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A National Routine PBT Monitoring Strategy

A National Routine PBT Monitoring Strategy . Gary Foley Director, National Exposure Research Laboratory EPA / ORD. The Challenge and the Opportunity. Many programs for collecting monitoring information on toxic chemicals exist in various media.

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A National Routine PBT Monitoring Strategy

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  1. A National Routine PBT Monitoring Strategy Gary Foley Director, National Exposure Research Laboratory EPA / ORD PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  2. The Challenge and the Opportunity • Many programs for collecting monitoring information on toxic chemicals exist in various media. • While cooperative partnerships among various organizations have been formed, opportunities exist for enhancing information sharing through cooperation and leveraging. • EPA is committed to developing a long-term Routine Monitoring Persistant Bioaccumulative Toxics (PBT) Monitoring Strategy for guiding planning and coordination of multimedia monitoring programs. • The Strategy will build on existing programs while calling for new partnerships that improve information sharing and communication among organizations. • EPA cannot do it all alone and, thus, we ask you to join us in the Strategy’s development. PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  3. Background • Recent attention on the need for coordinated Federal monitoring efforts • The Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources (CENR) • U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) • There is also International recognition of this need for persistent pollutants • The Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) • United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) • In 7/00, EPA assigned priority to development of a Routine Monitoring Strategy for PBTs to guide EPA's efforts to: • discern long-term trends in various media; and • assess effectiveness of risk management actions • EPA expects this PBT Monitoring Strategy to be “nested” in the CEC’s North American Strategy development effort PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  4. Background (cont) • To develop the Strategy, a Steering Committee was established with representatives from numerous EPA Offices and Regions. • Subcommittees: Writing and Workshop Teams • Mercury, dioxin and PCBs are highest priority, but strategy will also address other established PBTs and emerging PBTs. • In 5/01, EPA conducted a workshop to gain support for the Strategy effort throughout EPA. • Now with this workshop we are reaching out to organizations outside of EPA. PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  5. PBT Monitoring Strategy: Current Plans • The Strategy will be a document that: • Provides a framework and rationale for considering multimedia monitoring in a holistic fashion • Articulates specified national monitoring objectives • Assesses how well current monitoring programs meet the objectives • Presents options and recommendations for filling identified monitoring gaps • Provides a schedule of EPA action steps to meet the specified objectives • Commits to provide periodic assessments • Schedule • Initial Draft Strategy - September 2002 • Peer Review Draft Strategy - March 2003 • Implementation Plan - 2003 PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  6. A Successful PBT Monitoring Strategy Will . . . • Build upon existing monitoring programs • Facilitate partnerships and improve communication • Leverage available resources • Be developed in coordination with other monitoring strategies • Serve as a tool for integrating currently independent monitoring programs PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  7. Could a PBT Monitoring Strategy Benefit your Organization? • Potential Benefits include • Provide trends data • Evaluate the effectiveness of risk management actions • Provide a focus and an integrating mechanism for currently disparate monitoring programs • Provide mutually beneficial support and rationale for monitoring efforts in various media • Efficiencies and cost savings • Additional support and justification • Data for modeling analyses and comparison studies • Multimedia data and analyses PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  8. TRI NHANES NEI State, Local, and Tribal Monitoring NAWQA National Fish Tissue Study EMAP IADN NADP/MDN THE PBT MONITORING STRATEGY Air/ Air Deposition Water/ Ecological Emissions Food Human National Fish Tissue Study NHANES TRI IADN NAWQA NEI NADP/MDN EMAP State, Local, and Tribal Monitoring The PBT Monitoring Strategy:A Tool for Integration PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

  9. Summary • EPA is developing a PBT Monitoring Strategy which will • Be multimedia in scope • Build upon existing programs • Focus on mercury, dioxin, and PCBs (initially) • We are seeking broad participation in the Strategy development effort • In this Workshop and BEYOND!! PBT Monitoring Strategy Workshop

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