What happens after experts are nominated or identified for panels or ad hoc committees?
The process for creating panels is described in the Overview of the Panel Formation Process at the Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board (EPA-SAB-EC-02-010) and the Implementation Plan for the New Structural Organization of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB): A Report of the EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (EPA-SAB-04-002) (PDF, 30 pp., 347 kb, About PDF Files). The SAB Staff Offices publishes a “short list” of all qualified experts and provides their biosketches on the Web. At that time, the Staff Office invites the public to provide “information, documentation, or analysis” to assist the SAB Staff Director in assembling an appropriate panel of experts to provide sound, independent, balanced, and useful scientific and technical advice.
