[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 12351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6194]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7466-8]


Clinch and Powell Valley Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final document.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
availability of a final document, Clinch and Powell Valley Watershed 
Ecological Risk Assessment (EPA/600/R-01/050, September 2002), prepared 
as a collaborative effort between the National Center for Environmental 
Assessment--Washington (NCEA-W) within EPA's Office of Research and 
Development, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and other organizations. This 
watershed ecological risk assessment was developed to help protect the 
native mussels and fish of the Clinch and Powell Valley watershed. The 
report is based on the Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment (U.S. 
EPA, 1998) and advice and support from NCEA, while exercising the 
necessary flexibility to implement the risk assessment approach at the 
watershed scale. The document includes brief descriptions of the 
process that the workgroup followed and the major analyses performed.

ADDRESSES: The document is available electronically from the NCEA Web 
site (http://www.epa.gov/ncea) under Selected Topics, Watershed 
Assessment. A limited number of copies will be available from EPA's 
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), P.O. 
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 when ordering from NSCEP. 
Documents also may be ordered via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/NCEPIhome/orderpub.html. Paper copies may be purchased from the 
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) in Springfield, VA (1-
800-553-NTIS[6847] or 703-605-6000; facsimile 703-321-8547). Please 
provide the number, PB2003-101118, when ordering this document from 
NTIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact Victor Serveiss, National Center for Environmental Assessment 
(8623D), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone: 202-564-3251; facsimile: 202-565-0076; e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: March 6, 2003.
George Alapas,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 03-6194 Filed 3-13-03; 8:45 am]
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