Acrolein Information Request
From: Harold Coble
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:14 AM
To: Rick Melnicoe; Linda Herbst
Subject: FW: EPA Information Request - Acrolein
Hi Rick & Linda,
Happy New Year!
Can you send out the attached
table to get info on acrolein for EPA?
Thanks,
harold
-----Bill Phillips/DC/USEPA/US wrote: -----
To: harold coble
From: Bill Phillips/DC/USEPA/US
Date: 12/22/2006 11:50AM
cc: Jonathan Becker/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Arnet Jones/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Timothy
Kiely/DC/USEPA/US@EPA
Subject: EPA Information Request -- Acrolein
Dr. Coble,
As part of the acrolein RED, BEAD has been asked by the Health Effects
Division to try to narrow the focus of crops receiving overhead irrigation
using acrolein treated surface water. The issue at hand is acrolein
residue from the treated irrigation water deposited on harvested
commodities.
To this end, BEAD is requesting from OPMP some information on specific
crops in specific states with respect to overhead irrigation. We have
tried to used a method that would limit the amount of work for all
involved while obtaining the needed information. As part of the methodology
BEAD has reduced the crop/state list significantly and as a result
the remaining crops do not seem to be candidates for this type of irrigation.
However, since HED and SRRD have emphasized the present broad scope
of the food residue assessment, BEAD would appreciate any help that
OPMP can provide in further narrowing this list.
Please find attached a brief description and table of the information
requested. This process may be an iterative one, so BEAD may need to
make a similar request of OPMP once HED has evaluated the information
from the answers provided.
If you have any questions, or would like further clarification please
feel free to call or email.
Thank you,
Bill Phillips,II,PhD
Agronomist
Biological Analysis�Branch
Biological and Economic Analysis Division
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Phone: 703-308-8099 Fax: 703-308-8090
