Comment Letter History
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Letter from Melanie Marty to Christine Todd Whitman supporting the Initiative on Aging, but suggesting that the aging initiative be established as an independent office or effort instead of expanding the name and mission of OCHP (PDF)(2 pp, 368 K)
- Response from Christine Todd Whitman to Melanie Marty thanking the Committee for their input on the Aging Initiative and the need to select a permanent director for OCHP (PDF)(1 pg, 185 K)
- Letter from Melanie Marty to Christine Todd Whitman thanking her for her leadership in EPA's smart growth efforts and offering six recommendations (PDF)(7 pp, 2 MB)
- Response from Christine Todd Whitman to Melanie Marty describing EPA's effort to make the connection between health and smart growth explicit by including public health in the definition of smart growth and noting that EPA will provide the Committee with (PDF)(1 pg, 190 K)
- Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman applauding the update to the America's Children and the Environment (PDF)(2 pp, 318 K)
- Response from Christine Todd Whitman to Routt Reigart indicating that America's Children and the Environment (PDF)(1 pg, 183 K)
- Letter from Routt Reigart to Dr. Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator to the Office of Research and Development, encouraging ORD to consider incorporating a new approach to assessing health risks from environmental exposure (PDF)(8 pp, 2 MB)
- Response from EPA's Assistant Administrator, Paul Gilman, Ph.D., agreeing to a meeting that would include members of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee, OCHP staff and his office (PDF)(1 pg, 181 K)
- Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman addressing EPA's cumulative risk assessment methods using the OP Cumulative Risk Assessment as an example (PDF)(3 pp, 626 K)
- Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman making follow up recommendations on EPA's Cancer Guidelines (PDF)(4 pp, 1 MB)
- Response from EPA to Routt Reigart on the cancer guidelines, acknowledging the issues raised by CHPAC, explaining the principles EPA is using in revising the guidelines and offering to engage in continued dialogue with CHPAC (PDF)(3 pp, 681 K)
- Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman setting forth recommendations developed by the Schools Work Group for improving the indoor environment of schools for the nation's children (PDF)(5 pp, 1 MB)
- Response from EPA to Routt Reigart assuring the Administration's commitment to environmental health and safety in schools and noting recent actions consistent with recommendations made (PDF)(3 pp, 728 K)
- Letter from Routt Reigart to Christine Todd Whitman emphasizing that one of the most important ways that the EPA protects children from the environmental health hazards is through collecting, analyzing, and disseminating relevant data (PDF)(4 pp, 929 K)
- Response from EPA to Routt Reigart regarding the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data relevant to children's environmental health and noting examples concerning exposure, children at high risk, integration of health and environmental data (PDF)(3 pp, 660 K)