Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) Comment Letters and Meeting Materials
The tables below contain a guide to finding CHPAC meeting materials, comment letters and historical meeting materials.
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Comment Letters
| Year | Date | Topic | Sub-topics | CHPAC Comment or EPA Response | Docket Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | January | Lead and Community Engagement | Lead; tribal; training | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2024-0099 |
| 2024 | September | Testing, lead in housing, consumer products, batteries, pregnancy | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2024-0099 | |
| 2024 | September | Climate Change Report | Children; climate adaptation | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2024-0099 |
| 2024 | February | Lead; tribal; training | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2024-0099 | |
| 2023 | September | Future Direction of the America's Children and the Environment (ACE) Report | National trends on children's health related data | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2023-0030 |
| 2023 | August | Climate Change Report | Children; climate adaptation | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2023-0030 |
| 2023 | May | Take-Home Pesticide Exposure | Farmworkers | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2023-0030 |
| 2023 | February | Future Direction of the America's Children and the Environment (ACE) Report | National trends on children's health related data | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2023-0030 |
| 2022 | July | Take-Home Pesticide Exposure | Farmworkers | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0054 |
| 2022 | November | Consideration of Legally Working Children in Pesticide Exposure Assessment | Child labor; agriculture; farmworker | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0054 |
| 2021 | December | Consideration of Legally Working Children in Pesticide Exposure Assessment | Risk assessments; child labor; agriculture; farmworker | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0574 |
| 2021 | November | Protecting Children’s Environmental Health in Schools and Child Care Settings | Education; schools; child care; environmental justice | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0574 |
| 2021 | July | Protecting Children's Environmental Health in Schools and Child Care Settings | Education; schools; child care; environmental justice | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0574 |
| 2021 | October | Prioritization and Data Needs Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) | Chemical risk; environmental justice | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0574 |
| 2021 | February | Prioritization and Data Needs Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) | Chemical risk; environmental justice | EPA Interim Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0574 |
| 2021 | January |
Chemical Prioritization and Data Needs Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) |
Chemical risk; environmental justice | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0574 |
| 2020 | May | EPA Risk Communication for Children’s Health | Partnerships | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0573 |
| 2020 | February | Recommendations for Improving EPA Risk Communication for Children’s Health | Partnerships; planned communication; emergency communication | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0573 |
| 2018 | April | Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers 2017 Impact Report | Funding | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0571 |
| 2017 | December | Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers 2017 Impact Report | Funding | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0570 |
| 2017 | March | Highest Priorities for Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention | Disparities; lead-based paint; Lead and Copper Rule; risk communication | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0570 |
| 2017 | May | Highest Priorities for Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention | Safety communication | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0570 |
| 2017 | March | Protecting Children’s Health under Amended TSCA | Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; risk evaluation; chemical exposure; safety factors | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0570 |
| 2017 | July | Protecting Children’s Health under Amended TSCA | Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; risk evaluation; chemical exposure; safety factors | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0570 |
| 2017 | December | Agricultural Worker Protection Standards: CHPAC Recommendations for Outreach to Protect Children | Farm families | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0570 |
| 2017 | March | Agricultural Worker Protection Standards | Agricultural exposures; messaging; farm families | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0570 |
| 2016 | January | Cyanotoxin Drinking Water Health Advisories | Microcystin; cylindrospermopsin; cyanotoxin; communication; water systems | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0568 |
| 2015 | October | Climate Change on Human Health | Age; asthma; research; fertility; dependence | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0567 |
| 2015 | January | National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead (Pb) | Climate change; President’s Task Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children; Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units; Office of Children's Health Protection | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0567 |
| 2014 | August | Promoting Children’s Health | Climate change; President’s Task Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children; Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units; Office of Children's Health Protection | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0566 |
| 2014 | April | Promoting Children’s Health | Office of Children's Health Protection; Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0566 |
| 2014 | December | Fish Advisory Recommendations | Mercury loading; methylmercury exposure; fish consumption; orange roughly; marlin; Food and Drug Administration | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0566 |
| 2014 | May | Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) (To Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee) | Respiratory illness | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0566 |
| 2013 | April | Prenatal Exposure Messages | Communication; preconception and prenatal exposures; research; reproductive health | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | December | Prenatal Exposure Messages | Communication; preconception and prenatal exposures; research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | November | Importance of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) for Children | Environmental justice; communication; community engagement | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | April | Importance of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) for Children | America's Children in the Environment; problem-specific health-impact assessments; research; environmental justice | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | August | EPA Leadership in Children’s Environmental Health | N/A | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | August | Human Health Benchmarks for Pesticides: A Missed Opportunity | Drinking water; risk assessment | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | September | Human Health Benchmarks for Pesticides: A Missed Opportunity | Drinking water; Health Advisory values; safety factors; age dependent adjustment factors | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | February | Childhood Lead (Pb) Poisoning Prevention | N/A | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2013 | July | Childhood Lead (Pb) Poisoning Prevention | Stakeholder engagement; communication; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0565 |
| 2012 | September | Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) | Particulate matter; monitoring | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0564 |
| 2012 | September | Regarding National Ambient Air Quality Proposed Standards | Particulate matter | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0564 |
| 2012 | March | Childhood Lead (Pb) Poisoning Prevention | Lead regulations; lead-based paint | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0564 |
| 2012 | April | Childhood Lead (Pb) Poisoning Prevention | Lead regulations; lead exposure; lead-based paint; blood-lead levels | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0564 |
| 2011 | December | Office of Research and Development (ORD) Research Strategies Supporting Sustainability | Sustainability; communication; risk assessment; chemical safety | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | March | Office of Research and Development (ORD) Research Strategies Supporting Sustainability | Sustainability; communication | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | November | Prenatal Exposures and Children’s Environmental Health | Environmental contaminants; social determinants of health; environmental justice; communication; research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | May | Prenatal Exposures and Children’s Environmental Health | Environmental contaminants; social determinants of health; environmental justice; communication; research | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | November | Indoor Environments and Children’s Health Protection | Life stages; exposure; learning environment; partnerships; Affordable Care Act; indoor hazards | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | June | Indoor Environments and Children’s Health Protection | Standards; education; outreach; research; chemical management | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | March | Asthma Disparities and the Living and Learning Environments | Indoor exposure; research; regulations; interagency action | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | March | CHPAC Report: Asthma Disparities and the Living and Learning Environments | Environmental exposure; indoor exposure; Evidence-Based Interventions | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | June | Asthma Disparities and the Living and Learning Environments | Asthma; indoor environment; indoor allergens | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | March | Criteria for Identifying Chemicals of Concern for Children | Toxic Substances Control Act; preconception; prenatal; early life exposure; chemicals; partnerships; consumer products; testing; bioaccumulation | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2011 | November | Criteria for Identifying Chemicals of Concern for Children | Toxic Substances Control Act; life stages; chemical action plans; partnerships | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563 |
| 2010 | October | EPA Discussion of the National Research Council (NRC) Report Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment | National Academy of Sciences; risk assessment; health standards; background exposure; vulnerable populations; life stages | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0562 |
| 2010 | November | EPA Discussion of the National Research Council (NRC) Report on Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment | Action plan | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0562 |
| 2010 | April | EPA School Siting Guidelines | School facilities; healthy school environments; site selection; contamination; emissions | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0562 |
| 2010 | February | CHPAC Report: School Siting Guidelines | School facilities; healthy school environments; site selection; contamination; emissions; voluntary guidelines; review; community involvement | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0562 |
| 2010 | May | EPA School Siting Guidelines | Voluntary guidelines; capacity; involvement; contamination | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0562 |
| 2009 | September | EPA's America's Children and the Environment (ACE) Report | Partnerships; leadership; monitoring | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0561 |
| 2009 | September | CHPAC Report: EPA's America's Children and the Environment (ACE) Report, Third Edition | Environmental contaminants; body burden; childhood illnesses; indicators; strategic planning; research; communication | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0561 |
| 2009 | September | EPA's America's Children and the Environment (ACE) Report | Vulnerability; health disparities | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0561 |
| 2009 | April | Recommendations for Agency Actions Related to Children's Health | Climate change; health disparities; chemical management policy; risk assessment; life stage exposure | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0561 |
| 2009 | September | Recommendations for Agency Actions Related to Children's Health | Interagency collaboration; Regulations and Policy Development; chemicals management; community based programs; research | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0561 |
| 2008 | December | Chemicals Assessment and Management Program and Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program | Chemical policy management; Toxic Substances Control Act | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | November | Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Regulating Greenhouse Gases | Greenhouse gases; Clean Air Act; public health; welfare; disadvantaged children; climate change | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | November | Preliminary Regulatory Determination on Perchlorate | Drinking water; Maximum Contaminant Level; postnatal development; brain development; Reference Dose; public water supplies; physiologically based pharmokinetic model | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | November | Preliminary Regulatory Determination on Perchlorate | Health reference level; maximum containment level; physiologically based pharmokinetic model | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | January | Preliminary Regulatory Determination on Perchlorate | Drinking water; health reference level; maximum containment level | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | August | Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) | Toxic substances and disease registry; interagency responsiveness; partnerships | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | June | Proposed Rulemaking for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead (Pb) | Neurological effects; monitoring; standards; ingestion | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | July | Proposed Rulemaking for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Lead (Pb) | N/A | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | June | National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change | Clean water; safe drinking water; direct and indirect effects; disparities; water related health impacts | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | January | Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Lead (Pb) | Neurological developments; non-essential uses of lead; disparities; Clean Air Act | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2008 | February | Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Lead | N/A | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560 |
| 2007 | December | Framework for Determining a Mutagenic Mode of Action (MOA) for Carcinogenicity | Carcinogens; risk assessment; early-life susceptibility; age-dependent-adjustment factors; cancer risk | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | March | Framework for Determining a Mutagenic Mode of Action (MOA) for Carcinogenicity | Carcinogens; risk assessment | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | September | Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone (O3) | Asthma; lung development; respiratory effects | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | September | Proposed NAAQS for Ozone (O3) | Air quality; asthma; lung development; respiratory effects | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | July | Evaluating Existing and New Chemicals for Potential Adverse Impacts on Children | Commerce; chemicals; screening; risk assessments; use restrictions; prevention | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | November | Recommendations on Evaluating Existing and New Chemicals for Potential Adverse Impacts on Children | Partnerships; hazard assessments; lead; PFOS, PFOA, PBDEs | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | July | EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers: Accomplishments and Opportunities for the Future | Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers Programs; communication; research; outreach; funding | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | September | EPA/NIEHS Children's Centers: Accomplishments and Opportunities for the Future | Research translation; outreach; partnerships | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | April | Ten Year Anniversary of the Children's Health Executive Order | Executive Order 10345; interagency leadership; air pollution; chemicals; drinking water; healthy environments; health disparities | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | June | Ten Year Anniversary of the Children's Health Executive Order | Executive Order 10345; Clean Air Interstate Rule; Clean Air Mercury Rule; Clean Air Non-Road Diesel Rule; non-regulatory programs; chemicals | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | March | National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone (O3): Policy Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information | Air quality; air pollutants; respiratory effects; standards | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | April | National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone (O3) | Air quality; standards | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | February | Comments on the Policy Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information/Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) Staff Paper First Draft for Lead (Pb) | Lead; air quality; Maximum Achievable Control Technology standard; airborne contamination; Clean Air Act | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2007 | March | EPA's review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards NAAQS for Lead (Pb) | Rule making; Clean Air Act; risk assessments | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559 |
| 2006 | December | Polybrominated Biphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) | Flame-retardants; development; exposure assessment; partnerships | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558 |
| 2006 | January | Polybrominated Biphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) | Flame-retardants; Project Plan; exposure; aleternative technologies | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558 |
| 2006 | June | Evaluative Feedback on the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program Pilot | Industrial chemicals; exposure; risk; accountability; participation | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558 |
| 2006 | July | Feedback on the Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program | Chemical exposures; program goals | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558 |
| 2006 | March | Perchlorate Preliminary Remediation Goal (PRG) and Water Contamination | Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response; Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water; perchlorate; groundwater; Superfund; preliminary remediation goal; Maximum Contaminant Level | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558 |
| 2006 | May | Perchlorate Preliminary Remediation Goal (PRG) and Water Contamination | Safe Drinking Water Act; maximum contaminant level; Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response; water systems | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558 |
| 2006 | March | Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter | Air quality; monitoring; rural; agriculture; mining; Clean Air Act | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558 |
| 2005 | November | Protecting Farmworker Children from Exposure to Pesticides | Prevention measures; Worker Protection Standard; research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | April | Protecting Farmworker Children from Exposure to Pesticides | N/A | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | November | Protecting Children as Part of EPA's Response to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes | Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Rita; disproportionate risk; life stage vulnerabilities; chemical contaminants, air pollution; assistance; inclusion | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | February | Protecting Children as Part of EPA's Response to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes | Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Rita; sediment testing; debris management; drinking water | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | November | Protections for Subjects in Human Research | Pesticides; intentional dosing; categorical ban | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | November | Environmental Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish | Fish advisories; contaminant data; consumer awareness; interagency discussion | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | March | EPA and FDA Activities Related to Fish Consumption Advisories | Monitoring; technical assistance; public conmunicatjon strategy | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | August | Children's Environmental Health and Climate Change | Greenhouse gasses; disparities; research; outreach; education | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | November | Children's Environmental Health and Climate Change | Greenhouse gasses; disparities; research; outreach; education | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | August | National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter | N/A | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | September | National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter | N/A | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | March | EPA Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens | Carcinogens; risk assessment; early-life exposures | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | March | EPA Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens | Carcinogens; risk assessment; early-life exposures | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2005 | January | Input into the Decision-Making Process on the Clean Air Mercury Rule | Clean Air Mercury Rule; Clear Air Interstate Rule; brain development; Deposition; Speciation; Bioaccumulation; Consumption patterns; Dose response | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557 |
| 2004 | December | Coordinating EPA's programs on School Environments | Healthy school environments; prevention; resources; research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | April | Coordinating EPA's Programs on School Environments | Healthy school environments; assessment; partnerships | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | December | Children's Exposures and Health Risks due to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) | Flame retardants; Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program; early life stages | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | January | Children's Exposures and Health Risks due to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) | Flame retardants; Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program; early life stages; Toxic Substances Control Act | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | November | Continuing Concerns about Protecting Children from Mercury Emissions | Coal-fired power plants; standards; emissions | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | June | Full Federal Funding for the National Children's Study | Interagency; cohort; funding; childhood disease; President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | July | Full Federal Funding for the National Children's Study | Interagency; funding | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | June | EPA and FDA Joint Fish Consumption Advisory | Mercury contamination; fish; neurotoxins; organochlorine compounds | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | February | EPA and FDA Joint Fish Consumption Advisory | Mercury contamination; fish; PCBs; partnerships | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | June | Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens | Cancer risk; supplemental guidance; carcinogens; | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | August | Supplemental Guidance for Assessing Cancer Susceptibility from Early-Life Exposure to Carcinogens | Cancer risk; supplemental guidance; carcinogens; | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | January | EPA's Proposed Action to Reduce Mercury from Coal-Fired Power Plants | Interstate Air Quality Rule; technology; regulations; Mercury Action Plan | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | March | EPA's steps to Reduce Emissions from the Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Utility Sector | Interstate Air Quality Rule; utility sector; mercury; nickel; nitrogen oxides; sulfur dioxide; emission reduction strategy | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | June | Regulation of Mercury from Coal-Fired Power Plants | Mercury exposure; Cap and Trade; technology; power plants; hot spots | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2004 | July | Regulations of Mercury from Coal-Fired Power Plants | Mercury pollution; power plants; analyses; Clean Air Interstate Rule; hot spots | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556 |
| 2003 | July | Science Advisory Board (SAB) Bioethics Committee | Bioethics; human data; research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555 |
| 2003 | September | Science Advisory Board (SAB) Bioethics Committee | Bioethics; human data; research | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555 |
| 2003 | March | Creation of a National Pesticide Incident Reporting System | Farmworkers; rural; Worker Protection Standards; pesticides; reporting; monitoring; risk assessment; enforcement | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555 |
| 2003 | May | Creation of a National Pesticide Incident Reporting System | Farmworkers; rural; Worker Protection Standards; pesticides; reporting; monitoring; risk assessment; enforcement | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555 |
| 2003 | March | EPA Sponsorship of a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Study of the Future of Toxicity Testing | Toxicity testing; toxicological data; life stages; risk assessment | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555 |
| 2003 | April | Chemical Contaminants in Human Milk | Environmental chemicals; infant nutrition; chemical contaminants; monitoring; risk assessment | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555 |
| 2003 | August | Chemical Contaminants in Human Milk | Environmental chemicals; chemical contaminants; research; risk assessment | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555 |
| 2002 | December | EPA Aging Initiative and Permanent OCHP Director | Guidance; program effectiveness; Aging Initiative; funding; permanent leadership | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | May | Aging Initiative and Permanent OCHP Director | Guidance; program effectiveness; Aging Initiative; funding; | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | March | EPA Smart Growth Initiatives | Built environment; transportation; land use | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | March | Smart Growth Initiatives | Built environment | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | August | America's Children and the Environment (ACE): A First View of Available Measures | Environmental exposures; national progress | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | October | America's Children and the Environment (ACE): A First View of Available Measures | Environmental exposures; national progress; interagency review | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | August | CHPAC Health Outcome Approach- The Children's Health Risk Matrix: Technical Background Paper | Environmental exposure; chemicals; multi-factor health outcomes; risk assessment | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | October | CHPAC Health Outcome Approach- The Children's Health Risk Matrix: Technical Background Paper | Environmental exposure; risk assessment | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | August | EPA's Cumulative Risk Assessment Methods | Multiple pathways of exposure; cumulative risk assessment; Food Quality Protection Act; safety factor; transparency | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | May | Recommendations on EPA's Cancer Guidelines | Cancer risk assessment; guidelines; early life stages; Margin of Exposure | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | August | Recommendations on EPA's Cancer Guidelines | Cancer risk assessment; guidelines; early life stages | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | May | Improving the Indoor Environment of Schools for the Nation's Children | Indoor contamination; asthma; learning disabilities; ventilation; research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | July | Indoor Environment of Schools for the Nation's Children | Indoor contamination; pesticides; research; air quality | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | March | Collecting, Analyzing, and Disseminating Relevant Data for Children's Environmental Health | Environmental health tracking; environmental data; exposure data | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2002 | July | Collecting, Analyzing, and Disseminating Relevant Data for Children's Environmental Health | Information gaps; toxic chemicals; research; environmental contaminants | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554 |
| 2001 | March | Strengthening EPA Staff for Human Reproductive and Developmental Health | Pediatric epidemiology; Task Force on Children's Environmetal Health and Safety | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0553 |
| 2001 | November | Strengthening EPA Staff for Human Reproductive and Developmental Health | Task Force on Children's Environmental Health and Safety; Department of Health and Human Services; pediatric health | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0553 |
| 2001 | March | Suggesting Greater Efforts to Recruit Pediatric Experts as Core Members of EPA Advisory Committees | Federal Advisory Process; Advisory Committees; liaison; capacity; pediatric expertise | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0553 |
| 2001 | March | EPA Administrator Leadership Role on Children's Environmental Health Issues | Disparities; leadership; Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children; research; partnerships; education; outreach | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0553 |
| 2001 | August | Administrator Leadership Role on Children's Environmental Health Issues | Partnerships; Children's Research Centers; Longitudinal Cohort Study; Voluntary Children's Chemical Evaluation Program; Exchange Network; Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children; education | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0553 |
| 2000 | October | Recommendations for Protecting Children's Health in the 21st Century | Asthma; lead poisoning; methyl mercury; leadership; research data; economic analysis; preventative care programs; education | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | January | Recommendations for Protecting Children's Health in the 21st Century | Research; data; asthma; lead poisoning; economic analyses; preventative care programs; education | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | October | Children's Environmental Health Data Needs and Right-to-Know Blueprint | Annual reports; indicators; biomonitoring; susceptible subpopulations; indoor air quality; children's products; longitudinal cohort study | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | January | Children's Environmental Health Data Needs and Right-to-Know Blueprint | Annual reports; indicators; biomonitoring; susceptible subpopulations; indoor air quality; children's products; longitudinal cohort study | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | October | How EPA Assesses Risks to Farmworker Children | Pesticides; Worker Protection Standards; risk estimates; agriculture; risk communication | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | January | How EPA Assesses Risks to Farmworker Children | Farmworkers; pesticides; Worker Protection Standards; risk assessment; education | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | October | Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report Pesticides: Improvements Needed to Ensure the Safety of Farmworkers | Pesticides; farmworkers; Office of Pesticide Programs ; Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; Worker Protection Standards; risk assessment | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | September | Propose Guidance on Cumulative Risk Assessment of Pesticides that Have a Common Mechanism of Toxicity | Pesticides; cumulative risks; exposure assessment; susceptible life stages | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | April | Additional CHPAC Comments on EPA's Draft Strategy for Research on Environmental Risks to Children | Susceptibility; epidemiological studies; longitudinal cohort study; developmental neurotoxicity | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | June | Revised EPA Strategic Plan | Task Force on Children's Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children; scientific data; sound science; EPA Strategic Plan; institutionalization | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | January | Revised EPA Strategic Plan | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 | |
| 2000 | January | Residential Exposure Standard Operating Principles | Food Quality Protection Act; science policy; monitoring; epidemiological studies; data collection | CHPAC Comment |
EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | January | CHPAC Comments on EPA's Draft Strategy for Research on Environmental Risks to Children | Risk assessment; science needs; research | CHPAC Comment |
EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | October | CHPAC Comments on EPA's Draft Strategy for Research on Environmental Risks to Children | Risk assessment; science needs; research; grants; hazard identification | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | December | EPA's Rule Writers Guidance for Considering Risks to Children | Rulemaking; leadership; institutional change; data gaps; standard operating procedures; technical assistance; risk assessment | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | December | EPA's Rule Writers Guidance for Considering Risks to Children | Rulemaking; technical support; risk assessment; Agency Award Board | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | September | EPA's Guidelines for Cancer Risk Assessment | Peer review; research; preconception and in utero exposures; linear and non-linear models | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | March | EPA's Guidelines for Cancer Risk Assessment | Research; linear and non-linear models; risk quantification; pesticides; chloroform | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 2000 | March | Valuing Children's Health in Economic Assessments | Economic analysis; institutionalization; benefit-cost analyses | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552 |
| 1999 | May | Children's Longitudinal Cohort Study | Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals; longitudinal cohort study; dietary intakes; nutrition; | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | August | Children's Longitudinal Cohort Study | Task Force on Children's Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | May | Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA): Acute Dietary Exposure for Children | Dietary intake; pesticides; probabilistic assessment; diet | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | May | To: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regarding the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Acute Dietary Exposure for Children | Dietary intake; pesticides; probabilistic assessment; diet | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | May | Guidelines for Cancer Risk Assessment | Cancer guidelines; linear dose response relationship; pediatric cancer; risk assessment; exposure assessment; chloroform; data gaps | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | July | Guidelines for Cancer Risk Assessment | Cancer guidelines; pediatric cancer; risk assessment; exposure assessment; chloroform; data gaps | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | June | To: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - Six Guiding Principles for Communicating Children's Environmental Health and Safety Risks | Risk communication; parental responsibility; community responsibility; regulations; cultural factors; discussion analysis | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | February | EPA's Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for Residential Exposure Assessments | Food Quality Protection Act; Standard Operating Procedures; residential exposure assessments; physiology; behavior; pesticides; biomonitoring | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | March | EPA's Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for Residential Exposure Assessments | Food Quality Protection Act; Standard Operating Procedures; residential exposure assessments; pesticides | EPA Response | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | February | To: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) - EPA's Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for Residential Exposure Assessments | Food Quality Protection Act; physiology; behavior; pesticides; biomonitoring | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1999 | January | To: Office of Research and Development (ORD) - EPA Children's Health Research | Hazards; exposure; research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551 |
| 1998 | December | Residential Lead Standards for Children's Health | Lead poisoning; disparities; national standards; health-based standards; risk mitigation | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0379 |
| 1998 | October | EPA's responsiveness to CHPAC Recommendations | Bureaucracy; Advisory Committees | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0379 |
| 1998 | September | To: Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) - Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead | Proposed rule; comment period | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0379 |
| 1998 | July | Funding for Children's Health Research | Clinical research | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0379 |
| 1998 | July | President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risk to Children and the Federal Asthma Initiative | Interagency; ambient air hazards; second-hand tobacco smoke | CHPAC Comment | EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0379 |
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Historical CHPAC Meeting Materials
Historical CHPAC meeting material dockets contain all content associated with that year including any available CHPAC meeting agendas, minutes, presentations and more.
- 2011: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0563
- 2010: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0562
- 2009: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0561
- 2008: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0560
- 2007: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0559
- 2006: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0558
- 2005: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0557
- 2004: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0556
- 2003: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0555
- 2002: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0554
- 2001: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0553
- 2000: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0552
- 1999: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0551
- 1998: Docket #EPA-HQ-OA-2022-0379