The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking for qualified candidates to be considered for the Administrator’s appointment to the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB is a chartered federal advisory committee that provides advice, information and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the scientific and technical basis for environmental issues, agency positions and regulations, and peer review chemical assessments.
On January 31, 2023, the SAB Staff Office published a Federal Register Notice requesting public nominations of experts to serve on the SAB. These scientists should have expertise in one or more of the following scientific disciplines and topics as they relate to human health and the environment: air quality; agricultural sciences and economics; analytical chemistry; atmospheric sciences; benefit-cost analysis; chemical safety; climate science; citizen science; community environmental health; dose-response assessment; drinking water; drinking water engineering; ecological sciences and ecological assessment; ecological risk assessment; ecosystem services; economics; energy and the environment; engineering; environmental justice; epidemiology; exposure assessment; forestry; geochemistry; health sciences; human health risk assessment; hydrology; hydrogeology; medicine; microbiology; modeling; pediatrics; pesticide risk assessment, public health; physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling; risk assessment; social, behavioral and decision sciences; statistics; sustainability; radiological risk assessment; toxicology; uncertainty analysis; water quality; water quantity and reuse; and waste management. The notice describes the nomination process for the SAB in further detail.
Nominations to the SAB should be made using the web nomination links at the bottom of the SAB webpage.