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EPA RECEIVES TWO ARSENIC EXPERT PANEL REPORTS
Release Date: 08/31/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2001
EPA RECEIVES TWO ARSENIC EXPERT PANEL REPORTS
Robin Woods 202-564-7841 / woods.robin@epa.gov
Robin Woods 202-564-7841 / woods.robin@epa.gov
In response to EPA Administrator Christie Whitman's request to review public health risks, costs and benefits associated with regulating arsenic in drinking water, two of three expert panels convened last spring have completed their analyses. The National Drinking Water Advisory Council, Arsenic Cost Working Group completed and forwarded its cost analysis to the Administrator on August 24. The report indicates that EPA produced a credible estimate of the cost of compliance for the January 2001 arsenic rule and made a number of recommendations to improve further cost estimates. This week, the Science Advisory Board approved its benefits analysis report and will forward it to the Administrator next week. Administrator Whitman thanked the groups for their contribution, expertise and hard work in producing the detailed reports on an expedited schedule. The cost report is available on EPA's drinking water web site at: https://www.epa.gov/safewater , under "What's New." A draft of SAB's benefits report is available on their web site at: https://www.epa.gov/sab , under "Draft Reports." Next month, the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council is expected to issue their report updating arsenic-in-drinking water health risks based on data available since they issued their first report in March l999. EPA then will issue a Federal Register notice summarizing the three reports and requesting further comment.
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