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1 Interim Report of the Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA
Pages 73-80

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... There is an immediate demand for the scientific data necessary to develop environmental standards and regulations. Yet these standards and regulations must be underpinned by a long-term, comprehensive research effort that can place environmental science and engineering on a firmer footing, permit a deeper understanding of the effects over time of various regulatory approaches, develop new control strategies and technologies, and help guide EPA's priorities.
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From page 74...
... SCOPE OF INTERIM REPORT In light of a rapidly changing budgetary and programmatic climate, ORD requested quick feedback on its recently released draft Strategic Plan (EPA, 1995) in the form of this interim report.
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From page 75...
... A strategic plan allows limited resources to be used most effectively, and clarifies to others how they will be used. In keeping with this committee's charge, this report only comments on those aspects of the plan that directly influence the selection of research topics.
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... . ." to "Perform, coordinate, integrate, and support research and development...." The Risk Paradigm The strategic plan's adoption of risk assessment and risk management as a unifying framework is a positive step and should result in a research program that addresses issues of greatest environmental concern first.
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From page 77...
... ORD should be active in this area of study. Some of the research questions to be pursued come to light by considering aspects of risk assessment not adequately addressed in the current draft strategic plan.
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From page 78...
... ORD's adoption of risk assessment as a unifying framework for evaluating problems and setting priorities holds promise for producing a more consistent, rational, relevant, and defensible research program. However, if risk assessment is to be the cornerstone of ORD's program, an ongoing research program should be undertaken to continuously refine, improve, and evaluate the risk assessment methodology and to identify situations where it should be supplemented with other approaches.
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From page 79...
... 1995. Strategic Plan for the Office of Research and Development.
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