[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 3581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1547]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7613-3]


Symposium on Recent Scientific Research Related to the Health 
Effects of Trichloroethylene

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public symposium.

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SUMMARY: The National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), a 
part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of 
Research and Development, is sponsoring a two-day public symposium on 
recently published scientific research related to the health effects of 
trichloroethylene (TCE). Eastern Research Group, Inc., (ERG) an EPA 
contractor, is organizing and convening the symposium. EPA's goal is to 
hear from the scientists who are at the forefront of TCE-related 
research.
    The symposium will consist of a series of invited presentations by 
a number of researchers from a variety of scientific fields who have 
recently published scientific findings related to the health effects of 
TCE. Because of the volume of published research, and due to funding 
and timing limitations, this symposium necessarily presents selected 
important new scientific research. At the end of each speaker's 
presentation, there will be a limited period for related questions from 
the audience. The focus of this symposium is published primary 
research, and no summary or conclusions are being sought about the 
health risks of TCE.
    Members of the public may attend the symposium as observers, and 
may participate in question periods. Space is limited, and 
registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
    A preliminary program agenda is available on the NCEA Web page at 
http://www.epa.gov/ncea/. A transcript of the symposium will be made 
available on the NCEA Web page after the meeting.

DATES: The symposium will be held Thursday, February 26, 2004, 8:30 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday, February 27, 2004, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The symposium will be held at the Renaissance Mayflower 
Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036; telephone: 
(202) 347-3000. ERG, an EPA contractor, is organizing, convening, and 
conducting the symposium. To attend the symposium, please preregister 
by February 20, 2004. You may register on line at https://www.ergweb.com/projects/tce/register.htm or call ERG's conference 
registration line at (781) 674-7374.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For symposium information, 
registration, and logistics, contact the ERG Conference Group at (781) 
674-7272, 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421; telephone: (781) 
674-7272; facsimile: (781) 674-2906; e-mail: [email protected] 
(referencing the TCE Symposium). For further information, the EPA 
contact is Dr. Weihsueh Chiu, telephone: (202) 564-7789; e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: January 21, 2004.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 04-1547 Filed 1-23-04; 8:45 am]
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