The agency is directed to either use a separate assessment or finding of risks to vulnerable subpopulations or to publish a Federal Register notice explaining why the separate assessment or finding was not used. The agency is directed to identify and prioritize a list of 20 standards to be reevaluated on an expedited basis. The EPA is to propose revisions to at least 20 standards at the end of six years. EPA is to reevaluate all standards within 15 years and to annually report to Congress on its progress. Biennial reports to Congress are required.
All standards are to be reevaluated to assure they do so.
Requires that EPA consider environmental health risks to vulnerable subpopulations in all the risk assessments, risk characterizations, environmental and public health standards, and regulatory decisions the agency undertakes. Encourages coordination on research initiatives in this field among key Federal agencies 4. Potentially increases the amount and usefulness of information available to the public 5. Creates guidelines to decrease children's exposure to environmental pollutants and on establishing integrated pest management programs.