[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23807]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7380-3]


The Metal Finishing Facility Risk Screening Tool (MFFRST): 
Technical Documentation and User's Guide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final document and CD-ROM.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the 
availability of a final document, The Metal Finishing Facility Risk 
Screening Tool (MFFRST): Technical Documentation and User's Guide (EPA/
600/R-01/057, July 2001) and a CD-ROM of the same title (EPA/600/C-01/
057), prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment-
Washington (NCEA-Washington), within the Office of Research and 
Development of the EPA. The CD-ROM includes an electronic version of 
the technical document and user's guide, as well as the pc-based 
software product titled, MFFRST. The pc-based software tool allows an 
individual to evaluate the potential exposures and health risks to 
workers and nearby residents from emissions from individual metal 
finishing facilities, using commonly available EPA procedures. 
Emissions into the air (from stacks to the outdoor environment and 
fugitive emissions from indoor sources) from routine operations are the 
only emissions considered in MFFRST. Further research efforts have been 
initiated to evaluate other waste streams--including wastewater and 
sludge.

ADDRESSES: This pc-based software tool and the accompanying technical 
support document and User's Guide are being made available 
electronically from the NCEA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ncea/mffrst.htm. A limited number of the CD-ROMs will be available from 
EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) in 
Cincinnati, Ohio (telephone: 1-800-490-9198 or 513-489-8190; facsimile 
513-489-8695; or via the internet at http://www.epa.gov/NCEPIhome/orderpub.html). Please provide the title and EPA number when ordering 
from NSCEP.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, please 
contact Matthew Lorber (202-564-3243); mailing address: NCEA-W (8623D), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460; facsimile: 
202-565-0079; e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: September 9, 2002.
Art Payne,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 02-23807 Filed 9-18-02; 8:45 am]
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