Frank Lautenberg: “I, too, have a letter and I assume it is not the same letter that the Senator from Kentucky submitted for the Record…”

“I, too, have a letter and I assume it is not the same letter that the Senator from Kentucky submitted for the Record because he ascribed a June date to that and this letter is January issue. It is addressed to me from Miss Browner, who is the Administrator of the EPA, and she says--and I will put the full letter in the Record: Group A carcinogens are, as explained at length in EPA's Risk Assessment Guidelines, those which have, in fact, caused cancer in humans. Group A classification does not derive from laboratory studies and inferences, assumptions or other uncertainties. These are instances which have resulted in cancer. That is a pretty specific statement. When actions are needed to effectively limit exposure to these substances, EPA should be able to move expeditiously to do so. She goes on further to say, ``Your amendment would provide an exemption from the procedural and other requirements of S. 1 that could delay or prevent congressional or other actions to limit exposure to known human carcinogens,'' signed Carol M. Browner, Administrator for EPA.”