- Mission [1]
- The SAB supports EPA's 5 Goals. The SAB provides independent advice and peer review to EPA's Administrator on the scientific
and technical aspects of environmental problems and issues. While the SAB reports to the EPA Administrator, it also may be
requested to provide advice to the U. S. Senate Committees and Subcommittees and U.S. House of Representatives Committees
and Subcommittees, as appropriate. The SAB will review scientific issues, provide independent scientific and technical advice
on EPA's major programs, and perform special assignments as requested by Agency officials and as required by the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978.EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), established in 1978
under the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act, provides independent peer review and advice
to EPA on a wide range of scientific and technical aspects of environmental problems and issues and research needs. In FY
2011, the chartered SAB, and its subcommittees completed peer reviews and provided advice and received informational briefings
from EPA Offices on 22 topical areas. The SAB held 31 Tier 1 and Tier 2 meetings, and produced 17 advisory reports on the
following subjects: 1) 1) SAB Recommendations for EPA’s FY2010 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA); 2)
Review of EPA's Draft Assessment entitled "Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene; 3) Review of EPA’s Responsiveness to
SAB 2007 Recommendations for the Revision of Cancer Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic - A report of the SAB Inorganic Arsenic
Cancer Review Work Group; 4) SAB Review of EPA's "Development of a Relative Potency Factor (RPF) Approach for Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures (February 2010 Draft); 5) Review of EPA’s Draft Report on Aquatic Ecosystem Effects of Mountaintop
Mining and Valley Fills; 6) Review of Field-Based Aquatic Life Benchmark for Conductivity in Central Appalachian Streams;
7) Science Advisory Board Comments on the President's Requested FY 2012 Research Budget; 8) SAB Review of EPA’s Approach for
Developing Lead Dust Hazard Standards for Residences (November 2010 Draft) and Approach for Developing Lead Dust Hazard Standards
for Public and Commercial Buildings (November 2010 Draft); 9)Efficacy of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: a Report by the
EPA Science Advisory Board; 10) Review of EPA's draft Approaches for Deriving Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida's Estuaries,
Coastal Waters, and Southern Inland Flowing Waters; 11) Review of “Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions for Environmental Policy:
A White Paper” (December 10, 2010); 12)SAB Review of EPA’s Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan; 13; Reactive Nitrogen in
the United States: An Analysis of Inputs, Flows, Consequences, and Management Options - A Report of the Science Advisory Board;
14) SAB Review of EPA's Reanalysis of Key Issues Related to Dioxin Toxicity and Response to NAS Comments (May 2010); 15) SAB
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Partial Lead Service Line Replacements; 16) Review of EPA’s Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy;
and 17)Review of EPA’s Draft National-Scale Mercury Risk Assessment.
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