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Acknowledgments The assistance of the many individuals who contributed their time and efforts to the preparation of this document are gratefully acknowledged. Dale Keyes, an independent consultant, and Bertram Price of Battelle Memorial Institute served as primary authors of the document. They prepared the initial draft and revised it to reflect a series of detailed reviews. Joseph Breen and Cindy Stroup (Office of Toxic Substances, Exposure Evaluation Division) served as Task Managers and directed the report preparation process. The material presented here reflects many hours of discussion among local school officials, health and environmental scientists, architects, engineers, and staff at EPA Headquarters and in the Regional Offices. The document was developed and refined through a series of meetings with three groups--a working group consisting of EPA staff from the Office of Toxic Substances (OTS); a larger review group consisting of the OTS working group, EPA staff from the Office of Research and Development (ORD), and Regional Asbestos Coordinators from EPA Regional Offices; and a peer review group consisting of school officials and technical specialists who are not EPA employees. The OTS working group provided thorough and timely criticism, suggestions, and assistance in formulating the presentation of the more complex issues. The working group members were; Joseph Breen, Exposure Evaluation Division . ' ' James Bulman, Chemical Control Division Dave Mayer, Chemical Control Division Richard McAllister, Chemical Control Division Cindy Stroup, Exposure Evaluation Division The larger EPA review group met early in the process to outline the document and to decide which areas needed to be emphasized; In addition to persons listed above, the group consisted of: Michael Beard, Office of Research and Development/Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory Wolfgang Brandner, EPA Region VII Dwight Brown, EPA Region IV . William Cain, Office of Research and Development/Industrial Environmental .... Research Laboratory ' Carol Grove, Office of Research and Development/Center for Environmental Research Information Pamela Harris, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances/Enforcement Division Tony Restaino, EPA Region V Gilbert Wood, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards/Emission Standards Engineering Division The members of this group were also active participants in the three-day peer review meeting. We thank all of them for their contributions.The Regional Asbestos Coordinators deserve special recognition. Their insights and suggestions based on experience gained in the field were invaluable. Wolfgang Brandner was especially helpful in providing details about . specific evaluation and assessment procedures developed in Region VII. ,V.- k. GLEASON-001064