present document focuses on 
those gaps and limitations in current information that constitute the 
most critical and immediate needs to be addressed. The document is 
primarily intended to serve as a starting point and general guide to 
planning needed research. It is not a comprehensive review of issues 
related to oxygenates in water, and it does not attempt to specify in 
detail the specific studies and projects that may be needed. An earlier 
draft of this document was peer reviewed in a workshop held on October 
7, 1997, in Washington, DC. Comments received on the workshop draft 
were considered in preparing the current external review draft.

DATES: Anyone who wishes to comment on this document may do so in 
writing

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by August 28, 1998. Send the written comments to the Project Manager 
for Fuel Oxygenates, National Center for Environmental Assessment-RTP 
Office (MD-52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, NC 27711.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the Research Strategy for Oxygenates in 
Water (External Review Draft) 1998, EPA/600/R-98/048, contact Diane H. 
Ray, National Center for Environmental Assessment-RTP Office (MD-52), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone: 919-541-3637; facsimile: 919-541-1818; E-mail: 
[email protected]. Internet users may obtain a copy from the EPA's 
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) home page. The URL 
is http://www.epa.gov/ncea/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. J. Michael Davis, National Center 
for Environmental Assessment-RTP Office (MD-52), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency,Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-
4162; facsimile: 919-541-0245; E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: June 4, 1998.
William H. Farland,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 98-15740 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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