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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-4838-8]
Report on the Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk Issues
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a report entitled
``Report on the Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk Issues''
(EPA/630/R-94/001). This report compiles discussions and presentations
from a peer review workshop that was held in Washington, DC, on
December 8-9, 1993.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a single copy of the report, interested parties
should contact the ORD Publications Office, CERI, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH
45268, Tel: (513) 569-7562. Please provide your name and mailing
address, and request the document by the title and EPA number (EPA/630/
R-94/001).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Mario Mangino, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region V, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL, 60604, Telephone: (312) 353-2197.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 8 and 9, 1993, EPA held the
first of two external peer reviews for risk assessment work for the
Waste Technologies, Inc, (WTI) incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio. For
the December meeting (58 FR 60628-60629; November 17, 1993), EPA asked
13 independent scientists from the fields of toxicology, environmental
fate and transport, combustion engineering, atmospheric modeling, and
exposure assessment to comment on the scientific and technical aspects
of a draft ``project plan''. Peer reviewers focused on scientific data,
methods, and analyses, along with the related assumptions and
uncertainties that would be used to describe risk at the site.
This report collects workshop papers, including summary statements
prepared by the chairperson for each workshop topic. Workshop
participants contributed helpful recommendations that can be used in
the WTI risk assessment to be conducted during 1994 as well as long-
term recommendations for future work.
EPA will consider the expert recommendations in completing the plan
and conducting the risk assessment. While the Risk Assessment Forum
organized the peer review workshop, EPA Region 5 developed the draft
project plan. All future work on implementing peer review
recommendations and setting schedules for risk assessment activities
for the incinerator will be handled by Region 5 in conjunction with the
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, and, as needed, other
Agency offices. At a second meeting, currently projected to be held
later this year, EPA will seek expert peer review of the draft risk
assessment report.
Dated: February 1, 1994.
Gary J. Foley,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
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