Interagency committee

Roelke ME, Schultz DP, Facemire CF, Sundlof SF, Royals HE. 1991. Mercury contamination in Florida panthers. Eustis, FL Florida Panther Interagency Committee, p. 54. 

Under Section 10(b)(1), responsibility is assigned to an interagency committee to establish, within EPA, an effective system for collection, dissemination to other federal departments and agencies, and use of data submitted under TSCA. 

These review papers have included the circular by the U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 779, "Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes - Earth-Science Perspectives" the review by the Ad-Hoc Committee of Earth Scientists for the EPA reviews by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and finally a review prepared by an Interagency Committee chaired by the Office of Science and Technology Policy whose paper was released for public comment on July 3, 1978. 

In 1947, the interagency committee issued two of three parts of its report (Refs 57, 58)... 

PHS. 1992. CCEHRP interim statement on dioxins. Committee to Coordinate Environmental Health and Related Programs, interagency committee. 

As a part of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), a modified Draize test was adopted (96-98) as the official method for evaluation of acute ocular irritancy (99). It is a pass/fail determination that remains in effect today. The test may use a small volume more consistent with the capacity of the inferior conjunctival sac (100), and incorporate biomicroscopic slit-lamp examination and/or fluorescein staining to assess ocular changes (71,97,98). While various in vitro tests have been proposed to replace this in vivo evaluation and a U.S. interagency committee has recommended certain in vitro tests to detect severe irritants and corrosives, none has yet been officially accepted or validated (101-104). 

The depth of current concern for definition and control of the indoor air quality problem is shown by the number of federal agencies that are involved in evaluating and regulating this area in the USA alone. The 16 agencies that form the Interagency Committee for Indoor Air Quality in the US(11) include the Environmental Protection Agency, (Co-chair), Department of Energy, (Co-chair), Department of Health and Human Services, (Co-chair), Consumer Product Safety Committee, (Co-chair), Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Defense, Federal Trade Commission... 

Interagency Committee on Indoor Air Quality - Comprehensive Indoor Air Quality Research Strategy," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1985. 

The Administrator shall establish, administer, and be responsible for the continuing activities of an interagency committee which shall design, establish, and coordinate an efficient and effective system, within the Environmental Protection Agency, for the collection, dissemination to other Federal departments and agencies, and use of data submitted to the Administrator under this chapter. 

Without considerably more investment in improved reliability in instrumentation, data transmittal and management, this situation is likely to continue for sometime to come. Recently, a federal interagency committee was organized to review this and other issues regarding the national monitoring programs, but their recommendations have not been submitted to Congress as yet. 

In addition he was assigned as consultant for other Division offices representing the Chief of Engineers on various interagency committees involved in sedimentation investigations. He was awarded the 1976 Hilgard Prize for his work in the Manual of Sedimentation. 

Participate in interagency committees, groups, and partnerships related to drug and violence prevention. 

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