BOSC Reports and ORD Responses
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Review of ORD's New Strategic Research Action Plans- 2012
- Joint SAB and BOSC Report - September 2012 (PDF, 60pp., 335KB)
- EPA Response February 2013 (PDF, 27pp, 494KB)
Review of ORD's New Strategic Research Directions - 2011
- Joint SAB and BOSC Report - October 2011 (PDF, 49pp., 305KB)
Program and Mid-Cycle Reviews and Mid-Cycle Progress Reports - 2010
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ORD Safe Pesticides/Safe Products (SP2) Research Program Mid-Cycle Progress Report - July 2010 (PDF, 35pp., 206KB)
ORD SP2 Program Mid-Cycle Review - August 2010 (PDF, 2pp., 82KB) -
ORD Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) Research Program Mid-Cycle Progress Report - June 2010 (PDF, 36pp., 288KB)
ORD HHRA Program Mid-Cycle Review - August 2010 (PDF, 3pp., 84KB)
Review of ORD Nanomaterial Case Studies Workshop
- Letter Report - August 2010 (PDF, 6pp., 104KB)
Decision Analysis Workshop Proceedings and Report
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Proceedings from 2009 workshop and Report - May 2010 (PDF, 30pp., 554KB)
Review of ORD's National Center for Computational Toxicology - 2009
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Letter Report - April 2010 (PDF, 16pp., 139KB)
ORD Response - October 2010 (PDF, 33pp., 264KB)
Program and Mid-Cycle Reviews - 2009
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ORD Human Health Research Program Review - December 2009 (PDF, 53pp., 376KB)
ORD Response - June 2010 (PDF, 38pp., 242KB) -
ORD Clean Air Research Program Review - October 2009 (PDF, 88pp., 3.3MB)
ORD Response - January 2010 (PDF, 16pp., 178KB) -
ORD Science and Technology for Sustainability Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - July 2009 (PDF, 38pp., 297KB)
No ORD response required. -
ORD Water Quality Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - June 2009 (PDF, 27pp., 216KB)
No ORD response required. -
ORD Land Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - January 2009 (PDF, 23pp., 246KB)
No ORD response required.
Review of ORD's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) - September 2009
- Letter Report - September 2009 (PDF, 10pp., 539KB)
Program and Mid-Cycle Reviews - 2008
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ORD Homeland Security Research Program Review - December 2008 (PDF, 60pp., 552KB)
ORD Response - May 2009 (PDF, 23pp., 131KB) -
ORD Global Change Mid-Cycle Review - September 2008 (PDF, 34pp., 259KB)
No ORD response required. -
ORD Human Health Risk Assessment Research Program Review - April 2008 (PDF, 62pp., 289KB)
ORD Response - September 2008 (PDF, 15pp., 165KB) -
ORD Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - April 2008 (PDF, 21pp., 122KB)
No ORD response required. -
ORD PM / Ozone Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - March 2008 (PDF, 27pp., 138KB)
No ORD response required. -
ORD Technology for Sustainability Program Review - March 2008 (PDF, 49pp., 226KB)
ORD Response - December 2008 (PDF, 26pp., 283KB)
Review of ORD's National Center for Computational Toxicology - September 2008
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Letter Report - September 2008 (PDF, 11pp., 101KB)
ORD Response - February 2009 (PDF, 28pp., 262KB)
Review of ORD's National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) - June 2008
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Letter Report - June 2008 (PDF, 22pp., 136KB)
ORD Response - February 2009 (PDF, 11pp., 177KB)
Review of ORD's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) - March 2008
- Letter Report - March 2008 (PDF, 15pp., 110KB)
- ORD Response - September 2008 (PDF, 17pp., 181KB)
Program and Mid-Cycle Reviews - 2007
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ORD Ecological Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - August 2007 (PDF, 21pp., 123KB)
Cover Letter - August 2007 (PDF, 2pp., 48KB)
ORD Response - January 2008 (PDF, 15pp., 163KB) -
ORD Drinking Water Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - August 2007 (PDF, 19pp., 105KB)
Cover letter - August 2007 (PDF, 2pp., 48KB)
ORD Response - January 2008 (PDF, 12pp., 164KB) -
ORD Safe Pesticides/Safe Products (SP2) Research Program - July 2007 (PDF, 66pp., 255KB)
Cover Letter - July 2007 (PDF, 1pp., 47KB)
ORD Response - January 2008 (PDF, 23pp., 188KB) -
ORD Human Health Research Program Mid-Cycle Review - July 2007 (PDF, 30pp., 134KB)
Cover letter - July 2007 (PDF, 2pp., 46KB)
ORD Response - January 2008 (PDF, 16pp., 181KB)
Review of ORD's National Center for Computational Toxicology - 2006/2007
- Letter report (PDF, 7pp., 100KB)
- ORD Response (PDF, 14pp., 110KB)
Program Reviews - 2006
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ORD STAR/GRO Fellowship Programs - September 2006 (PDF, 39pp., 268KB)
Cover letter - October 2006 (PDF, 2pp., 62KB)
ORD response - May 2007 (PDF, 13pp., 75KB) -
ORD Water Quality Research Program - May 2006 (PDF, 64pp., 427KB)
Cover letter - July 2006 (PDF, 2pp., 67KB)
ORD response - October 2006 (PDF, 15pp., 229KB) -
ORD Land Research Program - March 2006 (PDF, 68pp., 394KB)
Cover letter - July 2006 (PDF, 2pp., 58KB)
ORD response - October 2006 (PDF, 27pp., 338KB) -
ORD Global Change Research Program - March 2006 (PDF, 76pp., 394KB)
Cover letter - April 2006 (PDF, 2pp., 59KB)
ORD response - October 2006 (PDF, 16pp., 251KB)
Review of ORD's Management Multi-year Plan - February 2006
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Letter report (PDF, 2pp., 61KB)
ORD response (PDF, 1pp., 46KB)
Program Reviews - 2005
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ORD Drinking Water Research Program - October 2005 (PDF, 35pp., 260KB)
Cover letter - December 2005 (PDF, 3pp., 78KB)
ORD response - May 2006 (PDF, 13pp., 181KB) -
ORD PM / Ozone Research Program - August 2005 (PDF, 58pp., 395KB)
Cover letter - August 2005 (PDF, 2pp., 46KB)
ORD response - February 2006 (PDF, 16pp., 186KB) -
ORD Ecological Research Program - August 2005 (PDF, 39pp., 245KB)
Cover letter - August 2005 (PDF, 2pp., 45KB)
ORD response - January 2006 (PDF, 31pp., 503KB) -
ORD Human Health Research Program - July 2005 (PDF, 56pp., 269KB)
Cover letter - August 2005 (PDF, 2pp., 46KB)
ORD response - September 2005 (PDF, 30pp., 330KB) -
ORD Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Research Program (revised) - April 2005 (PDF, 52pp., 168KB)
Cover letter - April 2005 (PDF, 2pp., 45KB)
Errata sheet - April 2005 (PDF, 1pp., 15KB)
(This corrects the original March 4 version of the report. These corrections are included in the revised report above.)
ORD response - September 2005 (PDF, 22pp., 233KB)
Review of ORD's Mercury Multi-year Plan - July 2005
- Letter report (PDF, 8pp., 66KB)
- ORD response (PDF, 14pp., 181KB)
Review of ORD's National Center for Computational Toxicology - July 2005
- Letter report (PDF, 6pp., 115KB)
- ORD response (PDF, 14pp., 145KB)
Second National Coastal Condition Report Review - May 2005
- Letter report (PDF, 6pp., 78KB)
- ORD response (PDF, 12pp., 158KB)
Risk Assessment Workshop - February 2005
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Proceedings (PDF, 55pp., 534KB)
Letter report (PDF, 2pp., 61KB)
ORD response (PDF, 4pp., 93KB)
Review of ORD's Biotechnology Research Program - September 2004
- Letter report (PDF, 4pp., 59KB)
- ORD response (PDF, 10pp., 60KB)
Communicating Research Results - May 2004
- Final report (PDF, 25pp., 163KB)
- Appendix A (PDF, 22pp., 94KB)
- Appendix B (PDF, 26pp., 4.1MB)
- ORD response (PDF, 7pp., 362KB)
Second ORD Laboratory / Center Review - January 2003
- National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) (PDF, 39pp., 431KB)
- National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) (PDF, 41pp., 413KB)
- National Environmental Research Laboratory (NERL) (PDF, 34pp., 570KB)
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) (PDF, 27pp., 386KB)
- National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) (PDF, 35pp., 478KB)
Program Reviews - 2000
- Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program - March 2000 (PDF, 42pp., 87KB)
- ORD Particulate Matter Research Program - December 2000 (PDF, 63pp., 306KB)
First ORD Laboratory / Center Review - April 1998
- National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) (PDF, 23pp., 163KB)
- National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA) (PDF, 33pp., 205KB)
- National Environmental Research Laboratory (NERL) (PDF, 29pp., 244KB)
- National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) (PDF, 38pp., 225KB)
- National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) (PDF, 43pp., 300KB)