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EPA Science Advisory Board

Mountain Scene with lake and forest in forground Congress established the EPA Science Advisory Board in 1978 and gave it a broad mandate to advise the Agency on technical matters. The Board's principal mission includes:
  • Reviewing the quality and relevance of the scientific and technical information being used or proposed as the basis for Agency regulations
  • Reviewing research programs and the technical basis of applied programs
  • Reviewing generic approaches to regulatory science, including guidelines governing the use of scientific and technical information in regulatory decisions, and critiquing such analytic methods as mathematical modelling
  • Advising the Agency on broad scientific matters in science, technology, social and economic issues
  • Advising the Agency on emergency and other short-notice programs

 

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