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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meetings

• Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Draft Agenda - April 22-24, 2008 (Word) (5 pp, 101K)
• Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Revised Draft Agenda - November 27-29, 2007 (Word) (4 pp, 105K)
• Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Workshop and Plenary Draft Agenda - July 18-19, 2007 (Word) (4 pp, 108K)
• Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Workshop and Plenary - March 13-15, 2007 (Word) (4 pp, 125K)
• Child ren’s Health Protection Advisory Committee Workshop and Plenary - November 15-16, 2006 (Word) (7 pp, 99K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Draft Agenda - June 20-21, 2006 (Word) (2 pp, 72K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Draft Agenda - February 28 - March 2, 2006 (Word) (4 pp, 105K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Draft Agenda - October 24- 26, 2005 (PDF) (3 pp, 28K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Draft Agenda - July 12-14, 2005 (PDF) (3 pp, 27K) - Word Format (3 pp, 60K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda - February 22-24, 2005 (PDF) (3 pp, 26K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda - October 27-28, 2004 (PDF) (3 pp, 64K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda - May 25-27, 2004 (PDF) (3 pp, 27K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda - January 14-15, 2004 (PDF) (3 pp, 48K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda - July 15-17, 2003 (PDF) (3 pp, 139K) - Word Format (3 pp, 45K)
• Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda - March 19-20, 2003 (PDF) (3 pp, 130K)

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2008

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Johnson regarding OAQPS Final Staff Paper/Policy Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information and Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Lead NAAQS (January 9, 2008, PDF) (5 pp, 330K)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding CHPAC's review and comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Lead NAAQS (February 8, 2008, PDF) (1 pg, 39K)

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2007

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding the Framework for Determining a Mutagenic Mode of Action (MOA) for Carcinogenicity (December 12, 2007, PDF) (5 pp, 337K)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding the Framework for Determining a Mutagenic Mode of Action (MOA) for Carcinogenicity (March 20, 2008, PDF) (1 pg, 57K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding proposed NAAQS for ozone (September 4, 2007, PDF) (4 pp, 180K)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding proposed NAAQS for ozone (September 26, 2007, PDF) (1 pg, 92K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding evaluating existing and new chemicals for potential adverse impacts on children (July 31, 2007, PDF) (8 pp, 368K)

• Response from Assistant Administrator James Gulliford regarding recommendations on evaluating existing and new chemicals for potential adverse impacts on children (November 8, 2007, PDF) (5 pp, 271K)

Letter to Administrator Johnson from Melanie Marty regarding review of the research translation of the EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers: accomplishments and opportunities for the future (July 25, 2007, PDF) (5 pp, 369K)

• Attachment: CEHRC Findings Document (Word) (32 pp, 884K)
  
• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding review of the research translation of the EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers: accomplishments and opportunities for the future (September 26, 2007, PDF) (2 pp, 92K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding the ten year anniversary of the Children's Health Executive Order (April 10, 2007, PDF) (5 pp, 311K)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding the ten year anniversary of the Children's Health Executive Order (June 13, 2007, PDF) (3 pp, 147K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding review of the NAAQS for Ozone: policy assessment of scientific and technical information (March 23, 2007) (5 pp, 195K)

• Response from Stephen D. Page to Melanie Marty regarding the review of the NAAQS for ozone (April 16, 2007, PDF) (1 pg, 47K)
  
  

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding comments on the "Policy Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information/OAQPS Staff Paper First Draft for Lead" (February 2, 2007, PDF) (2 pp, 792K)

• Response from EPA Acting Assistant Administrator William L. Wehrum to Melanie Marty regarding EPA's review of the NAAQS for lead (March 2, 2007, PDF) (2 pp, 92K)
  
  

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2006

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding polybrominated biphenyl ethers (BPDEs) (Dec 6, 2006, PDF) (8 pp, 6.7MB)

• Response from EPA Principal Deputy Associate Administrator Louise P. Wise to Melanie Marty regarding PBDEs (January 25, 2007, PDF) (2 pp, 132K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding evaluative feedback on the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program pilot (June 30, 2006, PDF) (5 pp, 325K)

• Response from Administrator Johnson to Melanie Marty regarding feedback on the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program(July 28, 2006, PDF) (1 pg, 42K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding perchlorate PRG and water contamination (March 8, 2006, PDF) (10 pp, 702K)

• Response from Assistant Administrator Susan Parker Bodine to Melanie Marty regarding perchlorate PRG and water contamination (May 11, 2006, PDF) (3 pp, 150K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding the proposed NAAQS for particulate matter (March 3, 2006, PDF) (8 pp, 302K)

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2005

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding recommendations regarding protecting farmworker children from exposure to pesticides(November 15, 2005, PDF) (10 pp, 1MB)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson to Melanie Marty regarding recommendations regarding protecting farmworker children from exposure to pesticides (April 3, 2006, PDF) (7 pp, 349K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes (November 15, 2005, PDF) (2 pp, 190K)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson to Melanie Marty regarding protecting children as part of EPA's response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes (February 1, 2006, PDF) (2 pp, 170K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding protections for subjects in human research (November 10, 2005, PDF) (3 pp., 422K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding environmental contaminants in fish and shellfish (November 8, 2005, PDF) (6 pp, 616K)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson to Melanie Marty regarding EPA and FDA activities related to fish consumption advisories (March 7, 2006, PDF) (2 pp, 146K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding children's environmental health and climate change (August 30, 2005, PDF) (12 pp, 616K)

• Response from Administrator Stephen Johnson to Melanie Marty regarding children's environmental health and climate change (November 18, 2005, PDF)(1 pg, 116K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (August 8, 2005, PDF) (3 pp, 85K)

• Response from Stephen D. Page to Melanie Marty regarding Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (September 20, 2005, PDF) (1 pg, 53K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Acting Administrator Stephen Johnson regarding the release of Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens (March 3, 2005) (2 pp, 144K)

• Response from William P. Wood to Melanie Marty regarding the release of Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens (March 29, 2005, PDF) (1 pg, 61K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding input into the decision-making process on the Clean Air Mercury Rule (January 4, 2005, PDF) (8 pp, 606K)

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2004

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding the need for coordinating EPA's programs on school environments (December 9, 2004, PDF) (5 pp, 304K)

• Response from Elizabeth Cotsworth to Melanie Marty regarding the need for coordinating EPA's programs on school environments (April 11, 2005, PDF) (2 pp, 65K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding children's exposures and health risks due to PBDE's (December 8, 2004, PDF) (3 pp, 196K)

• Response from Charles Auer to Melanie Marty regarding children's exposures and health risks due to PBDE's (January 7, 2005, PDF) (3 pp, 265K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Levitt regarding continuing concerns about protecting children from mercury emissions (November 8, 2004, PDF) (4 pp, 535K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding full federal funding for the National Children's Study (June 8, 2004, PDF) (2 pp, 49K)

• Response from Paul Gilman to Melanie Marty regarding full federal funding for the National Children's Study (July 14, 2004, PDF) (2 pp, 130K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding the EPA and FDA Joint Fish Consumption Advisory (June 8, 2004, PDF) (2 pp, 64K)

• Response from Benjamin Grumbles to Melanie Marty regarding the EPA and FDA Joint Fish Consumption Advisory (February 8, 2005, PDF) (1 pg, 90K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding the Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens (June 8, 2004, PDF) (2 pp, 64K)

• Response from Paul Gilman to Melanie Marty regarding the Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens (August 13, 2004, PDF) (1 pg, 130K)

Letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding EPA's proposed action to reduce mercury from coal-fired power plants (January 26, 2004) [PDF, 7 pp., 72 KB]

• Response from Jeffrey R. Holmstead to Melanie Marty regarding EPA's steps to reduce emissions of mercury, nickel, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide from the fossil fuel-fired electric utility sector (March 1, 2004) [PDF, 74 KB]



• Follow-up letter from Melanie Marty to Administrator Leavitt regarding the regulation of mercury from coal-fired power plants (June 8, 2004, PDF) (2 pp, 71K)



• Response from Stephen Page to Melanie Marty regarding the rules proposed by EPA to reduce mercury pollution from power plants (July 6, 2004, PDF) (2 pp, 182K)

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2003

Letter from Howard Frumkin to Marianne L. Horinko regarding the Agency's efforts to address the bioethical issues on the use of human data to develop environmental policy and regulation. (July 18, 2003) [PDF, 218 KB]

• Response from Vanessa T. Vu to Dr. Howard Frumkin regarding the membership of the EPA Science Advisory Board's Bioethics Committee (September 16, 2003) [PDF, 135 KB]

Letter from Melanie Marty to Christine Todd Whitman regarding the creation of a national pesticide incident reporting system (March 28, 2003) [PDF, 733 KB]

• Response from Christine Todd Whitman to Melanie Marty regarding the creation of a national pesticide incident reporting system (May 22, 2003) [PDF, 1 MB]

Letter from Melanie Marty to Christine Todd Whitman regarding sponsorship of the National Academy of Sciences study of the future of toxicity testing (March 28, 2003) [PDF, 336 KB]

Letter from Melanie Marty to Christine Todd Whitman regarding the standardization of human milk sampling and analysis (April 8, 2003) [PDF, 2 MB]

• Response from Paul Gilman to Melanie Marty regarding concerns about chemical contaminants in human milk (August 20, 2003) [PDF, 556 KB]

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2002

Letter from Melanie Marty to Christine Todd Whitman supporting the Initiative on Aging, but suggesting that the aging initiative be established as an independent office or effort instead of expanding the name and mission of OCHP (December 16, 2002) [PDF, 359 KB]

• Response from Christine Todd Whitman to Melanie Marty thanking the Committee for their input on the Aging Initiative and the need to select a permanent director for OCHP (May 2, 2003) [PDF, 181 KB]

Letter from Melanie Marty to Christine Todd Whitman thanking her for her leadership in EPA's smart growth efforts and offering six recommendations (December 13, 2002). [PDF, 2MB]

• Response from Christine Todd Whitman to Melanie Marty describing EPA's effort to make the connection between health and smart growth explicit by including public health in the definition of smart growth and noting that EPA will provide the Committee with detailed responses to their other recommendations (March 21, 2003) [PDF, 185 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman applauding the update to the America's Children and the Environment: A First View of Available Measures and encouraging its release because it provided the public and others with information and important measures needed to track our national progress in protecting children and evaluate areas for improvements (August 16, 2002) [PDF, 263 KB]

• Response from Christine Todd Whitman to Routt Reigart indicating that America's Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burden, and Health, the update to America's Children and the Environment: A First View of Available Measures, will be available very soon (October 30, 2002) [PDF, 164 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator to the Office of Research and Development, encouraging ORD to consider incorporating a new approach to assessing health risks from environmental exposure (described in The Children's Health Risk Matrix: Technical Background Paper) into EPA's formal risk assessment process (August 9, 2002) [PDF, 2MB]

• Response from EPA's Assistant Administrator, Paul Gilman, Ph.D., agreeing to a meeting that would include members of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee, OCHP staff and his office (October 11, 2002) [PDF, 162 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman addressing EPA's cumulative risk assessment methods using the OP Cumulative Risk Assessment as an example (August 9, 2002) [PDF, 611 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman making follow up recommendations on EPA's Cancer Guidelines (May 30, 2002) [PDF, 1MB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the cancer guidelines, acknowledging the issues raised by CHPAC, explaining the principles EPA is using in revising the guidelines and offering to engage in continued dialogue with CHPAC (August 12, 2002) [PDF, 664 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman setting forth recommendations developed by the Schools Work Group for improving the indoor environment of schools for the nation's children (May 2, 2002) [PDF, 664 KB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart assuring the Administration's commitment to environmental health and safety in schools and noting recent actions consistent with recommendations made (July 30, 2002) [PDF, 711 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman emphasizing that one of the most important ways that the EPA protects children from the environmental health hazards is through collecting, analyzing, and disseminating relevant data (follow up to the October 23, 2000 Children's Health Data Needs and Right to Know Blueprint letter) (March 19, 2002) [PDF, 907 KB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart regarding the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data relevant to children's environmental health and noting examples concerning exposure, children at high risk, integration of health and environmental data, and data quality (July 29, 2002) [PDF, 644 KB]

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2001

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman encouraging her to strengthen the public health expertise on staff at EPA, particularly in the areas of human reproductive and developmental health (March 28, 2001) [PDF, 360 KB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the March 28, 2001 letter to Christine Todd Whitman, transmitting the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee's recommendations on strengthening the agency's children's health protection program (November 5, 2001) [PDF, 174 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman suggesting greater efforts to recruit individuals with pediatric expertise as core members of USEPA Advisory Committees (March 28, 2001) [PDF, 347 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman congratulating and urging her to take a leadership role on children's environmental health issues - from 21st Century Work Group (March 28, 2001) [PDF, 789 KB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the March 28, 2001 letter to Christine Todd Whitman congratulating and urging her to take a leadership role on children's environmental health issues - from 21st Century Work Group (August 8, 2001) [PDF, 462 KB]

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 2000

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner on Recommendations for Protecting Children's Health in the 21st Century (October 27, 2000) [PDF, 1 MB]

• Response from Carol Browner to Routt Reigart's October 27, 2000 letter on the Recommendations for Protecting Children's Health in the 21st Century (January 11, 2001) [PDF, 293 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner on the Children's Environmental Health Data Needs and Right-to-Know Blueprint (October 23, 2000) [PDF, 3 MB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the October 23, 2000 letter to Carol Browner transmitting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee recommendations for a Children's Environmental Health Data Needs and Right-to-Know Blueprint (January 2, 2001) [PDF, 1 MB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner requesting clarification on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assesses risks to farmworker children, and presenting recommendations for EPA's consideration to further protect children who are working in agriculture (October 20, 2000) [PDF, 661 KB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the October 20, 2000 letter to Carol Browner requesting clarification on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assesses risks to farmworker children, and presenting recommendations for EPA's consideration to further protect children who are working in agriculture (January 9, 2001) [PDF, 963 KB]
  
  
• Attachment response from EPA to The Honorable Henry Waxman on the July 28, 2000 letter to Carol Browner concerning the report of the General Accounting Office (GAO) entitled "Pesticides: Improvements Needed to Ensure the Safety of Farmworkers and Their Children" (October 17, 2000) [PDF, 2 MB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner regarding OPP/EPA's June 2000 Draft Cumulative Risk Guidance (September 26, 2000) [PDF, 774 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner to convey the Committee's more specific comments about the priorities included in the draft "Strategy for Research on Environmental Risks to Children" (April 14, 2000) [PDF, 722 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner providing input to the EPA Strategic Plan under revision (June 2, 2000) [PDF, 473 KB]

• Response letter from EPA to Routt Reigart regarding comments submitted to the EPA on their revised Strategic Plan (not dated) [PDF, 145 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner offering additional comments on the Residential Exposure Standard Operating Principles (January 21, 2000) [PDF, 298 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner regarding the issue of research priorities at EPA and specifically the draft "Strategy for Research on Environmental Risks to Children" prepared by the Office of Research and Development (January 21, 2000) [PDF, 383 KB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the January 21 and April 14, 2000 letters to Carol Browner on the draft Strategy for Research on Environmental Risks to Children developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) (October 25, 2000) [PDF, 1 MB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner reporting recommendations for improvement to the EPA's Rule Writers Guidance for Considering Risks to Children (the Guidance) (December 9, 1999) [PDF, 2 MB]

• Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the December 9, 1999 letter to Carol Browner recommending improvements to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) rulemaking process for children's health protection (December 7, 2000) [PDF, 400 KB]

Letter from Routt Reigart to Carol Browner on the subject of the proposed revisions of the Agency's Guidelines for Cancer Risk Assessment (September 15, 1999) [PDF, 416 KB]

• Response letter from EPA to Routt Reigart on the subject of the proposed revisions of the Agency's Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment (March 22, 2000) [PDF, 2 MB]

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 1999

Letter to Administrator Browner on valuing children's health in economic assessments (November 22, 1999) - EPA Response (March 3, 2000) [PDF, 19 KB]

Background document supporting the workgroup's recommendations to CHPAC on children's health valuation issues Letter to Administrator Browner recommending a children's longitudinal cohort study (May 28, 1999) [PDF, 182 KB] - EPA Response (August 13, 1999) [PDF, 78 KB]

Letter to Administrator Browner regarding the FQPA Science Policy paper on "Choosing a Percentile of Acute Dietary Exposure as a Threshold for Regulatory Concern" (May 26, 1999) [PDF, 81 KB]

Letter to the Office of Pesticide Programs regarding the FQPA Science Policy paper on "Choosing a Percentile of Acute Dietary Exposure as a Threshold for Regulatory Concern" (May 26, 1999) [PDF, 85 KB]

Letter to Administrator Browner regarding the "Guidelines for Cancer Risk Assessment" (May 12, 1999) [PDF, 281 KB] - EPA Response (July 6, 1999) [PDF, 1.21M]

Letter to Dr. Max Lum (NIOSH) and Dr. Tim Tinker (ATSDR) regarding the "Six Guiding Principles for Communicating Children's Environmental Health and Safety Risks" (June 2, 1999) [PDF, 183 KB]

Letter to Administrator Browner regarding the FQPA Science Policy Paper #6 - "Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for Residential Exposure Assessments" (February 18, 1999) [PDF, 220 KB] - EPA Response (March 25, 1999) [PDF, 94 KB]

Letter to the Office of Pesticide Programs regarding the FQPA Science Policy Paper #6 - "Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for Residential Exposure Assessments" (February 18, 1999) [PDF, 224 KB]

Letter to Dr. Noreen Noonan regarding children's health research (January 4, 1999) [PDF, 120 KB]

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Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee Comment Letter History - 1998

Letter to Administrator Browner regarding the proposed Residential Lead Standards (December 29, 1998, PDF) (4 pp, 324K) Letter to Administrator Browner regarding EPA's responsiveness to CHPAC recommendations (October 28, 1998, PDF) (1 pg, 82K)

Letter to the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics on the proposed rule concerning "Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead" (September 30, 1998, PDF) (1 pg, 81K)

Letter to Administrator Browner regarding funding for children's health research (July 27, 1998, PDF) (2 pp, 118K)

Letter to Administrator Browner regarding the President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risk to Children and the Federal Asthma Initiative (July 27, 1998, PDF) (2 pp, 120K)

Re-evaluation Report (May 28, 1998) - EPA Response

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