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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Public Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11811.
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Appendix D
National Research Council Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin

Public Meeting: May 22, 2006

The National Academy of Sciences Building, Auditorium

2100 C Street, NW

Washington, DC

PUBLIC AGENDA

9:00

Purpose of Public Session and Introduction of Committee Members John Ahearne, Chair

9:10

OMB Perspective on Risk Assessment Bulletin

Nancy Beck, Toxicologist/Risk Assessor, Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

9:25

Reflections on the Rationale for Improved Risk Assessment Practices

John Graham, Dean, RAND Graduate School

9:55

Impact of OMB Bulletin on Current Agency Risk Assessment Standards and Practices

 

Agency Presentations:

 

 

 

USDA

Linda Abbott

Senior Scientist for Risk Modeling

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Public Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11811.
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Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis

 

 

DOL

William Perry

Acting Deputy Director

Directorate of Standards and Guidance

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 

 

EPA

George Gray

Science Advisor and Assistant Administrator

Office of Research and Development

10:35

Break

10:50

Impact of OMB Bulletin on Current Agency Risk Assessment Standards and Practices (continued)

 

Agency Presentations:

 

 

 

DOD

Shannon Cunniff

Director of Emerging Contaminants

Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health

 

 

DOE

Al Cobb

Senior Policy Advisor

Office of Policy and International Affairs

 

 

NASA

Homayoon Dezfuli

Manager for System Safety

Office of Safety and Mission Assurance

 

 

HHS

Christopher Portier

Associate Director, NIEHS

Director, Office of Risk Assessment

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Institutes of Health

 

 

 

Steve Galson

Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Food and Drug Administration

 

 

 

Christine Sofge

Chief, Risk Evaluation Branch

Education and Information Division

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Public Meeting Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11811.
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11:50

Comments or Questions from NAS Committee

12:05

Comments or Questions from the Public

12:15

Break for Lunch

1:00

Panel Presentations and Discussion on OMB Definition of Risk Assessment, Usefulness of Proposed Standards, and Possible Omissions from the OMB Bulletin

 

Presentations:

 

 

 

Gilbert Omenn

Professor of Medicine, Genetics and Public Health

University of Michigan Medical School

 

 

Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow and Director, Quality of the Environment

Resources for the Future

 

 

Stephen Heinig

Senior Research Fellow

Association of American Medical Colleges

 

 

Lorenz Rhomberg

Principal

Gradient Corporation

 

 

Judith Graham

Managing Director, Long-Range Research Initiative Team

American Chemistry Council

 

 

Robert Shull

Director of Regulatory Policy

OMB Watch

 

 

Jennifer Sass

Senior Scientist, Health and Environment

Natural Resources Defense Council

2:45

Break

3:00

Comments and Questions from the Committee for Presenters

3:20

Comments and Questions from the Agencies for Presenters

3:40

Comments and Questions from the Public for Presenters

4:00

Open Microphone

5:00

Adjourn/End of Public Session

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Risk assessments are often used by the federal government to estimate the risk the public may face from such things as exposure to a chemical or the potential failure of an engineered structure, and they underlie many regulatory decisions. Last January, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a draft bulletin for all federal agencies, which included a new definition of risk assessment and proposed standards aimed at improving federal risk assessments. This National Research Council report, written at the request of OMB, evaluates the draft bulletin and supports its overall goals of improving the quality of risk assessments. However, the report concludes that the draft bulletin is "fundamentally flawed" from a scientific and technical standpoint and should be withdrawn. Problems include an overly broad definition of risk assessment in conflict with long-established concepts and practices, and an overly narrow definition of adverse health effects—one that considers only clinically apparent effects to be adverse, ignoring other biological changes that could lead to health effects. The report also criticizes the draft bulletin for focusing mainly on human health risk assessments while neglecting assessments of technology and engineered structures.

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