[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40734-40735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14993]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Persistent Organic Pollutants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a final technical 
report titled, The Foundation for Global Action on Persistent Organic 
Pollutants: A United States Perspective (EPA/600/P-01/003F, March 
2002), which was prepared by the Office of Research and Development's 
(ORD) National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA). The purpose 
of this report is to inform decision makers, general academia, and the 
public on the scientific foundation and relevance to the United States 
of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

ADDRESSES: The document is available electronically on NCEA's Web site 
at www.epa.gov/ncea, under the What's New or Publications menus. The 
CD-ROM version and a limited number of paper copies will be available 
shortly from the EPA's National Service Center for Environmental 
Publications (NSCEP), PO Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242; telephone: 1-
800-490-9198 or 513-489-8190; facsimile: 513-489-8695. Please provide 
your name and mailing address and the title and EPA number of the 
requested publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on The 
Foundation for Global Action on Persistent Organic Pollutants: A United 
States Perspective, please contact Dr. Bruce Rodan, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment (8601D), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; Telephone: 202-
564-3329; facsimile: (202) 565-0090; e-mail: [email protected]; or 
the Technical Information Staff, National Center for Environmental 
Assessment/Washington Office (8623D), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency,

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1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: 202-
564-3261; facsimile: 202-565-0050; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foundation for Global Action on 
Persistent Organic Pollutants: A United States Perspective, developed 
by scientists from EPA, other federal and state agencies, and the 
academic community, is a technical support document aimed at informing 
decision makers, general academia, and the public on the scientific 
foundation and relevance to the United States of the Stockholm 
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). POPs are a small 
group of organic chemicals exhibiting the combined properties of 
persistence, bioaccumulation, toxicity, and long-range environmental 
transport. The report, which has been through internal review, 
independent external peer review, and public review and comment, 
summarizes data available in the peer reviewed literature on the 12 
POPs chemicals initially included in the Stockholm Convention and 
provides an overview of the risks posed to U.S. ecosystems and the 
public. This small group of chemicals have been major contributors to 
toxic environmental pollution in the United States and worldwide. The 
12 POPs included in the Convention are: aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, DDT, 
chlordane, heptachlor, mirex, toxaphene, hexachlorobenzene, 
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, 
and polychlorinated dibenzofurans. The Stockholm Convention on POPs was 
signed by EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman on behalf of the 
United States in May 2001, and has been submitted to Congress for 
ratification.

    Dated: June 7, 2002.
Art Payne,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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