[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 183 (Monday, September 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24007]


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Environmental Protection Agency

[FRL-7562-2]


CSFII Analysis of Food Intake Distributions

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, CSFII Analysis of Food Intake 
Distributions (EPA/600/R-03/029, March 2003), prepared by the National 
Center for Environmental Assessment-Washington (NCEA-W), within EPA's 
Office of Research and Development. The report was compiled by the 
Exposure Assessment Division of Versar, Inc., in Springfield, Virginia 
under an EPA contract. NCEA published the Exposure Factors Handbook 
(EFH) in 1997 (EPA/600/P-95/002Fa-c). The handbook provides a summary 
of the available statistical data on various factors used in assessing 
human exposure. The primary source of information on consumption rates 
of food presented in the handbook is the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's (USDA's) Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals 
(CSFII). It was recommended by the Science Advisory Board that the EFH 
be kept up-to-date and that food consumption from USDA's most recent 
national survey be analyzed for an update to the Handbook. The purpose 
of this report is to present the analysis of the CSFII 1994-96 data for 
food consumption and to update chapters 9, 11, and 12 of the EFH data.

ADDRESSES: The document is available electronically from the NCEA Web 
site (http://www.epa.gov/ncea). A limited number of copies will be 
available from EPA's National Service Center for Environmental 
Publications (NSCEP) in Cincinnati, Ohio (telephone: 1-800-490-9198, or 
513-489-8190; facsimile 513-489-8695). Please provide 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, PB2003-103268, for this 
document when ordering from NTIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact Jacqueline Moya (202-564-3245); mailing address: National 
Center for Environmental Assessment, (8623D), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
facsimile: 202-565-0076; e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: September 10, 2003.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 03-24007 Filed 9-18-03; 12:01 pm]
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