FYI. Hopefully this committee, through its efforts, will aid in the search
for an environmental factor(s) in the cause of Parkinson's disease.
Wendy T.
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[Federal Register: October 31, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 210)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00179; FRL-4987-3]
Establishment of a National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure
Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for Hazardous Substances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
(OPPTS) is giving notice of the establishment of the National Advisory
Committee for Hazardous Substances for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
(AEGLs) that can serve as biological reference values for extremely
hazardous substances. The objective of this committee is the efficient
and effective development of AEGLs and the preparation of supplementary
qualitative information on the hazardous substances for federal, state,
and local agencies and organizations in the private sector concerned
with emergency planning, prevention, and response. The quantitative
exposure levels will represent biological reference values for the
general population. The Agency has determined that the Committee is
necessary and in the public interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Tobin, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (7406), 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC
20460, (202) 260-1736, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by section 9(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA's Office of
Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substance (OPPTS) is giving notice of
the establishment of the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure
Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee).
Copies of NAC/AEGL Committee's Charter will be filed with the
appropriate committees of Congress and the Library of Congress.
The NAC/AEGL Committee will be composed of scientist-
representatives from federal, state, and local agencies and
organizations from the private sector with an interest in emergency
planning, prevention, and response programs for acutely toxic
chemicals. Organizations with scientist-representatives from the
private sector include medical associations, labor unions,
environmental groups, academia, private corporations, and the American
Industrial Hygiene Association. The Committee will employ consistent
methodology and utilize comprehensive data gathering, data evaluation
AEGL development, and peer review process on a chemical-by-chemical
basis. EPA anticipates the outcome of this committee's efforts to be
the development of technical support documents and the development and
publication of AEGL values that will serve as threshold levels for
certain health effect endpoints or biological reference values for use
on a national basis. In addition, it is intended to have the AEGLs
reviewed by a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) subcommittee prior to
publication under the auspices of NAS. The NAS subcommittee will serve
as a peer review of the AEGLs and as the final arbitor in the
resolution of issues regarding the basic methodology used for setting
AEGLs. In 1992, the NAS published Guidelines for Developing Community
Emergency Exposure Levels for Hazardous Substances which will serve as
the methodology guidance for the development of the AEGLs. The
collaborative efforts of government agencies and private organizations
through the work of the AEGL committee is seen as a good example of
``reinventing government'' and represents a new, cost effective
approach to avoiding duplication of efforts, establishing uniform
values, and employing the most scientifically sound methods available
for the development of short-term exposure levels for extremely
hazardous substances.
Dated: October 25, 1995.
Susan H. Wayland,
Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances.
[FR Doc. 95-26958 Filed 10-30-95; 8:45 am]
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