HABHRCA called for the reestablishment of the Interagency Task Force, who will oversee the production of several mandatory assessments and reports. The Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) established the Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia, and Human Health (IWG-4H) to assume the role of the Interagency Task Force. Representatives of the Department of Commerce and the Department of Health and Human Services serve as co-chairs of the IWG-4H.
Interagency Task Force (as described in HABHRCA 2004)
- Department of Commerce, Cochair
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Science Foundation
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- Department of the Navy
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Interior
- Department of Health & Human Services, Cochair
- Food & Drug Administration
- Office of Science & Technology Policy
- Council on Environmental Quality
- Other Federal agencies as the President considers appropriate
Interagency Working Group on HABs, Hypoxia and Human Health
Lorraine C. Backer (Cochair)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Paul A. Sandifer (Cochair)
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
Paula Bontempi (Alternates John A. Hayes, Fred Lipschultz)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Herbert T. Buxton
United States Geological Survey
David Garrison (Alternate: Don Rice)
National Science Foundation
Bob Gisner
Marine Mammal Commission
Rob Magnien (Alternates: Quay Dortch and Libby Jewett)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Steven M. Plakas
US Food & Drug Administration
Tim Ragen
Marine Mammal Commission
Teri Rowles
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William Russo
Environmental Protection Agency
Joyce J. Saltsman
US Food & Drug Administration
Carolyn Sotka (Lead Staffer)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Juli Trtanj
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Frederick L. Tyson
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Usha Varanasi (Alternate: Walt Dickhoff)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark R. Wallbridge
Department of Agriculture
Richard Wiggins
Environmental Protection Agency