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RCED-93-77R 1 (1993-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackgf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-251445 February 8, 1993 The Honorable John D. Dingell 148671 Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In response to your request, we reviewed the public release o by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of three draft documents dealing with environmental tobacco smoke (or passive smoking). The three documents included (1) a compendium of existing scientific and technical information on passive smoking; (2) a risk assessment of the health effects of passive smoking; and (3) a guide to workplace smoking policies. You were concerned that the three documents prepared by EPA and contractors were made public before EPA's review of them was completed. This letter discusses the circumstances surrounding when and how these documents were made available to the public. In summary, the technical compendium was prematurely ' i released to an Associated Press reporter by an external s reviewer before EPA completed its review. The risk 0 assessment and the policy guide were not prematurely released and were made available for public comment when they were forwarded to EPA's Science Advisory Board for its peer review.' In April 1991 the EPA project manager responsible for the compendium sent a draft, without EPA management's approval, 'The Science Advisory Board is an independent group of nonfederal government scientists and engineers who provide advice to the EPA Administrator on technical aspects of issues confronting the agency. GAOIRCED-93-77R, Enviromental Tobacco Smoke

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