FEDERAL REGULATORY ASSESSMENT APPROACH AT THE UNITED-STATES EPA

For this presentation the data package on acrylonitrile was used as an example of the processes by which risk assessment evaluations would be performed for chemicals regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Drinking Water. The discussion spans both regulatory and non-regulatory aspects of regulation. Developing risk assessments for EPA regulatory purposes is similar in all offices and in that context the considerations as well as the methods of assessing risks apply generally to regulatory considerations by other offices within the EPA.