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®: CRE Regulatory Action of the Week

EPA Extends Comment Period for Probabilistic Risk Assessment Guidance
On August 18, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in the Federal Register a 15-day public comment period for the external peer review draft of ``Using Probabilistic Methods to Enhance the Role of Risk Analysis in Decision-Making With Case Study Examples,'' a white paper, and the ``Manager's Summary'' of the same document. The Agency's announcement stated that "all comments received by the closing date of September 1, 2009 will be shared with the external peer review panel for their consideration. Comments received after the close of the comment period may be considered by EPA when it finalizes the document."

EPA representatives have informed CRE that the comment period for these documents will be extended to September 15, 2009, in a notice that had not been published in the Federal Register at the time this regweek was posted.

EPA will convene a panel of invited experts to review the draft documents. The external expert peer review will be conducted by letter and closed teleconference in the May 2009 time frame.

EPA's Federal Register notice of the original comment period cautioned that the
    "EPA is releasing these draft documents solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. These documents have not been formally disseminated by the EPA. They do not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination."
  • Click here EPA's original Federal Register notice