National Stakeholders. The initial stakeholder group was a national assembly of experts in laboratory chemical and environmental safety. The purpose of this group was twofold: (a) to assure that the University Laboratory XL Proposal reflected state of the art thinking with regard to controlling the potential impacts of laboratory chemicals; and (b) to ensure that the Laboratory Environmental Management Standard developed by the XL Participants could reasonably apply to a broad spectrum of small, medium and large institutions. This national group participated in the development of the University Laboratory XL Proposal in a number of ways. • The Laboratory Consortium for Environmental Excellence (LCEE) sponsored national stakeholders’ meetings which were conducted in November 1997 in Boston, MA and March 1998 in Naples, Florida. These meetings included a broad cross-section of participants, including representatives of different-sized colleges and universities, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), industry representatives, and representatives of various branches of the EPA. These meetings were instrumental in the formation and revision of the XL Proposal as presented to the EPA in February 1998 and then updated in April 1998. • People unable to attend the national stakeholders’ meetings were able to review the various drafts of the Laboratory XL Proposal at the Laboratory XL Home Page on the World Wide Web and comment electronically through the Laboratory XL e-mail listserve. Additionally, copies of the XL Proposal were mailed to individuals or organizations upon request. Over 100 people reviewed the proposals in this way. • Several professional groups reviewed and commented on the Laboratory XL Proposal, including:
