Recent Additions

EPA announces the 2008 Science Forum. This years theme is Innovative Technologies: Key to Environmental and Economic Progress.

EPA announces the release of the updated cancer assessment in the Toxicological Review of Beryllium and notice of the External Peer Review Panel Meeting in the May 12, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA announces the release of the draft document, IRIS Toxicological Review of Cerium Oxide and Cerium Compounds , for public review and comment in the May 6, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA announces the notice of the External Peer Review Panel Workshop in the May 2, 2008 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment was previously provided for public viewing and comment in a Mar 6, 2008 Federal Register Notice. The public comments received on the Toxicological Review within the external review period will be provided to the peer reviewers prior to the meeting for their consideration.

EPA has added 3 new IRIS Assessments that may be started in 2008 as announced in the April 25, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA announces the release of the Toxicological Review of EGBE in the April 24, 2008 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment is provided for public viewing and comment. Public comments received on the Toxicological Review within the external review period (next 45 days) will be provided to peer reviewers prior to the External Peer Review Panel Meeting for their consideration.

EPA is announcing the release of a final report titled, "Climate Change Effects on Stream and River Biological Indicators: A Preliminary Analysis." This report was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment's Global Climate Research Staff.

EPA announces the notice of the External Peer Review Panel Workshop in the April 23, 2008 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment was previously provided for public viewing and comment in a Mar 3, 2008 Federal Register Notice. The public comments received on the Toxicological Review within the external review period will be provided to the peer reviewers prior to the meeting for their consideration.

EPA is announcing the release of a final contractor report titled, Development of an Analytic Approach to Determine How Environmental Protection Agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Is Used By Non EPA Decision Makers. This contractor report analyzed how IRIS is used outside of the EPA, who these IRIS users are, and how well their needs are being met.

On February 20, 2008, an external peer review panel workshop was hosted by an independent contractor on the Toxicological Review of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (External Review Draft). Completing this review, a final report of the comments from the workshop were collected and are now available.

EPA annnounces the release of the Application of Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment Methods to Watershed Management final document as announced in an April 14, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA has announced an update to the current IRIS Process as described on the April 10, 2008 Press Release announcement.

EPA announces that the Global Climate Assessment Staff have sent the Final (third) review draft (PDF, 273pp, 2.36 MB) of the Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.6 to be posted on the CCSP Web site. Included with the draft is the public review draft comment on the second review draft and the summary of author's responses to FACA expert review panel (ACSERAC) (PDF, 63pp, 1.28 Mb).

EPA announces the notice of the External Peer Review Panel Workshop in the April 8, 2008 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment was previously provided for public viewing and comment in a February 15, 2008 Federal Register Notice. The public comments received on the Toxicological Review within the external review period will be provided to the peer reviewers prior to the meeting for their consideration.

EPA annnounces the release of the Causal Analysis of Biological Impairment in Long Creek: A Sandy-Bottomed Stream in Coastal Southern Maine final document has been completed as announced in a March 26, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

NCEA supports an active postdoctoral program providing federal research experience to up-and-coming environmental scientists. The Center currently supports a variety of postdoctoral professionals and seeks applications for this latest position. Appointments are for 3 years and include a full package of benefits.

EPA has launched a new Risk Assessment Portal to help the public learn what a risk assessment is; to be a resource for scientists to find key agency guidance/guidelines and other technical information on risk; and to bridge the gap in general risk assessment concepts and terminology across related EPA web pages. Please visit the site, epa.gov/risk to learn more.

EPA is announcing the release of a final report titled, Effects of Climate Change on Aquatic Invasive Species and Implications for Management and Research. This report assesses the state of the science of climate change effects on aquatic invasive species (AIS) and examines state level management activities.

EPA is announcing the release of the draft document, Integrated Science Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen - Health Criteria (Second External Review Draft) and Annexes for public review and comment as described in the March 5, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA is announcing the release of a final report titled, "A Screening Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Mitigation in the Great Lakes and New England Regions." This report is a screening-level assessment of the potential implications climate change has had on combined sewer overflow (CSO) mitigation in the Great Lakes and New England Regions.

EPA announces the release of the draft document, Toxicological Review of Propionaldehyde, for public review and comment in a March 6, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA announces that the Global Climate Assessment Staff have sent the Final (third) review draft of the Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.4 to be posted on the CCSP Web site. Included with the draft is the public review draft comment on the second review draft (PDF, 144pp, 1.05 MB) and the response to FACA expert review panel (ACSERAC) (PDF, 20pp, 146Kb).

EPA announces the release of the draft document, Toxicological Review of 2-Hexanone, for public review and comment in the March 3, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA is hosting the 2008 Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference in West Chester, OH, April 14 - 17, 2007 with the theme "The Complexity of Uncertainty: Dealing with Known Unknowns." Registration (for the conference and hotel), directions and a draft agenda are now available.

EPA is releasing a new database, developed under contractual agreement, containing values of human physiological parameters specific to older adults obtained from published scientific literature. The information assembled in this database should provide a scientific basis for selection of several key physiological parameters for dosimetry modeling in older adults.

EPA announces the release of the draft document, Toxicological Review of Thallium, for public review and comment in the Feb 15, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA announces the notice of the External Peer Review Panel Meeting in the February 1, 2008 Federal Register Notice. The notice gave details for the upcoming public meeting which will be held from March 10 -12, 2008.

EPA announces the release of the final report, Methods/Indicators for Determining when Metals are the Cause of Biological Impairments of Rivers and Streams: Species Sensitivity Distributions and Chronic Exposure-Response Relationships from Laboratory Data. This report describes an analysis of data on the toxicity of metals to aquatic organisms in laboratory toxicity tests and how to apply this information in a Stressor Identification Assessment.

EPA announces the release of the draft document, Toxicological Review of Chlordecone (Kepone), for public review and comment with notice of an External Peer Review Panel Meeting in the January 24, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA announces the release of this final report which demonstrates how data from the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS) can be used to estimate disease burden and presents results using 30 years of data.

EPA announces the notice of the External Peer Review Panel Meeting in the January 18, 2008 Federal Register Notice. This draft assessment was previously provided for public viewing and comment in a November 16, 2007 Federal Register Notice. The public comments received on the Toxicological Review within the external review period will be provided to the peer reviewers prior to the meeting for their consideration.

EPA has announced a vacancy for an Interdisciplinary Scientist, Biologist/Health Scientist/Physical Scientist, GS-401/601/1301-13 position that will be open from 01/15 - 02/05/08, under announcement numbers RTP-DE-2008-0044 and RTP-MP-2008-0076. The announcements are open under delegated examining and merit promotion . This position is announced via the USAJOBS Web site.

EPA announced that a workshop entitled "Workshop to Discuss Policy-Relevant Science to Inform EPA's Integrated Plan for the Review of the Primary Carbon Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality Standards" will be held on January 28-29, 2008 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The workshop will be open to the public.

New online Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) training is available on the EPA BMDS website (www.epa.gov/ncea/bmds). The training consists of five narrated sets of slides covering (1) Introduction to Benchmark Dose Modeling, (2) Modeling Dichotomous Data, (3) Modeling Dichotomous Cancer Data, (4) Modeling Continuous Data, and (5) Modeling Nested (e.g., Developmental) Data. This course is a narrated, online representation of EPA's 1-day Benchmark Dose Training course with examples using BMDS version 1.4.1c.

EPA announces they will hold a public meeting of the Adaptation for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources Advisory Committee (ACSERAC) on Jan 15th in the January 7, 2008 Federal Register Notice.

EPA announces they will be holding a public meeting of the Human Impacts of Climate Change Federal Advisory Committee on Jan 14th in the January 7, 2008 Federal Register Notice.