within EPA’s Program Offices and Regions. Collaboration with OW, Regions, States, and 
Tribes will be essential to ensure that this research directly supports regulatory mandates. In 
addition, it will be essential to integrate the research with present and future extramural 
initiatives (including EPA’s Science to Achieve Results [STAR] program) to ensure that ORD- 
sponsored research complements in-house programs and to fill research gaps that have been 
identified within each of the implementation plans. Many of these interactions are outlined in 
Sections 4-8; others will be delineated further in the detailed research projects that are now being 
developed by NHEERL staff. 
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