ATTACHMENT 2

Response from Richard Sanderson, Director of Office of Federal
Activities, EPA, to Donald Weightman, re:  ACHRE Request
No. 032195, dated March 22, 1995



		UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
			   WASHINGTON, D.C.  20460




						OFFICE OF
				 	    ENFORCEMENT AND
					 COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE


To:	Donald Weightman, Advisory Committee on Human Radiation
	Experiments; FAX: 202-254-9827

From:   Richard E. Sanderson, Director 
    	Office of Federal Activities, EPA

Date:	March 22, 1995

Re:	NEPA Oversight of Classified Programs


			ACHRE REQUEST NO. 032195-D

The following answers are provided pursuant to your request for
information dated 3/21/95:

1.      Under the National Environment Policy Act, EPA does 
review in full (including any classified portions) every 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that is classified in 
whole or in part which is submitted to the Agency for review.  
It is possible, however, that a federal agency may not submit all 
or parts of an EIS to EPA for review.

2.	EPA does not have facilities to keep classified NEPA 
documents, including Environmental Impact Statements.  EPA does not 
maintain files of classified NEPA documents.

3.	The Office of Federal Activities, which is the office within 
EPA charged with the responsibility of reviewing NEPA documents filed 
by other federal agencies, has no people with suitable clearances to 
review NEPA documents for "black" (Special Access Required or SAR) 
defense programs.  No one on our current staff recalls being 
requested to review such a document.

4.	EPA does not maintain records of its NEPA reviews of 
classified programs; for this reason we do not know how many 
classified EISs EPA has reviewed in the past five years.

Please advise if you have questions concerning any of the above 
responses or if you need additional information.