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I.
RADON
IN
DRINKING
WATER:
HEALTH
RISK
REDUCTION
AND
COST
ANALYSIS
(
W­
98­
30)
FEBRUARY
26,
1999,
64
FR
9559­
9599
A.
Federal
Register
Notice
B.
References
Cited
in
the
Federal
Register
C.
Public
Comments
1.
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within
on
or
before
April
12,
1999
2.
Received
after
April
12,
1999
D.
OMB
Review
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98­
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A
A.
Federal
Register
Notice
1.
Federal
Register
Notice:
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
Radon
in
Drinking
Water
Health
Risk
Reduction
and
Cost
Analysis.
Notice.
Friday,
February
26,
1999.
Volume
64,
Number
38.
9559­
9599.

2.
USEPA.
1999.
Health
Risk
Reduction
and
Cost
Analysis
for
Radon
in
Drinking
Water:
Notice,
Request
for
Comments,
and
Announcement
of
Stakeholder
Meeting.
Pre­
Publication
Copy
of
Federal
Register
Notice
for
Review
and
Public
Comment.
EPA­
815­
Z­
99­
002.
February
5.
(
Contains
maps
showing
radon
occurrence
in
groundwater
and
indoor
air
in
the
United
States).
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HRRCA
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B.
References
Cited
in
the
Federal
Register
Notice
2.
Davis,
RMS
and
JE
Watson
Jr.
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The
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of
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Health
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­
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514
pp.
Added
to
the
Docket
by
Nancy
Chiu
on
Sept.
7,
1999.
(
Update
to
I­
B.
5)

6.
NAS.
1998B.
"
Risk
Assessment
of
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in
Drinking
Water
(
Pre­
Publication
Copy),"
National
Academy
Press:
Washington,
DC,
September
15.
289pp.

1.
National
Academy
of
Sciences.
Committee
on
the
Risk
Assessment
of
Exposures
to
Radon
in
Drinking
Water,
Board
of
Radiation
Effects
Research,
Commission
on
Life
Sciences,
National
Research
Council,
Risk
Assessment
of
Radon
in
Drinking
Water
(
Prepublication
Copy).
National
Academy
Press,
Washington
DC.
[
1999]
[
NAS,
1999].
290
pp.
Added
to
the
Docket
by
Nancy
Chiu
on
Sept.
7,
1999.
(
Update
to
I­
B.
6)

7.
US
EPA.
1999A.
"
Point
Estimate
of
Radon
Unit
Risks,"
Memo
to
Mike
Osinski
from
Nancy
Chiu,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology,
January
22.
9pp.

8.
US
EPA.
1999B.
"
Radon
in
Drinking
Water
Health
Risk
Reduction
and
Cost
Analysis:
Appendices,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
February.
42pp.

8.
US
EPA.
1998A.
"
Cost
Evaluation
of
Small
System
Compliance
Options:
Point­
of­
Use
and
Point­
of­
Entry
Treatment
Units,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water.
217pp.
W­
99­
30
Radon­
HRRCA
I­
B.

9.
US
EPA.
1998B.
"
Cost
of
Lung
Cancer
(
Draft),"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
October.
46pp.

10.
US
EPA.
1998C.
"
Cost
of
Stomach
Cancer
(
Draft),"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
October.
61pp.

11.
US
EPA.
1998D.
"
Evaluation
of
Full­
Scale
Treatment
Technologies
at
Small
Drinking
Water
Systems:
Summary
of
Available
Cost
and
Performance
Data,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
December.
25
pp.

12.
US
EPA.
1998E.
"
Guidelines
for
Preparing
Economic
Analyses
­
Review
Draft,"
Office
of
Policy,
November.
200pp.

13.
US
EPA.
1998F.
"
Health
Risks
from
Low­
Level
Environmental
Exposure
to
Radionuclides,"
Office
of
Radiation
and
Indoor
Air,
Federal
Guidance
Report
No.
13,
Part
I
­
Interim
Version,
EPA
401/
R­
97­
014.
200pp.

14.
US
EPA.
1998G.
"
Model
Systems
Report
(
Draft),"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
March.
22pp..

15.
US
EPA.
1998H.
"
National­
Level
Affordability
Criteria
Under
the
1996
Amendments
to
the
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
August
19.
99pp.

16.
US
EPA.
1998I.
"
National
Primary
Drinking
Water
Regulations:
Disinfectants
and
Disinfection
Byproducts;
Final
Rule,"
63
FR
No.
241,
69390­
69476,
December
16.
145pp
17.
US
EPA.
1998J.
"
Potential
Benefits
of
the
Ground
Water
Rule
­
Draft
Final
Report,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
February.
106
pp.

18.
US
EPA.
1998K.
"
Radon
Cost
Estimate,"
Memo
to
Bill
Labiosa
from
H.
McCarty,
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
December
4.
2
pp.

19.
US
EPA.
1998L.
"
Re­
Evaluation
of
Radon
Occurrence
in
Ground
Water
Supplies
in
the
United
States
­
External
Review
Draft,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
September
30.
222
pp.

20.
US
EPA.
1998M.
"
Regulatory
Impact
Analysis
of
the
Stage
I
Disinfectants/
Disinfection
By­
Products
Rule,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
November
12.
124pp.
W­
98­
30
Radon­
HRRCA
I­
B.

21.
US
EPA.
1998N.
Safe
Drinking
Water
Suite
Model.
Inputs
from
Version
3.4
of
the
Cost
Library
and
Version
4.0
of
the
What
If
Module.
4pp.

22.
US
EPA.
1998O.
"
Technologies
and
Costs
for
the
Removal
of
Radon
From
Drinking
Water,"
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water,
September.
183pp.

23.
US
EPA
1997A.
"
Community
Water
System
Survey.
Volume
II:
Detailed
Survey
Result
Table
and
Methodology
Report."
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water.
EPA
815­
R­
97­
001b,
January.
310pp.

24.
US
EPA.
1997B.
"
Withdrawal
of
the
Proposed
NPDWR
for
Radon­
222,"
62
FR
No.
151,
42221­
42222,
August
6.
2pp.

25.
US
EPA.
1995.
"
Uncertainty
Analysis
of
Risks
Associated
with
Radon
Exposures
in
Drinking
Water,"
Office
of
Science
and
Technology,
Office
of
Policy,
March.
242
pp.

26.
US
EPA.
1994A.
"
A
Citizen's
Guide
to
Radon
(
Second
Edition):
The
Guide
To
Protecting
Yourself
and
Your
Family
from
Radon,"
Office
of
Radiation
and
Indoor
Air.
EPA­
402­
K92­
001,
September.
16pp.

27.
US
EPA.
1994B.
"
Final
Draft
for
the
Drinking
Water
Criteria
Document
on
Radon,"
Office
of
Water,
September
30.
186pp.

28.
US
EPA.
1994C.
"
Report
to
the
United
States
Congress
on
Radon
in
Drinking
Water,
Multimedia
Risk
and
Cost
Assessment
of
Radon,"
Office
of
Water.
EPA­
811­
R­
94­
001.
234pp.

29.
US
EPA.
1993A.
"
EPA's
Map
of
Radon
Zones:
National
Summary,"
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation,
EPA
402­
R­
93­
071,
September.
44
pp.

30.
US
EPA.
1993B.
"
Uncertainty
Analysis
of
Risk
Associated
with
Exposures
to
Radon
in
Drinking
Water,"
Office
of
Science
and
Technology,
April
30.
153pp.

31.
US
EPA.
1992A.
"
National
Residential
Radon
Survey:
Summary
Report,"
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation,
EPA
402­
R­
92­
011,
October.
36pp.

32.
US
EPA.
1992B.
"
Technical
Support
Document
for
the
1992
Citizen's
Guide
to
Radon,"
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation.
EPA
400­
R­
92­
011.
166pp.

33.
US
EPA.
1991.
"
National
Primary
Drinking
Water
Regulations:
Radionuclides:
Notice
of
Proposed
Rulemaking,"
56
FR
No.
138,
33050­
33127,
July
18.
78pp.
W­
98­
30
Radon­
HRRCA
I­
B.

34.
US
EPA.
1989.
"
Analysis
of
Potential
Radon
Emissions
from
Water
Treatment
Plants
Using
the
MINEDOSE
Code,"
Memo
to
Greg
Helms
from
Marc
Parotta,
Office
of
Ground
Water
and
Drinking
Water.
15pp.

35.
US
EPA.
1988.
"
Preliminary
Risk
Assessment
for
Radon
Emissions
from
Drinking
Water
Treatment
Facilities,"
Memo
to
Stephen
Clark
from
Warren
Peters
and
Chris
Nelson,
Office
of
Water.
19pp.

36.
Viscusi,
WK,
WA
Magat,
and
J.
Huber.
"
Pricing
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Health
Risks:
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Risk­
Risk
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Journal
of
Environmental
Economics
and
Management,
21:
32­
52,
1991.
20pp.
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Cost
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the
Office
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Budget."
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2.
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EPA.
Jan.
8,
1999.
Radon
in
Drinking
Water
Health
Risk
Reduction
and
Cost
Analysis.
Final
Draft.
125
pp.