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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Appendix B
Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process

March 18, 2004, National Academy of Sciences Main Building, Washington, DC


U.S. EPA’s Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling

Gary Foley, Office of Research and Development, Council on Regulatory Environmental Modeling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Environmental Modeling—A Regional Perspective

Tom Voltaggio, Deputy Administrator, Region 3, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Environmental Economic Models

Albert McGartland, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Using Air Quality Models for Emissions Management Decisions—Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty

S.T. Rao, Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Model Use in the Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Joseph Merenda, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Modeling Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

Jim Weaver, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Presentation to the Committee on Environmental Decision Making Principles and Criteria for Models

David Burden, Groundwater Technical Support Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Overview of the TMDL Program & Modeling Approaches

Tim Wool, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Region 4, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Modeling and Decision Making Overview

Leslie Shoemaker, Tetra Tech, Inc.


State Perspectives on Modeling in Support of TMDL Development

Jim George, Maryland Department of the Environment


Estimating Motor Vehicle Emissions: A Tale of 2 Models

Cecilia Ho, Federal Highway Administration


Corps of Engineers Planning Models Improvement Program

Harry Kitch, Planning & Policy Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Models in the Regulatory Decision Process

Timothy Miller, National Water Quality Assessment Program, U.S. Geological Survey


Comments on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council

Jennifer Sass, Natural Resources Defense Council


Comments on Behalf of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness

Scott Slaughter, Center for Regulatory Effectiveness

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Guidelines for Model Choice in a Regulatory Environment: Sound Science Reflecting Sound Values

Adam Finkel, Senior Safety and Health Adviser, Office of the Assistant Secretary, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Decision Making with Mobile Source Models

Gene Tierney, Director, Center for Air Quality and Modeling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


December 2, 2004, Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC


Methods and Applications of Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Models Used in Regulatory Processes

H. Christopher Frey, Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University


Office of Management and Budget Proposed Bulletin on Peer Review and Information Quality

Margo Schwab and John Graham, U.S. Office of Management and Budget


Building Model Confidence and Quality Considerations for Regulatory Decision Makers

Rob Howard, Bechtel-SAIC, LLC


Peer Review of Regulatory Models—The Hard Look and the Long View

Sheila Jasanoff, Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Harvard University


Uncertainties in Health Risk Projection Models: Implications for Risk Management

Daniel Krewski; Jan M. Zielinski; Tim Ramsay and Richard T. Burnett, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment


Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling: Uncertainty Analysis Issues

George Leavesley, Chair, Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Models, U.S. Geological Survey

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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EPA Use of ICF’s Integrated Planning Model

Sam Napolitano and Elliot Lieberman, Clean Air Markets Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Parameter and Model Uncertainty in Models for Regulatory Decision Making: Problems and Opportunities

M. Granger Morgan, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University


Wresting Regulatory Decisions from an Uncertain World

Pasky Pascual, Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Why Use Proprietary Software for Risk Assessment?

Barbara Petersen, Principal Scientist Practice Director, Exponent, Inc., and Durango Software, LLC


Expectations Regarding Peer Review of Especially Significant Regulatory Information

James D. Schaub, Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis, U.S. Department of Agriculture


December 2, 2005, National Academy of Sciences Main Building, Washington, DC


Dose-Response Modeling for Hazard Characterization of Environmental Contaminants

Woodrow Setzer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


The Use of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Improve Chemical Dosimetry in Environmental Risk Assessments

Harvey Clewell, Centers for Health Research


Computational Systems Biology: The Integration of Data Across Multiple Levels of Biological Organization to Understand How Perturbations of Normal Biology Become Adverse Health Effects

Rory Conolly, Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and Environmental Regulatory Modeling

Gary Foley, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


Making Regulatory Choices: What Does Uncertainty Have to Do With It

Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future


Use of Modeling in Decision-Making at EPA

Robert Perciasepe, Audubon Society


Integrating Modeling and Monitoring in Adaptive Strategies to Attain Water Quality Standards

Kenneth Reckhow, Duke University


Computation in the Regulatory Environment: Solution or the Problem

Paul Gilman, Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B Public Workshop Presentations to the Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process." National Research Council. 2007. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11972.
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Many regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are based on the results of computer models. Models help EPA explain environmental phenomena in settings where direct observations are limited or unavailable, and anticipate the effects of agency policies on the environment, human health and the economy. Given the critical role played by models, the EPA asked the National Research Council to assess scientific issues related to the agency's selection and use of models in its decisions. The book recommends a series of guidelines and principles for improving agency models and decision-making processes. The centerpiece of the book's recommended vision is a life-cycle approach to model evaluation which includes peer review, corroboration of results, and other activities. This will enhance the agency's ability to respond to requirements from a 2001 law on information quality and improve policy development and implementation.

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