[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 184 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24313]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Workshop Report on Characterizing Ecological Risk at the 
Watershed Scale

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of final report.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for 
Environmental Assessment (NCEA), is announcing the availability of a 
final report, Workshop Report on Characterizing Ecological Risk at the 
Watershed Scale (EPA/600/R-99/111, February 2000). This workshop was 
funded through an interagency agreement between EPA and the Tennessee 
Valley Authority (TVA) and was held on July 7 and 8, 1999, at the 
Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, VA. The workshop was organized to 
address the application of ecological risk assessment to watershed 
management and decision making--in particular the challenge of 
characterizing risks that involve numerous stressors, interconnected 
pathways, and multiple endpoints. Participants representing federal 
agencies, academia, consulting firms, and environmental organizations 
were invited to attend based on their experience in ecological risk 
assessment, watershed management, or regional scale assessment. 
Workshop participants were asked to focus on those aspects for 
characterizing risk at the watershed scale deemed most in need of a 
procedural framework. This report reflects the results of those 
discussions and provides recommendations for estimating and describing 
risks to valued ecological resources at the watershed scale.

ADDRESSES: The document is available primarily on the Internet at 
http://www.epa.gov/ncea under the What's New and Publications menus. A 
limited number of paper copies of the report are available from the 
EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), 
P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242; telephone: 1-800-490-9198 or 513-
489-8190; facsimile: 513-489-8695. Please provide your name and mailing 
address and the title and EPA number of the requested publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victor Serveiss, National Center for 
Environmental Assessment--Washington Office (8623D), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone: 202-564-3251; facsimile: 202-565-0076; 
email:[email protected]. 

    Dated: September 5, 2000.
William H. Farland,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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