[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29134-29135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11132]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8567-7]
EPA's 2008 Report on the Environment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of a final report titled,
``EPA's 2008 Report on the Environment'' (EPA/600/R-07/045F), which was
prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
within EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) with significant
input from partners across EPA and other federal agencies.
EPA's 2008 Report on the Environment (2008 EPA ROE) compiles the
most reliable indicators available to help understand important trends
in the environment and human health. The indicators are supported by
data that are as current as possible (data included in the 2008 EPA ROE
are as recent as October 2007). Additionally, the report identifies key
limitations of these indicators and gaps where reliable indicators do
not yet exist. These gaps and limitations highlight the disparity
between the current state of knowledge and the goal of full, reliable,
and insightful representation of environmental conditions and trends,
and provide direction for future research and monitoring efforts.
DATES: This document will be available on or about May 20, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The document will be available electronically through the
NCEA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. The main distribution method
for this report will be via the Internet. A limited number of paper
copies and compact disks, however, will be available from the EPA's
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), P.O.
Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242; telephone: 1-800-490-9198; facsimile:
301-604-3408; e-mail: lmit.com">nscep@bps-lmit.com. Please provide your name,
your mailing address, and the title and EPA number of the requested
publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Information Management Team,
National Center for Environmental Assessment (8601P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: 703-347-8561; fax: 703-347-8691; e-
mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
To accomplish its mission to protect human health and the
environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must pay
close attention to trends in the condition of the nation's air, water,
and land, as well as related trends in human health and ecological
systems. To meet this need, EPA embarked on a bold initiative in 2001
to assemble, for the first time, the most reliable available indicators
of national environmental and health conditions and trends that are
important to EPA's mission. EPA initially presented these
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indicators in its Draft Report on the Environment (ROE) Technical
Document (TD), and its publicly oriented companion document, the Draft
Report on the Environment (ROE), both released in 2003. For the 2008
EPA ROE, both the proposed indicators included in the report and the
complete draft document were subjected to rigorous, independent, and
external peer review, as well as public comment. Complete documentation
of the peer review process and responses are available at http://www.epa.gov/ncea.roe. Thus, EPA has revised, updated, and refined the
2003 draft ROE in response to scientific developments, as well as
feedback from EPA's Science Advisory Board and stakeholders. As a
result, the 2008 EPA ROE provides both an update and an improvement
over the 2003 draft edition.
EPA is also producing a Highlights of Conditions and Trends
document, which summarizes the findings of the 2008 EPA ROE in an
easier-to-understand format. The Highlights Document is expected to be
publicly available later in the year.
EPA is committed to releasing periodic updates of the ROE so that
information on environmental conditions and trends can be provided to
interested members of the public.
Dated: May 13, 2008.
George Gray,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development.
[FR Doc. E8-11132 Filed 5-19-08; 8:45 am]
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