The Science Advisory Board (SAB) is a United States group of independent scientists selected by the Administrator of the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it be ...

(EPA). The board provides advice to the agency on the scientific and technical aspects of environmental problems and issues. Upon a request by the Administrator, the board reviews the scientific aspects of any reports or other written products prepared by the agency.

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established the board in the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978. Under Administrator

Lee M. Thomas Lee Muller Thomas (born June 13, 1944) was Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1985 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan. He succeeded William Ruckelshaus. He is a Republican. Thomas led the EPA when the repor ...

, the board conducted risk prioritization studies. His successor,

William K. Reilly William Kane Reilly (born January 26, 1940) was Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George H. W. Bush. He has served as president of World Wildlife Fund, as a founder or advisor to several business ventures, and ...

, commissioned the board to do a “reducing risk report” to inform what significant risk areas the EPA wasn’t addressing adequately. The activities of the SAB are subject to the requirements of the

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. The SAB publishes a list of ongoing and completed advisory activities. Announcements about new SAB activities, formation of review panels and committees, and public meetings are published in the

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* United States Environmental Protection Agency {{Environment-stub

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