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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Pollution Prevention Research Strategy

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Office of Research and Development 
research strategy for pollution prevention.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is today 
announcing the availability of the ``Pollution Prevention Research 
Strategy'' prepared by the Agency's Office of Research and Development 
(ORD). The Strategy lays out a

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framework for pollution prevention research that emphasizes two long-
term ORD goals: (1) Providing common sense and cost-effective 
approaches for preventing and managing risks, and (2) providing 
leadership for others in developing ways of preventing or reducing 
those risks. The Strategy includes ``core'' and ``problem-oriented'' 
research and development activities designed to maintain ORD's long-
term capabilities and to address current critical needs identified by 
EPA Program Offices and Regions. The Strategy is designed around the 
vision that scientifically-based pollution prevention research and 
development products will be used routinely for improved decision 
making by both the public and private sectors. This use would be part 
of a national move toward sustainable development in the 21st Century. 
The Strategy has four objectives: (1) conducting research to address 
economic, social, and behavioral research for pollution prevention; (2) 
developing and transferring pollution prevention technology approaches; 
(3) verifying the performance of selected pollution prevention 
technologies; and (4) delivering broadly applicable tools and 
methodologies for pollution prevention and sustainability. The Strategy 
contains four chapters: Chapter 1 provides the context for the 
Strategy; Chapter 2 outlines the strategic pollution prevention 
rationale; Chapter 3 describes long-term goals and objectives, as well 
as research activities to be pursued; and Chapter 4 presents the 
implementation approach for the goals and objectives described in 
Chapter 3.

ADDRESSES: An electronic version of the Research Strategy is accessible 
from ORD's Internet home page at http://www.epa.gov/ORD/resplans. 
Interested parties can obtain a single copy of the report by contacting 
EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at 
(800) 490-9198. When contacting NSCEP, please provide your name and 
mailing address, and request publication number EPA/600/R-98/123 dated 
September 1998. There are a limited number of paper copies available 
from the above source, and requests will be filled on a first-come 
first-served basis. After the supply is exhausted, copies of the report 
can be purchased by contacting the National Technical Information 
Service (NTIS) at (703) 605-6000, or by sending a facsimile to (703) 
605-6900.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Herrmann (513) 569-7839 or 
Teresa Harten (513) 569-7565 at the National Risk Management Research 
Laboratory, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268.

    Dated: February 18, 1999.
Calvin O. Lawrence,
Acting Director, National Risk Management Research Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 99-6264 Filed 3-12-99; 8:45 am]
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