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Proceedings of California's Emerging Environmental Challenges
Workshop
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These
workshop proceedings serve as a record of the ideas presented during
Californias Emerging Environmental Challenges: A Workshop
to Identify Future Issues for Cal/EPA. A conscious effort was
made by staff to capture all the views and opinions expressed at
the workshop. The ideas presented in this document are those of
the individual speakers and participants. This document does not
necessarily reflect the policies or perspectives of Cal/EPA or any
of its boards, departments, and office.
The capability
to anticipate problems that may emerge in the future represents
a potentially powerful planning tool for Californias environmental
protection programs. The Emerging Environmental Challenges Program
arose out of a recognition within the California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal/EPA) of the significant benefits that may be derived
from early efforts to prevent the occurrence or minimize the adverse
impacts of future problems, and to take advantage of future opportunities.
(Appendix A is a fact sheet on the Emerging Environmental Challenges
Program.)
On June
25 and 26, 1998, OEHHA convened Californias Emerging
Environmental Challenges: A Workshop to Identify Future Issues for
Cal/EPA as an important first step in Cal/EPAs Emerging
Environmental Challenges Program. This workshop was set up to provide
a forum for scientists and other environmental professionals to
discuss future challenges for Californias environmental protection
programs. This enabled OEHHA to draw from the wealth of knowledge,
insights and perspectives of a diverse audience of representatives
of government, academia, industry, environmental interest groups
and research organizations.
The goal
of the workshop was to generate a well-balanced compilation of ideas
about possible future issues for the consideration of policy-makers
in Cal/EPA as they develop plans for their programs. Its focus was
on identifying emerging environmental challenges driven by scientific
and technical factors, that are supported by scientific data and
analyses, and that can be addressed by Cal/EPA.
The workshop
consisted of presentations from a number of distinguished speakers,
exploring future challenges for Cal/EPA in four major subject areas
(see Appendix B for a summary of the emerging environmental challenges
raised by the speakers):
Session
I: Environmental Impacts of New Technologies;
Session
II: Sources, Releases and Transformations of Chemicals;
Session
III: Multimedia, Multi-chemical Exposures and Risks; and,
Session
IV: Resource Management and Resources Sustainability
Workshop
participants contributed their own ideas about future challenges
during break-out group sessions. (See Appendices C, D and
E for information relating to the break-out sessions. Appendix F
is a list of workshop participants.)
These
workshop proceedings are published as a record of the presentations
and discussions that transpired at the workshop. The ideas collected
at the workshop are being organized, and those which appear to warrant
further attention will be identified. The results of these efforts
will be issued as a separate document.
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