                                                           File: YEAR2000.TXT


            OXYREF Data Base Year 2000 (Y2K) Compliance Statement


               Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM)
     National Exposure Research Laboratory - Ecosystems Research Division
                  Office of Research and Development (ORD)
               U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
                          960 College Station Road
                         Athens, Georgia 30605-2700

                                706/355-8400



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                                  Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA) Center for Exposure
Assessment Modeling (CEAM), Athens, Georgia, verified that the OXYREF data
base date field (Year) contained within the data is consistent with EPA's
date standard (CCYY) as specified in EPA's Year 2000 Guidance Document.  Any
code(s) written to read this should be designed accordingly.  Refer to OXYREF
documentation (USERMANU.PDF) for a description of the data base (file)
format.

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