Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1294

 91 STAT. 1260

PUBLIC LAW 95-155—NOV. 8, 1977

of the program offices, as well as the overall research needs and priorities of the Agency, including those defined in the five-year research plan. Program offices. (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the appropriate program offices are— (1) the Office of A i r and Waste Management, for air quality activities; (2) the Office of W a t e r and Hazardous Materials, for water quality activities and water supply activities; (8) the Office of Pesticides, for environmental effects of pesticides; (4) the Office of Solid Waste, for solid waste activities; ^ 5) the Office of Toxic Substances, for toxic substance activities; (6) the Office of Kadiation Programs, for radiation activities; and (7) the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, for noise activities. Report to (c) The Administrator shall submit to the President and the ConPresident and gress a report concerning the most appropriate means of assuring, on Congress. a continumg basis, that the research efforts of the Agency reflect the needs and priorities of the regulatory program offices, while maintaining a high level of scientific quality. Such report shall be submitted on or before March 31, 1978. Science Advisory SEC. 8. (a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Board. Agency shall establish a Science Advisory Board which shall provide Establishment. such scientific advice as the Administrator requests. 42 USC 4365. (b) Such Board shall be composed of at least nine members, one of Membership. whom shall be designated Chairman, and shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board in consultation with the Administrator. Each member of the Board shall be qualified by education, training, and experience to evaluate scientific and technical information on matters referred to the Board under this section. (c) I n addition to providing scientific advice when requested by the Administrator under subsection (a), the Board shall review and comment on the Administration's five-year plan for environmental research, development, and demonstration provided for by section 5 42 USC 4361. of Public Law 94—475 and on each annual revision thereof. Such review and comment shall be transmitted to the Congress by the Administrator, together with his comments thereon, at the time of the transmission to the Congress of the annual revision involved. Report to (d) The Board shall conduct a review of and submit a report to the Administrator, Administrator, the President, and the Congress, not later than President, and October 1, 1978, concerning— Congress. (1) the health effects research authorized by this Act and other laws; (2) the procedures generally used in the conduct of such research; (.3) the internal and external reporting of the results of such research; (4) the review procedures for such research and results; (5) the procedures by which such results are used in internal and external recommendations on policy, regulations, and legislation; and (6) the findings and recommendations of the report to the House Committee on Science and Technology entitled "The

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