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Appendix A: Background Information on Committee Members and Professional Staff
Pages 185-192

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From page 185...
... As a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency from 1983 to 1986, she was responsible for implementation and enforcement of environmental programs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
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From page 186...
... He has served on the National Research Council's Committee on Priority Mechanisms for the National Toxicology Program, Pane} on Survey Measurement of Sum jective Phenomena, Committee on Human Factors, and Committee
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From page 187...
... Environmental Protection Agency in the area of risk assessment and has served on the National Research CounciT's Panel on Reform of the Federal Meat and Poultry System. PETER BARTON HUTT is a partner with the law firm of Covington & BurTing, Washington, D.C.
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... He has participated in six previous National Research Council studies on air quality and toxic chemicals, including the 1983 National Research Council's Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health. His recent work includes development of decision frameworks for risk management of coal combustion by-products and acid deposition.
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... While serving as a senior environmental fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he worked on the development of a strategy for the control of toxic substances in the environment.
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... He serves on the National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management and has served on National Research Council committees
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... She is currently chairman of the elected Board of Selectmen of the Town of Hamilton and vice-chairman of Northeast Health Systems, Inc., and of Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts. PROFESSIONAL STAFF ROB COPPOC:K is senior program officer with the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources of the National Research Council.
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... He was project director for the 1983 National Research Council Study on Risk Assessment in the Federal Government and a 1985 National Research Council Study on the Atmospheric Effects of Nuclear Explosions.
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  • american political
  • senior fellow
  • decision analysis
  • audubon society
  • science association

  • advanced study
  • operations research
  • georgetown university
  • editorial board
  • medflly crisis

  • social research
  • environment division
  • mechanical engineers
  • toxic chemicals
  • council studies

  • magazine articles
  • decision frameworks
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