[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32212-32213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15740]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6110-6]
Research Strategy for Oxygenates in Water
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of external review draft.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of an external review
draft of a document, Research Strategy for Oxygenates in Water, EPA/
600/R-98/048, prepared by the Office of Research and Development of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The purpose of this document is
to identify key issues related to assessing and managing the potential
health and environmental risks of water contamination by oxygenates.
The term oxygenates refers to chemicals added to fuels (which then may
be known as ``oxyfuels'') to increase the oxygen content and thereby
reduce certain emissions from use of the fuel. This research strategy
builds on and extends an earlier document, Oxyfuels Information Needs
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1996, EPA/600/R-96/069), which
included water issues but tended to focus more on inhalation health
risk issues. As a research strategy, the present document focuses on
those gaps and limitations in current information that constitute the
most critical and immediate needs to be addressed. The document is
primarily intended to serve as a starting point and general guide to
planning needed research. It is not a comprehensive review of issues
related to oxygenates in water, and it does not attempt to specify in
detail the specific studies and projects that may be needed. An earlier
draft of this document was peer reviewed in a workshop held on October
7, 1997, in Washington, DC. Comments received on the workshop draft
were considered in preparing the current external review draft.
DATES: Anyone who wishes to comment on this document may do so in
writing
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by August 28, 1998. Send the written comments to the Project Manager
for Fuel Oxygenates, National Center for Environmental Assessment-RTP
Office (MD-52), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the Research Strategy for Oxygenates in
Water (External Review Draft) 1998, EPA/600/R-98/048, contact Diane H.
Ray, National Center for Environmental Assessment-RTP Office (MD-52),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone: 919-541-3637; facsimile: 919-541-1818; E-mail:
ray.diane@epa.gov. Internet users may obtain a copy from the EPA's
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) home page. The URL
is http://www.epa.gov/ncea/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. J. Michael Davis, National Center
for Environmental Assessment-RTP Office (MD-52), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-
4162; facsimile: 919-541-0245; E-mail: davis.jmichael@epa.gov.
Dated: June 4, 1998.
William H. Farland,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 98-15740 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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