What: Independent Workshop on Ozone NAAQS Science and Policy
When: April 7-9, 2015
Where: The University of Texas at Austin
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) held an Independent Workshop on Ozone NAAQS Science and Policy April 7-9, 2015. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to lower the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone from the current level of 75 ppb to a level within a range from 65 to 70 ppb. This public workshop was designed to provide an independent evaluation and synthesis of key considerations for approaching the difficult ozone NAAQS decision. A diverse group of well known and respected science and policy experts engaged in robust discussions on key issues, so that TCEQ and others could gain a better understanding of the issues and implications.
Workshop Quicklinks
- Workshop Summary Report
- Webcast Recording
- Expert Panel Members and Speakers
- Workshop Program
- Pre-Workshop Webinar & Background Materials
- Charge Questions
- Session Slides
- Julie Goodman - Integrating Evidence
- Julie Goodman - Overview of Ozone Epidemiology
- Sabine Lange- Ozone Clinical Studies and Dose-Response
- Sabine Lange - Ozone Mode of Action
- Seyed Sadredin - Why States Care - Implementation & Impacts of NAAQS
- Roger McClellan - Setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards: Role of Science and Judgment
- Tim Verslycke - Ozone NAAQS Secondary Standard
- Scott Bloomberg - Estimating the costs of complying with a tighter ozone NAAQS
- Anne Smith - Assessing the Potential Economic and Distributional Impacts of a Tighter Ozone NAAQS
- John Morrall - Health Effects of Regulatory Costs
- Additional Handouts to Science Panel
Pre-Workshop Materials - please review these materials prior to the workshop
For more information, contact:
- Sabine Lange, TCEQ: Sabine.Lange@tceq.texas.gov
- Dr Michael Dourson, TERA:dourson@tera.org
Dr. Donald R. Arbuckle, Clinical Professor of Public Administration, University of Texas at Dallas
Charles H. Knauss, Partner and Co-Head, Environment and Workplace Safety Practice, KattenMuchinRosenman LLP
Thomas A. Lorenzen, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Dr. Paul R. Portney, President Emeritus, Resources for the Future; Dean Emeritus, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
Dr. Chris G. Whipple, (Panel Facilitator), Principal, ENVIRON International Corporation
Science Panel
Dr. Michael L. Dourson (Panel Facilitator), President, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment
Dr. Julie E. Goodman, Principal, Gradient
Dr. Sabine Lange, Toxicologist, Toxicology Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Dr. George Maldonado, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
Dr. Robert Phalen, Director of the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory, University of
California, Irvine
Dr. P. Barry Ryan, Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Dr. Sonja Sax, Senior Environmental Scientist, Gradient
Dr. Mark J. Utell, Professor of Medicine and Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, School of Medicine and Dentistry
Speakers
Scott J. Bloomberg, Vice President, National Economic Research Associates (NERA)
Dr. Roger O. McClellan, Advisor, Toxicology and Human Health Risk Analysis
Dr. Daniel L. Millimet, Professor, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University
Dr. John F. Morrall III, Affiliated Senior Scholar, The Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Henry V. Nickel, Special Counsel, Hunton & Williams LLP
Seyed Sadredin, Executive Director, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Dr. Anne E. Smith, Senior Vice President, NERA
Dr. Tim Verslycke, Principal, Gradient