[Federal Register: October 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 199)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Peer Review of Agency Strategy for Research on Environmental 
Risks to Children

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a workshop organized by Eastern Research 
Group, Inc., a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor, 
to obtain scientific peer-review of an EPA Office of Research and 
Development (ORD) draft Research Strategy entitled: Strategy for 
Research on Environmental Risks to Children.

DATES: The peer review workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no 
later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 1999, and begin at 8:30 
a.m. and end no earlier than 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999. 
Members of the public may attend as observers. Due to limited space, 
seating at the meetings will be on a first-come first-serve basis.

ADDRESSES: The peer review will be held at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 
C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. To attend the workshop as an 
observer, contact Eastern Research Group, Inc., Telephone: (781) 674-
7374. Space is limited so please register early.

AVAILABILITY OF REVIEW MATERIALS: An electronic version of the draft 
Research Strategy is accessible on EPA's National Center for 
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) home page via the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/ncea/new.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The EPA has contracted with Eastern 
Research Group, Inc., (ERG, Inc., 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, 
Massachusetts 02421). To attend the meeting as an observer, please 
preregister by calling ERG at 781-674-7374 or fax a registration 
request to 781-674-2906. Upon registration, you will be sent an agenda 
and a logistical fact sheet.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ERG is convening the peer review panel to 
review a draft Strategy for Research on Environmental Risks to 
Children. The peer review panel is requested to comment on the extent 
to which the Research Strategy clearly identifies the appropriate 
strategic directions for a core research program that will develop the 
methods, models, and measurements to strengthen the scientific 
foundation for risk assessments for children across EPA and to reduce 
children's risks.
    The Research Strategy aims to strike a balance between research 
directed at basic issues, such as whether children are more susceptible 
or highly exposed to particular environmental substances, and research 
that will provide the methods and models to support risk assessments of 
environmental substances as they are conducted in the EPA Programs.
    After considering recommendations from extramural advisory groups, 
as well as from senior scientists from across EPA's Program and 
Regional Offices, ORD has identified, in the Research Strategy, the 
strategic directions for its Children's Health Research Program. While 
the Research Strategy delineates the research areas comprising the 
framework for the Children's Health Research Program, the details of 
the research areas, including the scientific approach at the individual 
project level, and the anticipated products, performance measures, and 
schedules, will be included in subsequent research plans and are not a 
part of this Research Strategy. ERG is undertaking the establishment of 
a peer review panel to review the Research Strategy.


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    Dated: October 7, 1999.
Harold Zenick,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science, Office of Research 
and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-26965 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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