Integrated Environmental Decisionmaking: New Tools and New Process for a New Generation. T. Miller,* G. Matanoski, D. Barnes, and S. Sanzone, Science Advisory Board, USEPA, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.
The Science, Advisory Board, a group of independent scientists, engineer, and economists, is completing work on a two year effort to develop technically-based methods that can be used to inform environmental decision makers. The project was originally conceived of as an updating of the SAB’s 1990 Reducing Risk report which focused on ranking environmental risks. The project has shifted its focus to the development of tools that can be used by any group to evaluate and rank environmental stressors (i.e. risks) in a clear and explicit manner. These tools are then integrated with other considerations; e.g., social values and economic considerations, in an explicit consideration of risk management options in order to reach a final decision. The SAB’s Integrated Environmental Decisionmaking (IED) report conveys three main messages: a) Integration of scientific data; b) Integration of risk management decisions; and c) Integration of the decisionmaking process. The report also provides specific tools for achieving integration.
*Phone: (202) 260-5886, Fax: (202) 260-7118, E-Mail miller.tom@epa.gov.
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